Try telling that to a Marine Corps K-9 handler dipstick.
He might even let his dog eat your carcass after he tears off your pointy little head.
Just as a matter of interest; when I was in, the Handler was out ranked by the Handlee.
Don’t know if it still holds true, but if the handler was a Corporal, the K-9 would be at least a sergeant.
It’s not the dogs that are “tools”, here.