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and so they just bred dogs to use for everything. horsedrawn carriages? nope. sled dogs.
raising dogs for their meat? yep. chihuahuas were originally bred as a meat animal and also a sort of living hot water bottle for sick people.
the lakota word for horse "šúŋkawakȟáŋ" literally translates as "holy/mysterious/powerful dog".
if you really need them to, dogs can do it all.
the one that sticks in my mind is the "turnspit dog": a breed meant to just sit there and turn a spit so large pieces of meat would cook evenly over a fire