Having a dog in your life is like having a stuffed animal that also has wants and needs and is hungry all the time. So like one of those dolls that you have to feed with a little plastic bottle. Remember those? Having a dog is way more fun than that, though, because they're endless entertainment. I could (and have) stare at a dog for hours and my attention would be held the whole time. They're unpredictable, yet somehow completely predictable. Their minds are unknowable, and yet I'm pretty sure they're thinking about food most of the time. Watching a dog is better than watching television. Watching television with a dog, that's peak existence.
This is the precise reason why our fluffy friends make such excellent memes. We're addicted to looking at them, plain and simple. This batch of memes exemplifies that in full.