[cowb0yl0gic]

I want to knee-jerk and say "you've got it backwards; humans are mammals, mammals are social organisms, love is part of that profile". At the base, of course, everything is genetics; however, that doesn't make our experience of it any less real (just like our appreciation of beauty). I would say if your dog (or your partner) is just sticking around because you feed it, you are not doing something right.