Reed, Are You A Dog?

We don't have a dog so I am not sure where this came from. My mom and I noticed that if you ask Reed if he is a dog, he will stick out his tongue and start panting. It is pretty funny because he will usually stop whatever he is doing to do this. He loves dogs and will pant and lick when ever he sees one. He really gets excited if the neighbors let their dogs out when we are on the screen porch because the dogs always bark at us and Reed usually tries to bark back. He gets really upset when the dogs go back inside.