Rogers, M., Anderson, E., (2022). Intensity and thresholds in puppy socialization. The Puppy Socialization Project. Retrieved March 28, 2022, from https://puppysocialization.com/intensity-thresholds-puppy-socialization/
As the dog’s popularity as a human companion has grown, demand for purebred dogs has likewise escalated. Commercial breeding of dogs, which currently helps to meet such demands has become a point of social contention. The co-evolution of dogs and humans and the unique, familial relationships people have developed with them suggest that they are owed special consideration of their needs and interests that is independent of their utility to humans.