Dogs, beasts or pets?

When I came across the passage about dogs on page 40, reading how Lauren describes them in their different roles in society really got me thinking. Specifically when she said "Rich people still keep dogs, either because they like them or because they use them to guard estates..." (Butler 40). In my head I was picturing the classic "Beware Of Dog" signs that people put on their gates and doors, but then y mind jumped to a certain movie. I am sure we all know this movie and will know what I am talking about once I say the same, The Hunger Games. In The Hunger Games there are wild vicious dogs that are sent after Katniss and Peta. In Hunger Games the districts do not own dogs as pets, but the Capitol (where the rich people are) does have dogs that are domesticated (if I am remembering correctly). I thought this might be a stretch of a connection, but it seemed worth sharing anyway.