biscuit_tornado, my parents had a chow that barked at snow, growled at me if I put a hat on and wagged her tail immediately upon hat removal, and loyally hung out with my dad every day of his early retirement
my dad -- a lifelong republican until 2016 -- somehow never entertained the possibility of taking her to a gravel pit and executing her, and in fact might have gotten into a fistfight with anyone who suggested this