What is the dog's relationship to the cheeseburgers? We must assume, of course, that the dog has intellectual faculties to a human being. Which it does not. So this means nothing. Except that I'm tired and need to vent.
So what is the relationship? His eyes are closed and his ears are pulled back. Does he feel the cheeseburgers? Feeling is an experience, which means the dog would then be in an I-It relationship.
Perhaps, though, this is so much more than four #2 extra value meals squished into his paws. Just as humans can have relationships with trees throughout their lives (Giving Tree, anyone?) perhaps the dog is in an I-Thou relationship. He is sharing a moment with the cheeseburgers. He is growing.
And when the burgers are cold and stale, and flies and small ants from the kitchen start to forage for food, perhaps the dog will take away from the experience. Perhaps he will have learned something
Or perhaps his owner will give him a bath, which he most certainly does not like.
