The world of Pandemonium is a world in another universe where humans may exist, that is gravitationally connected to Earth in our universe. Over the course of history since the big bang, these universes have periodically collided, transferring organised matter from one to the other, including humans... and other animals, including dogs.

On Pandemonium, the science of genetics surpassed that of our society long ago, and genetic transhumanism has become the norm, in order to adapt the humans that live there to their alien environment.

However, while dogs are a popular pet in many nations of earth, I wanted to have dogs be unpopular as pets on Pandemonium. The rationale that I came up with is that despite dogs being easily bred to have a wide variety of traits on earth, and the people of Pandemonium being expert genetic engineers, the following problems exist with dogs in the view of Pandemonians:

• Dogs are dangerous large pack predators that attack and kill humans too frequently.

• Dogs are unclean.

• Dogs are noisy

• Dogs are only suited to be working animals in industries such as security, policing and farming.

Of course, these reasons are reason enough for a society to reject dogs as pets for the most part, since it can be so because I say it is so, and we have real-world examples of societies that are biased against dogs. However, that's not the point of this question.

• Dogs can easily be genetically engineered to have many different traits, but their essential 'doggishness' cannot easily be removed.

This is what I wanted to be the primary reason for dogs not being pets. Historically, the Pandemonian genetic engineers couldn't change dogs so that they were no longer dangerous, filthy or noisy without breaking the ineffable something that makes a dog a dog. They did produce things from dogs that make good pets, but they aren't Canis familiaris any more. The genetic engineers can now genetically engineer dogs as required to make 'good pets' without having to make them into a new species, but the longstanding prejudice against dogs still exists, and they'd be ridiculed or censured for trying.

Is this genetic engineering problem a reasonable justification for "Dogs aren't Pets" on Pandemonium, or am I barking up the wrong tree?