Simply put, at the end of the day, there's nothing, absolutely nothing, that the unconditional love of a dog doesn't take care of for the soul.

Your dreams and goals to be attained are merely a date on the calendar you simply don't know of yet.

I circle you

God created Dog, for when men forget love, a dog can show them how

Life would become easier in a simple realization that everything works out in the end.

And I think, OK. So a dog isn't the most important thing. But a dog like Honey loves one person completely, unwaveringly, with perfect faith. That has to be more important than most things.
And Gabriel, I say. He has Gabriel too.
Gil says nothing but I know the answer. The answer is that Gabriel can't save Matthew any more than Gil can, or Honey. Or Jake. But we are all woven together, like a piece of cloth, and we all support each other, for better or worse. Gabriel is just a baby but eventually he will see the world and his father as they are: imperfect, dangerous, peppered with betrayals and also with love.