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Originally Posted by 20yrsinBranson
I think that quite a lot of the dogs appearing in Southern states are working hunting dogs. I know here in Missouri a lot of people participate in "coon hunts" which consist of letting a bunch of hound dogs loose in the country while sitting around a campfire drinking beer. The ensuing pandemonium of dogs making the most ungodly noise (you would think they were being tortured), often results in statements like... "Sounds like Old Bo' has one treed". etc. These dogs rarely see the inside of a house and are usually kept outside in a huntin' dog pen. It is really hard to consider them pets. I think if you remove that demographic from the statistics it would definitely alter the results.
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I'm not too sure what the poll asked, but I would imagine most people would consider those kind of dogs "livestock" closer to pets. That sounds really awful too, but I'm a softy when it comes to animals.