Dogs lack the neocortical architecture associated with episodic self-modeling, making a genuine first-person indexical representation of self-produced odors neurophysiologically implausible.

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episodic self-modeling(cognitive science and philosophy of mind): The brain's ability to create a mental representation of itself experiencing specific events or moments in time—basically, remembering yourself doing something.
first-person indexical representation(philosophy of mind and epistemology): A mental image or thought that refers to your own subjective experience using 'I' or 'me'—the way you experience the world from inside your own mind rather than observing it from outside.
neocortical architecture(neuroscience and cognitive science): The physical structure and organization of the neocortex, which is the outer layer of the mammal brain responsible for advanced thinking, learning, and awareness.
neurophysiologically implausible(neuroscience and cognitive science): Something that the structure and function of the brain make very unlikely or impossible to happen based on how we understand neuroscience.

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