I know, and it's for good reason! Dogs are loyal, trusting, helpful, and just overall great animals. They are the perfect candidate for domestication at the time. They're the best animal to use to help with farming and/or hunting. They're carnivores anyway, and us humans have bred different dog breeds for different purposes.

Benny is a terrier, and terriers were made to catch small rodents. I happen to have a mouse problem in my house, and whenever Benny sees a mouse, he goes right at it and tries to kill it. He's amazing.