Pets

Living pets are an extreme rarity and dog breeding is almost universally prohibited. Those few that are allowed have to be proven completely healthy in genetic terms. Basically everything allowed to live is practically a wolf. Breeding a dog as genetically divergent from the source would be punished by a massive prison sentence and incalculable fine for what’s considered the worst kind of animal cruelty. Breeding a brachycephalic animal would be considered animal abuse in and of itself.
Note though that in less developed regions like the North American West, these laws do not exist, or are impossible to enforce if they do. So some of the old bloodlines persist. There are even some breeds that 2015 hasn’t seen, such as the Pit Mastiff, the Tibetan Rottweiler, and the Caucasian Bear Molossus, the only successful attempt of the 2080s to integrate bear DNA into a dog.
Varg had a digital pet Caucasian Bear Molossus named “Winzig” when he was young.
Digital Boston terriers and pugs though are common. Anyone can own a digital pet, or “CG” as they’re called. Basically they’re link-present opaque simulations, and to the owner, they’re no different from owning a read dog except they don’t pee or poop, and they don’t mind if you forget to feed them. But even CGs with advanced enough AIs are starting to gain protective laws as of 2230.
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