Disclaimer-I am fully aware that my dog is an animal and I think I do a pretty good job of understanding his behaviour/body language and making sure his needs are met. I find it sad when people talk about “fur babies” and treat dogs like children at a detriment to their welfare needs.
That said, as a family we imagine our dog as a human with a personality and a voice (Scottish accent due to his breed). It started as a joke but we constantly speak in his voice/narrate what he would be saying about situations. As he’s a rescue, we joke that he’s a middle aged bloke who’s wife finally left him after putting up with his lazy behaviour/poor hygiene/fact that he’s only interested in ball games. So he came to live as a bit of a weird lodger with us. The back story is pretty detailed and I think we’ve captured his personality/who he would be as a human pretty well to the point where I almost have to remind myself that the little wolf like animal living in my house actually doesn’t speak/have any of the opinions we assign to him.
Anyone else do this or are we completely insane/been in lockdown far too long (although we did this with last dog too-Hungarian rescue with a voice like the car insurance meerkat).