Important question for dog owners (past, present, and future):
Do you think your dog loves you? Maybe it's a Stockholm Syndrome relationship?
The dog already probably knows that its survival depends on you, the owner!
Be nice to the owner.
Love the owner.
Lick the owner.
Be playful with the owner.
Boy, the owner sure has has a lot of awful luck with relationships…
Let me insert myself into the owner's life.
I'm like a child.
I'll make you take me out to potty, I'll make you feed me, all while licking you and performatively showing you how much you mean to me.
Because dog is man's best friend, right?