Nowadays animals don’t go to bat for their masters that much,
though a few do. Rex and Rinty were never the same
after the burning stable incident, but did either of them let out a growl
or as much as a whimper? Kane was a loving master,
it’s true, but there is a sphere of soul in those animals
no Pavlov could ever figure out. They eat dog food
are grateful to it, and get to run around each day.
Modern mammals shun salads or anything to do with pleasure.
It’s because time is layered: some things make you sick
in certain periods, cause pleasure in others. Depends
on which layer you’re struggling through. And when the results
are tallied, some are sheepish which should tell you something
about the way the world is run.