You give him equal rights.
You spend years learning to understand the dog.
You try hard to even become part dog yourself, and eventually become very proud of how well you know him.
But one day you take a step back and realize that - while your were reading all those books - he has quietly taken over your couch, appropriated your pillow, and now expects a blanket, and to be tucked in...
My fellow humans, we lost!
We lost the moment the Original Dog decided that it may not be a bad idea to settle down where human villages are, instead of roaming the woods..
They are just too cunning and smart.
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