/shrug My personal theory, based on reading a few books, is that dogs have sensations and motivations, but are mostly IMMERSED in them and barely have the hardware to CONTEMPLATE them. E.g. pet sees you, knows it's you, is happy...but doesn't ponder who you are, who he is, etc
... 17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you"