I can drop a jar at your door on my lunch break. Somewhere to the side where you won't trip over it, of course.
As well they should be. You can judge a lot about a person by how they treat animals.
Don't think about it that way, if you can help it. At least not for my benefit. As far as I'm concerned, this is a thing you're feeling and going through. That gets to mean whatever it means to you while you're living it.