Literacy Blog #9

Never have I really considered my dog as being mentally similar to me and all other humans. The topics of canine emotion have been previously looked over because it's easy to put aside a question claimed "unanswerable".  The scientists overlooked it assuming that it wasn't a necessary, worthy of research question. Just because our emotion of anticipation was similar to the dogs still " it is not usually possible to pin a single cognitive function or emotion to a single brain region".  I wouldn't necessarily say that Berns is right or wrong when regarding the way law addresses the canine because everyone feels differently about it.  For example, I may believe that dog deserve rights while another individual thinks they should be recognized as dog and nothing more or less.  It would be wrong to treat humans as animals because although they may be more fragile we are the dominant species.  My opinion on canine rights is that you treat your dog the way you'd treat a young child.  Never would I abuse or intentionally harm a dog because mine are like smaller, furrier, family members that I am emotionally and physically attached to. The rights aren't necessary if the owners would address them as something other than just plain old dogs.  Although this may be in the distant future I see the rights of dogs having a impact on humans interaction towards all animals, not just canines.