Advice on my partner about my dogs

How can you explain to someone who much your dogs mean to you? I feel like my partner doesnt understand. To him, they might just be animals, but to me, my dogs are part of my life. They are the only ones who have been there for me even before I met him, they are the ones with me if im having a bad day or if im crying or if im feeling sick, they can sense everything about me and always just show genuine love to me so that is why i am the way i am with my dogs. He doesnt have that and i wish he did so he can understand how that feels and maybe he would care more. He was lucky enough to have an animal any timehe wanted growing up and him and his family took that for granted. An animal in his eyes is just an animal they arent part of your family, he doesnt have a connection with any animal because all they did growing up was have it for a little and then get rid of it. My two dogs are the only two i have ever had and thats why i dont take it for granted.