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You can look at your dog and see that it's thinking and has strong feelings. And if it does, so do wolves. And if wolves do, so do elephants. People aren't the only beings that think and feel.

Anyone who has a dog knows that they have some very deep thoughts, that they have moods and emotions, they get their feelings hurt. It's not a far reach to give them opinions and values and long-term desires.

There is no evidence that dogs have the kind of complex emotional lives and value systems that we do. It's one reason why we love them so much, in fact. They are neither "good" nor "bad." They don't hold grudges, act in petty ways, or seek revenge. They read our moods, but not our minds.

When dogs fulfill their roles they are ecstatically happy.

I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.

Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?

People are perfectly glad to accept the idea that dogs love us, so they must be able to love each other.

Nobody else feels the same way about your dog that you do.

Sometimes, people will just never love dogs.

Primates feel pure, flat immobility as boredom. But dogs feel it as peace.