Playing with Dogs (2022) 描画 Edwin Loftus によって

The bond between humans and animals, particularly dogs, is one of my favorite themes. In this image a woman throws a ball for the three dogs accompanying her. in the background a cat, the main species competing as a companion of humans, startles at the movement of dogs and watches with mixed feelings.
My wife and I have raised a steady stream of animal companions. Keeping them as safe and well fed as we can while respecting their needs for freedom and their own experiential development, treating them as they grow older and delivering them into a peaceful end as the pains of living to advanced age render their lives a burden beyond bearing. There are things our animal friends will never understand, nut as the science of animal intelligence advances, we find more and more that, with allowance for their different physiology, their brains function essentially the same as ours. They experience, they enjoy or dislike, they form deep attachments, they think and act on their thoughts.
We, in our turn, will never understand the genius with which dogs sense the world through scent, process what they learn and react in what to their minds seems best. We will never understand the world of cats and how they maneuver it as small animals with an athleticism we could never hope to imitate.
We have our differences, but we share our lives, we with them and they with us. We give our animals the freedom to leave if they are not happy with us. Our cats are always indoor/outdoor. Our dogs are given off-leash, unfenced opportunity as often as possible. We bribe them with food and shelter and all of the other things we can offer. They choose whether to return or not.
We treat our animals better than many governments treat the people they are supposed to serve ... but that is the crazy nature of the world we all live in.

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