As a human mammal, if you hang 100% with another mammal species from age 3-8, the period of explosive neuronal growth and interconnect, you end up socialized and neurologically akin to that other species.
Okay, now Iʼm going to sling some smack.
Given some of the shit I experienced from age 3.5-5, I would have much preferred to run fast and loose with a pack of dogs. Yes, lulz, but thereʼs a deep nugget of truth there.
Dogs never did me dirty, and dogs were essential when I had no one else. Dogs modeled for me how to love.