Amen! And the animals never sinned as we did - but all Creation is under the curse of Adam and Eve's sin. But as you and I know DManA, all creation has been groaning under the pain of sin (Romans 8:22).
I remember once watching a program on the horrors and dangers in the natural world. Poisonous snakes, scorpoins, spiders. These were all things that Christ mentioned (and not in a good way). They were never meant to be what they are now - a nightmare to us.
The biological, chemical, and scientific analysis of these creatures is complex, and frightening in their strength.
But, it won't always be that way. Someday, it will all be destroyed (disease, war, death, suffering).
I think animals like dogs were God's gift to us as a reminder that there is still a remnant of good that will be restored.
