recruiting takes place in peoples    
 yards,  or outside stores, or with a bit 
        of violence and trickery.         
                                          
 throw  the  fourleggers   into  a   van. 
 decode  them. sort them by  species  and 
                  taste.                  
                                          
 decorate  the  dog,  decorate  the  dogs 
 mind,  upsize  the  paws, or  the  whole 
   creature, frame a burroughs portrait,  
 sing a tune about being  brought to your 
 roads end and reborn as something  else. 
                                          
 you    can't   go    the    same    way, 
  unfortunately, though another path is   
 open.  a grimier, grainier, more painful 
 approach. hopefully bliss is at the  end 
 of  it, but  i  don't  know. might  just 
 ruin  you.  will   probably  ruin   you.