This image is being reposted a lot on social networks and it’s super sweet and all, but its also not even close to being true…
Dogs are pack animals. it’s in their DNA to be “loyal”. that pack mentality isn’t human (see: conscious) “loyalty”. and it certainly isn’t unconditional.
There isn’t a breed of dog that exists that wouldn’t bite your face off if you both were starving and went for the only food in sight.
Dogs, like every other thing on Earth, love themselves more than you. It’s fun to humanize them, I agree. and there’s nothing wrong with pretending (including via this image), as long as you’re aware of the reality. My pro-reality position shouldn’t make you think I’m anti-pretending at all. it’s just important that pretenders are aware of the truth.
Now if you’ll excuse me, i’m going to go have a conversation with my cat. he understands me like no one else.
UPDATE: Ashley shows you what these dogs are actually thinking in each panel:
Dogs are pack animals and they see you as the pack leader. Thats why they will follow you around if you’re the only one at home or when you’re going for a walk with it.
wow dude, major buzzkill
Actually is a proven fact that Dogs care more about there leader or owner then they do themselves .
Like humans don’t have ‘conditional love’ either? The narrowness of your mind astounds me. Tell me, if you are indeed an evolutionists it shouldn’t be hard to understand that we aren’t quite so different as any animal. Koko the gorrila or even the common dog. If you believe in God as our savior and creator is it too hard to believe that he created them as our loyal companions when other conditional human “Love” fails. God’s love is real, dogs are second to him, and human love will always be subject to change. I think those who live in the biological science world are tricking themselves into robotic viewpoints of life.
Here’s something else to comprehend. Your human thoughts and emotions are just hormones and chemicals, without it, should that fail, you are nothing.
My dog has always been by my side he even protected me from a dog that wanted to rip my face off…. Also one time the vet put medical tape over where he got a shot and he wouldn’t let one person even touch it but when I ripped it off he cried loud but not once even snapped at me I’m sure my dog loves me no matter what even more than himslef