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Originally Posted by Dvae
I think you're humanizing your dog.
Ever occur to you that there may be other reasons for that behavior?
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Actually this goes usually the other way. We often take some qualities, keep those unique for us humans, and if other animals have or are said to have those qualities, we say those have human like qualities or are said to be "humanizing". The bias comes from keeping humans as very special, but in the end; we are not the only animals with a mouth and a asshole.
I accuse Bible.
We do the same regarding other humans too. We use ourselves as a measurement stick. The great human mind starts from the same baseline as the dogs too: me.