This cornucopia of behavior and the numerous structural and molecular similarities between the canine and the human brain lead me to conclude that dogs have phenomenal feelings. Any philosophy or theology that denies sentience to them is seriously deficient. (I felt this intuitively as a child; I couldn’t understand why God would resurrect people but not dogs on Judgment Day. It didn’t make any sense.) And what is true for dogs is also true for monkeys, mice, dolphins, squids, and, probably, bees. We are all nature’s children; all of us experience life.
