Well, why wouldn't the dog ask for love? It would have to spend its entire life with that guy, ensuring you'd be loved is an essential requirement for such a commitment.
Maybe! Or maybe this whole new concept of dogness actually is something that needs rational consideration. Given no forthright consideration at all, it could be rejected at face value in every possible scenario! It is not at all unreasonable for the Homemade Dog to point out that additional time should be spent to consider their merits.
And that their rejection is still a sad fact, because they were a homemade dog and as such they were made with love. Nothing really changes that fact.