Do cats and dogs actually feel affection when you treat them right or is it really just an instinct for “more food and drink” etc?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen dogs, cats and other domestic animals smile because they’re happy and show love to their owners for treating them right.

Yeah I see memes but those are either photoshopped or snapped at the perfect moment to make it look like they’re smiling.

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    My cats eat a diet almost entirely of delicious, delicious meat.

    None of it is made of cats.

    Nor do I eat cat meat.

    There’s nothing wrong with being omnivorous as long as you’re ethical about it.

    There’s also nothing wrong with veganism as long as you’re ethical about it.

    I draw the line at cannibalism, though. Way too easy to spread human pathogens that way.

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      If you kill a sentient being for pleasure against its will, there is nothing that could make it ethical.