I've got little patience with movies that treat animals as if they were somehow created for human use. Animals are solely around to propagate their own genes, same as us. We're of no particular use to any other species and they're the same. Every 'use' is an abuse of of their free will. If there's any adoption both ways it's a useful cheat, replacing relationships that are missing in both species.
Disney has often justified the keeping of pets for human amusement, in keeping with western tradition, reluctantly changing over the last few years. Paradoxically, Disney's the first of the celluloid world to grant animals equal rights (through controversial anthropomorphism), which has led to generations of children growing into animal lovers.
This one was about an orphaned boy befriended by a dragon (not unlike the way dogs attach to kids) which turns out to be a useful fire-starter (duspataki for that) and saves the day. Some goons try to capture it for a circus which the boy prevents. Eventually he asks the dragon to go away so that he can grow up in a human family (eh, what? riiiight ... I said it was just compensation, Elliot, ... but did we learn to abandon as well?).
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They were going to slaughter it, not ask it to perform. If some realistic circus came through, they'd rescue Pete from his abusive family and, through a collaborative and fair partnership, create the greatest magic show on Earth. Pete would be a star bigger than Houdini and the dragon would be having a wonderful time playing with his friend, harmlessly fooling and entertaining people.
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