Sounds like projection to me.
Dogs are pretty tough cookies and have no need of human beings.
Just that it is convienent for them to have a human to feed and shelter them.
There probably much happier playing with other dogs.
After all dogs are wolves in sheeps clothing.
The intervention of humans in the breeding process of dogs has had horrendous effects on the species,with many breeds being born cripples doomed to a life of suffering,e.t.c.
Alvin