Dogs really are “man’s best friend” and “get” humans in a way other animals simply can’t relate to.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Not true.
Many different kinds of animals relate to humans as fully as dogs. Horses, parrots, dolphins to name but a few.
Parrots don’t seem to have much empathy. Horses may have an understanding of people, but we don’t live in close quarters with them (or with dolphins) so relationships with them are more limited than with dogs.