The general consensus in the literature is that
self-awareness represents a complex, multifaceted
neuro-socio-cognitive process (Morin, 2003). It is the
capacity to become the object of one’s own attention
(Duval and Wicklund, 1972) and to actively identify,
process, and store information about the self. It
consists in an awareness of one’s own private
self-aspects such as mental states (e.g., perceptions,
sensations, attitudes, intentions, emotions) and public
self-characteristics (e.g., one’s body, behaviors,
general physical appearance). Self-awareness also
includes knowing that we are the same person across
time, that we are the author of our thoughts and
actions, and that we are distinct from the environment
(Kircher and David, 2003). Thus self-awareness leads to
the realization that one exists as an independent and
unique entity in the world, and that this existence
will eventually cease.

http://human-nature.com/ep/reviews/ep01161171.html


Dogs do not meet any of that definition.