People who don't understand dogs have boundaries
Thought about this cause I've seen a few cat lovers on the internet talk about how dog owners "only like control" and that we "don't care about consent and boundaries". Some people speak like dogs are robots that never experience things negatively and that's why we like them? (I like cats btw, and never understood the rhetoric that a cat's love is hard to earn since they're usually very sweet creatures and it's been quite easy, but that's off-topic).
All I can think when I see that stuff is, like, no? Dogs have very clear boundaries and all sorts of personalities. They're extremely trainable, yes, but that's because they're much more blended with human society than cats or any other animal and they often have actual jobs (and they do know it's a job). I just think that's very impressive and not so different from people who get trained to do their own jobs and behave properly in society. Yes we need to train our dogs, because they go out to the public and can be in danger, or a danger to others, if you don't guide them. Yes we know better than them and they need to understand this. NO that doesn't mean it's ok to cross your dog's boundaries. I think these things are very different.
A dog WILL let you know when they don't like whatever you're doing to them. It's absurd to believe they don't.
My own current dog is only about nine months old, very young and still learning, and I try to respect her boundaries. She's not the greatest fan of getting pets. She'll let me know by turning her face away when she doesn't want it (or walking away), and she will come to me when she does. The only time she's ever growled at someone was at my mother, because she just kept touching her face and neck even after she turned her face away. I was very surprised, but it made sense. That's just the way dogs let you know they don't like something after you've ignored all other signals, and if they bite after that, that's on you. That's not an agressive dog, that's a dog that wants their personal space respected.
I don't know if having a pure bred dog is super different, I never had one. Mine's a rescued mutt that barely resembles a greyhound, but smaller. I know she's a LOT, LOT harder to train than a well bred dog, but is this aspect of their personalities different too? Do these people have a point?