Science has so far been unable to tell us how self-aware dogs are, much less whether they have anything like our conscious thoughts. This is not surprising, since neither scientists nor philosophers can agree about what the consciousness of humans consists of, let alone that of animals.
Universal dilemma of the real dog person: You leave the dog home, you worry what will happen to him when you__e out. You take the dog with you, you worry that something will happen to him when he__ alone in the car_.The solution, of course, is to keep the dog at your side twenty-four hours a day, every day, but then you worry that your constant presence is making the dog neurotically dependent, and besides, you can__ go anyplace that doesn__ allow dogs, so you can__ go to work or get your hair cut or go to the dentist. And then, of course, you feel guilty because, after all, doesn__ your wonderful dog deserve a better owner than this poverty-stricken, shaggy-headed slob with decayed teeth? Meanwhile, the dog doesn__ worry about anything. Why should he? That__ what he has you for, and for obvious reasons, he trusts you completely.
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Universal dilemma of the real dog person: You leave the dog home, you worry what will happen to him when you__e out. You take the dog with you, you worry that something will happen to him when he__ alone in the car_.The solution, of course, is to keep the dog at your side twenty-four hours a day, every day, but then you worry that your constant presence is making the dog neurotically dependent, and besides, you can__ go anyplace that doesn__ allow dogs, so you can__ go to work or get your hair cut or go to the dentist. And then, of course, you feel guilty because, after all, doesn__ your wonderful dog deserve a better owner than this poverty-stricken, shaggy-headed slob with decayed teeth? Meanwhile, the dog doesn__ worry about anything. Why should he? That__ what he has you for, and for obvious reasons, he trusts you completely.
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