why owning A dog as a pet is haram?

[Mens-Sarda]

it looks like you havent interacted with many dogs , they do have a personality and intellignce
mine even answers to questions like do you want to eat? do you want to play etc

I grew up surrounded by dogs, all my friends had dogs in their gardens, I know well their behaviour, as well as cats behaviours. Both of them are very intelligent but in a different way, dog is more inclined to be commanded by his owner, it's the pack mentality, since dog is a social animal, while cat in nature is a lonely predator, similar to leopard under this aspect, he's not inclined to hierarchy and to be commanded, sometimes they tolerate other cats, and they adapt to live in colonies, but their instinct is that of a solitary animal.

[Laberia]

I've heard that dogs are considered food par excellence in Albania? Is that truth? Or just an ordinary meal....

No, we don't eat dogs here. This is a stupid tentative for trolling. What we know is that you south slavs gave to entire world an horrible spectacle of cannibalism.

EDIT
Sorry, i said slavs? My fault, i forgot, Romans.

[Bosniensis]

No, we don't eat dogs here. This is a stupid tentative for trolling. What we know is that you south slavs gave to entire world an horrible spectacle of cannibalism.

EDIT
Sorry, i said slavs? My fault, i forgot, Romans.

No need for sorry, I forgive you.

[crazyladybutterfly]

It's not.

However, keeping the dog inside the house IS.

We can keep Cats in houses but not dogs, for they are not clean (most of them).

I had few dogs, but I kept them in the yard, they had their own house.

doesnt it get cold in bosnia?

[Azerimen]

All pets in house are HARAM in ISLAM

[Celestia]

Dogs really are angels among us.
Cats are the devil.
I love them both <3

[Viçwāmitra]

Interestingly Its opposite in Hinduism, Dogs are liked and even worshipped by People of Nepal.

Some gods even use them as vehicles as well. According to Hindu Shastras I am advised to keep a Dog to remove obstacles to success and keep those who wants to harm me away.

[zimt]

In the past, I've considered converting to Islam for reasons of finding a mate (I know, I know), and this was one of the things that prevented me from doing it. I love my dog very much and I will never live a day where I don't have a dog by my side. It should be cats that are considered haram. One of the reasons is that dogs are supposedly unclean, but dogs are much easier to keep clean, you just have to train them and put some effort in. Big dogs also make wonderful protectors of children and homes. The form of Sunni Islam practiced in parts of Africa does allow dogs as pets. Some other forms allow dogs as pets if they are only outside. I couldn't have a strictly outdoors dog, they need a little love and affection to make their lives happy, and they do love sleeping by their master. My dog has tried to attack people for trying to wake me up, and she's usually sweet as pie. An indoor dog is a great addition to a family, and this was one of my biggest issues with converting (after some of the bizarre teachings about women, angels, and the afterlife).

[PaleoEuropean]

Dogs really are angels among us.
Cats are the devil.
I love them both <3

Cats are lovable little bastards. I wish mine would stop killing humingbirds though.

[Dr.Bek]

Allah made dogs haram cause he knows most of us will be interested in them more than cats. Its a test, whatever we like Allah Forbids it like pork for instance.