06-22-2021, 08:27 PM
This question comes up from time to time often in connection to commercial porn and people have different opinions about it.
I am going to present my opinion and why I think it is wrong to train animal to have sex with people.
Training/teaching animals to obey commands is most often used to make an animal perform certain behavior/action at the time you want and regardless of what the animal wants. This can be very useful and sometimes necessary in many situations. Sex is not one of them.
Animals in captivity are routinely taught to let a human inspect their body parts, they can be taught to let someone take a blood sample, brush their teeth, clean their ears, trim their nails... Most of these actions are unpleasant or even painful. If you have ever taught a dog to have their nails trimmed, you know it is not exactly pure pleasure for him/her and it can even be very painful.
These behaviors can be taught using positive reinforcement methods - a tasty treat if it is done right.
The animal withstands the unpleasant part because there will be a reward in the end.
<b>Why is this wrong in sex:</b>
Sex between a human and an animal must be consensual and should ideally be initiated by the animal. When the animal asks for sex first, you have ultimate proof of consent.
If you use treats, peanut butter, commands, or any training methods to make an animal have sex with you or anyone else, you will loose valuable feedback from the animal and you may end up doing something against the animal's will unknowingly or even worse, knowingly (as is common in commercial porn production).
The animal withstands the (potentially) unpleasant (sex) part because there will be a reward in the end.
<i>You may argue that the sex is the reward</i> and thus this is no different from teaching an animal to have sex on command.
This assumption is incorrect.
If the animal does it on their own and thus has a choice and is allowed to express their opinion (is not doing it on command), the feedback is preserved, the animal is not withstanding it and has a freedom to stop if he/she decides to do so, without any adverse consequences for them.
If it is done on command, it means the animal is taught to perform the behavior until you are satisfied with the result, this may require withstanding discomfort.
While the reward mechanism in the brain may work similarly, if the action is performed on command from a master/owner a failure to complete the action is perceived by the animal as bad or potentially even punishable (by not receiving the reward or even getting a physical punishment) and thus the choice to stop or refuse is taken away from the animal.
