How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
This is what happened to dogs who tried to live in the world without people—they became beaten down, defeated, starved. Sister was what we all would have become if we'd stayed in the culvert. (3.16)
But doesn't this thing happen to dogs who live in the wild because people make that life almost impossible? It seems like our narrator is becoming conditioned to being imprisoned by humans—he prefers it to living out in the world. Being domesticated is better than running wild. Cats, on the other hand, apparently didn't get that memo.
Quote #5
But I was a different dog than Mother. I loved the Yard. I wanted to belong to Senora. My name was Toby. (4.3)
It might seem traumatic that Toby is taken from his "home" in the wild and put into a pen with a bunch of other dogs—but he likes it. He considers this new place his home. What makes the Yard so special to him? Why is the Yard a home when the place he was born was not one?
Quote #6
A few months later, we all moved into a different house with a much better backyard. It had a garage, too, but thankfully no one suggested I sleep out there. (24.3)
Over the course of the book, the dog has a few different homes. He doesn't get particularly attached to any specific place; it's the people who make a place feel like home, not the place itself. Although not being confined to the garage is a nice bonus.