Every dog is a cynic.
That's not opinion, but definition. The dog is the ultimate realist, while we in turn are completely delusional, never more so than when it comes to our disturbing attraction to dogs. This is an amount greater than the entire gross domestic product of Guam or Bermuda. This is an amount greater than their gross domestic products combined. Approximately 4.5 million annual bites by dogs of the hands that feed them, resulting in three-quarters of a million visits to doctors or hospitals and a score of fatalities.