>>48542184Of course they're not the same as irl dogs. That doesn't mean the series doesn't present them as being the equivalent of them despite their fantastical nature. You may go on as you please about the small amount of anthropomorphic behavior they display but you also get moments like this
https://youtu.be/K7TYFlGlmjoOr pic related. Or playing fetch with them or watching them swipe away at a replica of a real cat toy among many other things. The point is they may not be 1:1 to real dogs but they evoke the imagery of them and are closer to being dogs than anything else.