Yes, I can understand the companion thingy. I can really close bond to humans in a mate like friendship...as long as there is no need of body contact. I'd prefer canine offspring instead of human offspring. I do not like the human body much, its enough that I am stuck with one
May sound weird but yeah. You can have a partnership with an animal, but an animal can't talk about daily life, worries, help with decisions and so on. It doesnt work without human but it also doesnt work with too much human..somehow stuck between worlds