Gulliver gets adopted

It seems that everywhere Gulliver goes, he ends up being taken into society as a pet. The Lilliputians adopted him as if he were a great big dog. They treated him with suspicion at first, but as soon as they realized he would not “bite” they grew more relaxed around him. They kept him chained in the beginning, like a dog, and upon discovering he would not run away, they let him loose around the yard. They gave him a doghouse and kept him well fed. The Lilliputians felt that they had Gulliver well trained and that he would not run away, until a spiteful neighbor tried to have him “put down”, and he left to save his “quality” life. The Brobdingnags also treated Gulliver like a dog. He was fed, clothed, given shelter and taken outside to “discharge the necessities of nature” similar as to what we would do for a dog. Gulliver was to perform tricks at their command at “dog shows” in the villages surrounding the village of the farmer who found him. Gulliver even seems to view himself as a dog. He goes so far as to call the farmer and his wife, master and mistress. Either Gulliver has grown used to this sort of treatment from his time with the Lilliputians or he actually does not mind being treated like a clever, exotic dog.