>>55918457>the fat dumb and ugly dark type mutt insteadhow dare you OP, mabosstiff is a well cared-for, handsome gentleman who prefers the simple things in life, who is also a dark type
from an in-universe POV, arven's relationship predates his obsession with cooking/sandwiches, so as a kid he wouldn't have had a reason to pick a fidough as opposed to another dogmon. from an out-of-universe POV, maybe the writers thought it'd be too weird for arven to repeatedly feed sandwiches to a bread dog