I like dogs...
I like dogs more than people. Someone commented on this today, and he wasn't the first to say so. My ex-wife was always amazed that I could be so apathetic to the plight of my fellow man, yet respond with instant fury to the sight of a dog tied up without water or shade.
I guess it's because our dogs love us and trust us unconditionally, and they are utterly dependent on our care. They give us everything they have and ask only our love, and this is the treatment they get.
Before you think I'm getting soppy let me reassure you that I regard small, yippy and stupid dogs as travesties. We started with wolves. That people would deliberate breed a chiuahua makes it embarrassing to be human.
I firmly believe that dogs (well, big intelligent working dogs) reflect the character of the people who command them. A lot of people should find this greatly embarrassing: watch their dogs and see them for what they really are. This works both ways, of course. Let your dogs choose your friends.