Dances With Wolf Girls

While it's true that you couldn't, through intensive breeding programs, alter a dog's outward appearance to closely resemble a human in a mere 60 years, I'll bet it could still be done in a reasonable number of decades. The dog, as we all know, has a very plastic gene and reproduces like, well, rabbits.

As far as I know, in a world full of Labradoodles and Pomskys, there's no law against attempting such a physical reconstruction but there's no doubt that the "ick factor" would be off the charts.

For one thing, the creature would still have a dog's brain and it's very unlikely that it would be able to talk due to the unique way the human tongue and trachea work. So it would still act like a dog, although breeding for intelligence would have to be part of the program. It'd be a smart dog, at least.

Would a creature like this be a good helper animal for invalids? Would it happily flip burgers for minimum wage? At what point, as far as the bestiality laws go, does this type of creature cease being a dog? Would the Supreme Court weigh in on "one drop" tests?

Most importantly (as this would drive the fundies crazy) if god made us in his image what does it say about humans when we start making dogs in god's image?

=Lefty=