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Sigh. No.

Horses, breeding and eventing, are the mark of the aristocracy. The Queen's corgis are a little fancy extra because she already has horses.

Dogs are the mark of the middle class. Historically they came into popularity as pets because the wealthy farmers and factory owners wanted success symbols that could fit into their homes, since they could not afford horses and the maintenance that went with them.

There is no upper or lower middle class when you consider that it's all just a grade above the working class and below the aristocracy.

Now if you delve into who owns which dogs, you get the crunchy left-leaning pseudo-educated who swear by shelter mutts and believe breeders are puppy mills, and the saner people who hold a particular breed in their heart. It doesn't matter which breed, because see above.

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Interesting word salad.

I bet you have a set of weimaraners. [/quote]

I had pegged pp as a pit bull person. Speaking of “pseudo-educated,” whatever that means, of course the middle class in past centuries had horses, because it was the only way to go long distances. You couldn’t be a “wealthy farmer” without horse to pull your plow, take your stuff to market and the rest.[/quote]

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