Complex sentence: Many people attach commendable characteristics to dogs such as loyalty and unconditional love, but Poncho embodies other less-dwelt-upon traits; he's greedy and self-serving, a fact of which he is blissfully aware.
Split into simpler sentences: Many people attach commendable characteristics to dogs, such as loyalty and unconditional love. But Poncho embodies other less-dwelt-upon traits; he's greedy and self-serving, a fact of which he is blissfully aware.