If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.
The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.
Dogs like to learn stuff, if not from another dog, then people are OK... They love activity, playing, interesting walks, and just belonging, being together.
I'd rather talk about dogs than about me.
I have a cat and a dog. They don't really get along, but I think they get along when no one is looking.
Everyone talks to their dog, and then in your mind the dog talks back. A talking dog can provide the words that a stunted protagonist finds difficult to muster.
Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.
Dogs are very, very pleasant with people that they're connected to.
Dogs who live in each other's company are calm and pragmatic, never showing the desperate need to make known their needs and feelings or to communicate their observations, as some hysterical dogs who know only the company of our species are likely to do.