They don't have souls like us

but I think they do have souls, as the have the spark of the creator in them, and that their souls, whatever form they take, are pure. Animals exist to do what the creator intended them to do. Your dog or cat loves you because that's what they were created for, essentially.

In Mysteries of Life is Role of Animals: Do They Really Have a Spiritual 'Dimension'?

(But don't all the photos on this webpage make you want to go 'awwwww...'?