[ WP ] - Dogs become able to communicate fluently with humans , but are still subservient to them .

When the dogs began to talk, it was only natural for humankind to question how we treated them. Most surprisingly, in most cases the dogs preferred to exist under the legal guardianship of their former owners. 
 
 The first thing I did was teach Charles how to read. After he discovered Kipling, he's become a regular bookworm. Among our local canines, the Law of the Jungle has practically become a religious text. I had to build him a cart so he could go to and from the library with his latest finds. 
 
 I went back to school, finished my degree, and started a company that specializes in Canine Enabled Technology. Charles on the other hand, decided to become a canine historian -- and so he was until he died of cancer at 18 years of age. 
 
 Canines apparently had a rich culture of storytelling that stretched back thousands of years. From parents to litter, stories would be passed on. With most working breeds, their stories had to deal with hunting, or herding. Almost all canine oral traditions, except those of wolves and coyotes, involved man as being part of the pack. What we had thought instinct, was culture. 
 
 Contrary to what PETA thought, the dogs were for the most part not intent on upsetting the order of things. After ten-thousand Pitbulls shit on the steps of the Capitol in protest ( Million Pooch Poop ), the United States spearheaded a treaty that ended the use of canines as foodstuffs, made their use in dogfighting a capital offense. The legal landscape shifted. 
 
 Most well-treated domestic dogs stayed with their families. As Charles my Welsh Corgi put it: `` More or less, you're our pack. And I mean look at me. I've got stubby little legs and a small rotund body. I'm dead sexy and all the ladies love me, but I do n't think I'd last for a moment in the wild. I love my pack.'' 
 
 

