Dogs have many different fates. And so simply looking at utility and economics to determine the meaning of dogs 'existence in human society slights the relationship between the ancients and dogs and gives short shrift to the multifaceted nature of the relationship between man and dog even today.
百樣人養百樣狗，狗的命運自然也洋洋大觀。因此單就實用或經濟層面來看狗的存在意義，也是侮辱了古人與狗的關係，低估了狗對人類較全面性的影響。