I think on some level that must be very true especially if dog is man's best friend. Many of our human friends are our friends because they are like us have similar behaviors and similar appreciations…
Andrew Root the theologian confirms your theory in his wonderful book The Grace of Dogs, addressing specifically even the intellectual and ultimately spiritual superiority of dogs over chimpanzees. He…
Considering our parallel social evolution with canids this is not so twisted. Reference the work of Professor Brian Hare of Duke University and others.