It is that, in letting dogs be dogs, we are forgetting how to be human. I don't want to stop being human. I want to be the 10 year old who was all agog over the dog that followed me home. It felt too right to be wrong. I want to say this very carefully.
Behavioral studies is one fascinating facet of human thinking.
But there is much more, and it is not invalid. The great thing about dogs is precisely that they make us think, wildly and loopily. They draw us to them, by making us wonder wildly about their experience, and their point of view. And we draw them to us, without compromising their doggy natures. Dogs bring out the humanity in humans, and we feed and love them in return.