> Our pets do this all the time. We're smarter than them (to a degree) yet they trust us absolutely, with their lives. With two caveats. Our pets overall don't

> Our pets do this all the time. We're smarter than them (to a degree) yet they trust us absolutely, with their lives. With two caveats. Our pets overall don't steer us. They may nudge us to do certain actions, but in the end, we're the ones determining the parameters of the relationship not them. Humans abuse or give pets up for adoption way more often then pets do those to humans. The second thing is close pets dogs particularly (and likely cats) were forced to evolve over many generations to take that role in the relationship. Those dogs that maintained any independence or whose goal wasn't to please their human owners were effectively bred out of existence.