# Is your best friend an animal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-best-friend-an-animal/978612>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-best-friend-an-animal/978612 "2023-01-22T16:09:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-best-friend-an-animal/978612/21 "2023-01-23T22:03:55Z")

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> [@Moriarty](#):
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> They say that dog is man’s best friend.
> 
> You want to know why?
> 
> They want to hang out with you all the time, but they’ll never share your secrets.
> 
> That’s a good buddy to have.

Until he goes into your bedroom dresser when sensitive company is over (in-laws, the local reverend), and fetches one of your sex toys or fun underwear to amuse your guests with.

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-best-friend-an-animal/978612/22 "2023-01-23T22:12:36Z")

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On the other hand, if your guest is a potential paramour, this could be a feature, not a bug.

_Bad Fido! How embarrassing. Well…since the ol’ fella brought it out…it’d be a shame not to try it out, doncha think?_

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