Anyone who has loved a dog and received their affection and trust in return knows intrinsically that their is something behind their eyes more than simple instinct.
Like the old man in that old Twighlight Zone episode, if they don’t let my dog in, it ain’t heaven.
Or a cat... or any number of other animals that have been domesticated or otherwise bonded with humans over the centuries.
While I am absolutely positive that there is something much more to being a human being, endowed by our Creator with intelligence, free will, the ability to create beauty and the ability to appreciate beauty, I also know that my cats and the other animals I have known during my life are also self aware creatures with their own distinct personalities, likes, dislikes, loves and hates.
To deny this is simply to deny reality. They prove it every day with their interactions.
You are so right.
“Anyone who has loved a dog and received their affection and trust in return knows intrinsically that their is something behind their eyes more than simple instinct.”
I’ve had that.
I’ve also come up against a wild dog that wasn’t so nice.
Agreed. Dogs are trusting animals and they instinctly know who they can trust and who they can’t. The are pack animals and their human masters are the leaders of their pack. The relationship between human and dog is built on mutual respect. The case where this does not work is where there is an idiot human or a idiot dog. Mostly the idiot human is to blame.
Bump.