What's funny about all this is that this Cruella...doesn't hate dogs? She has her own puppy throughout the movie, she takes care of a set of Dalmatians throughout the movie, she makes a Dalmatian fur coat out of artificial fur in order to spook Emma Thompson. The movie even ends with her giving away Pongo and Perdita to Roger and Anita. Even the whole "Because Dalmatians killed my mom" tidbit people were memeing up was completely taken out of context.
This isn't a dealbreaker by the way. Just about every 101 Dalmatians movie or cartoon show has its own weird continuity and you have to make Cruella De Vil somebody to root for in the movie somehow. Removing the "skinning puppies" elements, while still giving her a devilish side was probably the right call.