Never is easy as people think it is to improve on gods design every thing has a reason for being like it is, and changing things can often have unforseen... consequences. As I sit in the temple of confluence where, with a mere thought, you can see what would be if something in the universe had changed.

I started bold made it to were every person had a dog that would imprint on them and we're bigger and could protect them. The dogs got bread for war and nearly lost their all the traits thatade them family pets and the became cold killing machines who could snap at the slightest provocation of their master, or a simple command. After overpopulation and the fatigue of war set in the dogs who only knew violence and war were put down, as overpopulation of the dogs were causing food shortages.

Next I went for some thing smaller, in my mind, the ability to talk. This one was tricky almost on the cusp of not being a detriment but never pushing past the line. At first most dogs could only ever learn 20 or so words and hardly form proper sentences, and the ones who could still didn't have the vocabulary past that of a 9 year old. Adjusting the average intelligence of all dogs requires making their common ancestor smarter and ruining that high enough to bring that up to even a 15 year old makes them smart enough to survive on their own outside of a pack long enough to find a new one without going to humans for food so the adoption of dogs happened much slower stuning both humans and dogs for a long time. Losing many of the instincts of co-operation they never become main stay household pets, only ever used as work dogs.

Next I really took a step back and thought to my self and realized that the temple couldn't help me yet. I need to find dog owners and see what they think. Lots of ideas most of them bad but I tried them anyway. Never shiting isn't possible. Behavior changes are always a wash. You can't change bad breading because, I can't interfere with free will. But then one hit me, a longer lifespan. Increasing the average age a dog could live by 5 years doesn't cause much overpopulation the increased compotition for food caused wolves and humans to join together earlier. Forming a deeper bond. And advancing both to new hights bringing out the best of both.

It really was that simple only thing that could improve man's best friend, is more time with their best friend.