Humans have spent thousands of years reshaping animals into companions, yet we’re still hopeless at understanding them. We claim to love dogs like family but still think they need an “alpha.” We live alongside cats but treat them as furniture that occasionally sheds and scratches. And when they “act out,” we assume it’s out of spite. These aren’t minor misunderstandings — they’re myths that deny animals their reality and distort our responsibilities as guardians.
The Myth of the Guilty Dog and the Self-Sufficient Cat
