If my memory's good, Woo Shinje aka the Commander/ML, wasn't "gifted" like others with a specific power. He was a special case, tampered in the lab with. So it was difficult for him to find a guide that would be compatibile with him cause of it.
Not all of them are, some are just animals, like as in they don't have the intelligence a human have. + pupper have little to no pheromones, thats why people around them thinks he's just a normal animal
Show me that child's day to day life, you cowards!
Side note, I love that Wu bowed to Tora's father. A true sign of respect for his lover's father