Oh jeez, you went way farther into the theme that I did. I just wanted to show a story between a human and his dog, no politics involved. Because I wanted the end to be more impactful I took the cop route (quick decision made in a really time strict game jam). You made me reconsider what I understood as a harmless name, so I might rename the game to "Detective dog" after the jam or find something to solve this issue. I can also assure you that canonically the dog lived happily ever after.
I am very happy the doggo survived. Thank you for that :)
The gameplay is very non-political, and I didn't think this game was made with the intention to be political. But being wary of how a topic might be viewed to other people, political or not, is part of design. I appreciate the open discussion on it though. :)
Yeah you can clearly see at the end that both of them survive and its a happily ever after. I now see how this topic might be seen from another perspective and yes, I understand It should have been part of the design by the start, so I'll try to have It in mind on future projects. Thank you for your feedback :)