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    If I could have the ability to speak to an animal my choice would be to speak to a dog. Dogs have always been "man's best friend", keeping us company when we are lonely; they have rescued humans, and have been helping as service dogs for many years for people who are blind or disabled. A dog would be an interesting animal to communicate with knowing they have accomplished many tasks that are challenging for many other species of animals. Dogs are very intelligent animals and I think besides being used to guide disabled people, taking them to war or being used for other tasks like search dogs, are tasks that some dogs are forced to do because of our convenience. Since we cannot communicate with dogs we never considered what is preferable for dogs.

Dogs do not chose weather they will be tortured by an owner or where they will choose to take their lives to next, however we do. There are many dogs that are neglected by their owners, living in bad conditions as well as dogs that are taken to war. Knowing how intelligent they are, they do understand and know when they are being mistreated, and they feel emotions the same as humans do by expressing their feelings in physical ways, however they cannot speak to us and tell us how they feel. Dogs have never been able to tell us how they feel about participating in wars, or how they feel when we make them perform tasks that will mostly benefit humans. Therefore I would communicate with a dog to understand their psychological side; we might be surprised to see what they think about us humans.