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.