Actually, this time it is completely valid, since it is an implicit assertion by the OP that there’s no point owning a dog if you do not do this.

I too fly the doomed literalist banner, but in the spirit of our cause I must point out inaccuracies in our own side as well as figuratively everyone else’s.

Ah, but language is flexible and means whatever people want it to mean.

I bet you’re super fun at parties