"A Guide for Working Breeds" is a 2020 science fiction short story by Vina Jie-Min Prasad. It was first published in the anthology Made To Order: Robots and Revolution.
Two robots — the newly-released K.g1-09030, and the far more experienced C.k2-00452, who is legally required to be K.g1's mentor — exchange a series of messages about dogs, computer vision, dogs, labor rights, dogs, cooking, dogs, the concept of cuteness, dogs, competitive murder, and dogs.
"A Guide for Working Breeds" was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Short Story,[1] the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 2020,[2] and the 2021 Theodore Sturgeon Award.[3]
Black Gate called it "hilarious" and "well worth [the reader's] time".[4]