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.