they're just afraid he'd eat up all the competition.
reminds me of an old dog joke. there was a man who had a pit bull that he'd walk around the neighbourhood and he'd deliberately let it pick fights with other peoples dogs they met on the way. one man who had his dog savaged dared him to meet him again the next day when he'd bring his other dog.
sure 'nuff, the next day the pit bull owner sees him coming with the ugliest brown dog he ever saw, warty skin, short stubby legs and a stumpy tail, and patchy scraggly fur. anyhow, the pitbull attacks the other dog, which promptly grabs the pitbull and swallows him whole in one chomp. the pitbulls owner is horrified and asks him 'what kind of dawg is that anyway'. the man says
'well, before i cut off his tail, painted him brown and glued my wife's fur coat on him, he used to be an alligator.'
i know this is a true story, and there's even a photo of it.
it appears that in florida, dogs are frequently swallowed by allygaders
anyway may the force be with you, young jedi
and y'all have a happy new year.