They are smart enough to talk to us, or is it that we learned what they were saying? I can decipher my dog’s barks but is it because she is speaking to me, or speaking to me as her ancestors spoke to each other?
Had a husky/wolf mix long time ago. Best dog EVER and I have had many. Our dogs are capable of so much more, but just like us, if they are supplied with food and shelter and don’t have a job, they become socialist democrats.
Dogs are apolitical.
They lack guile and malice aforethought.
We feed them and they give their lives to us, cheerfully, even dying for us, if need be.