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.