I don't think that you need to have the fetishes to be furry.

About the dog thing, I really can't tell you. That sort of thing is difficult to verify, and I certainly don't have the ability to do so. Alternately, the dog as a concept may be significant on some level to you. If so, maybe it's important to know why. On the other hand, maybe it's enough to know that it has personal significance.

--Me