Web sources seem to agree with justtopost: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201705/are-dogs-self-aware https://www.psychologytoday.com/u

Web sources seem to agree with justtopost: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201705/are-dogs-self-aware https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/2017... Dogs fail the mirror test. They are certainly quite intelligent, but technically don't meet the criteria for self-awareness. And the scent thing where they spend less time on their own scent, or don't mark over their own scent, is dissmissed as a reflexive action.