Man’s Best Friend

• Where is this?
• What is the man watching?
• What’s the dog’s name?
• What does the dog want to do?
• What do you know about the man? What can you infer?
• Is the man wealthy?
• Is the man a good pet owner?
• Is the man happy? Is the dog happy?
• Why do people say that dogs are man’s best friends? What qualities do they have that humans value?
• ‘Dogs make better friends than humans.’ Discuss/debate this statement.
• Should dogs be kept as pets?
• What about other animals? Where do we draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable?
• If you could own any pet in the world, what would you choose and why?

Credit: Tyler Carter
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