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Clifford D Simak write that story. It’s contained in his book City.

That collection also has uplifted dogs and ants.

Frederick Pohl (another SciFi Grandmaster) tackled the Mars issue in ManPlus

Simak included dogs in his stories so often (and especially in that anthology you mentioned) that any time someone mentions a sci fi story with a dog, my first thought is that it has to be a Simak story. :)

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