Anthro farm

>There is a hierarchy on the farm.
>Above all else is the farm owner. His word is law. Everyone on his land lives as he commands.
>Next would be the farmer's dog. She's above even the other human farmhands, and this is one of the few places an anthro can actually hold authority over a human. 15,000 years of domestication have made her kind's love and loyalty to humans absolute. She is worth more than nearly every other animal combined, as evidenced by her authority, nigh-unlimited privileges, and the time/resources the farmer will use to ensure her happiness. A good dog like her can run day-to-day ops with little help and they're frequently taken by their owners as lovers.
>Cats occupy a lower tier, much to the chagrin of their prideful kind. Although they can be smarter than dogs and operate more independently, they aren't 100% loyal and many a tale features a turncoat cat, making some wary of them. That’s not to say a cant CAN'T be loyal and reliable, however. As a whole, they all seem to agree that opposing the firmly entrenched humans and the society they built is a poor idea and fall into their place with reluctant acceptance. A cat would typically occupy a more administrative role on a farm, doing paperwork and leading in the farm owner or dog's absence. She would be afforded much of the same privileges and level of closeness with the farmer as the dog.
>Horses are bellow cats. A domesticated workforce, they take to their roles easily. A farm would struggle to run without a team of horses, who on top of being livestock, perform blue-collar functions. With a "nothing is permanent" mentality, they don't usually oppose being bought, sold, and traded. Selective breeding might cause some conflict without coaxing. Some spirited stallions might be more rebellious and require either discipline, up to and including gelding. Occasionally a horse of excellent resolve and intellect can rise into an admin position like a cat or dog. These horses are rare, and usually change owners or become studs/broodmares considering the asking price of themselves and their progeny.
>The rest, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, etc can vary depending on circumstances. Cows most often take the 4th spot, however. They are "real" livestock that often live on a farm so their bodily products can be harvested. Their lives are easy so long as they keep producing. Most are happy. Easy food, company, sex, and safety soothes most grievances any might have. Being less thoroughly domesticated than dogs and horses, some bemoan their lot in life and wish for more, but running would do them no good. Between the dog who would drag them back, the dangerous wolves and coyotes who roam the wilds, and the human authorities who would seize them and maybe place them with a human who might work them, running has no use.
>Non-farm anthros also play a part.
>Wolves often enter agreements with landowners like farmers. They occupy and protect owned wooded areas and by extension, become the farmer’s property, thus affording them legal protection in return for tributes paid to the farmer. Tributes can be anything from crafted goods, meat, skins, or even a beautiful female being sent for several days in order to “pay” the landowner personally.
>Coyotes simply steer clear of humans, too rebellious and independent to co-exist. They exist as scavengers toeing the line between wolf territory and cities. A desperate coyote might try to raid a farm, but the threat of death at the hands of the dog, the arrow of a wolf, or the gun of a human usually wards them away.
>Racoons and Foxes are more daring. They will opportunistically make passes at human-controlled spaces like farms. Some succeed, others don’t, usually with lethal results.
>Mountain Lions and other big cats, although seldom seen bothering with human-controlled territory, do sometimes make contact. Like the wolves, they will sometimes try to negotiate some sort of (usually onesided in their favor) deal. Most can’t agree and the wild cat simply huffs and returns to the wilds.
>Bears, like coyotes, simply stay away from human-controlled lands. Unlike coyotes, however, they have enough nerve and power to not be targeted by wolves sans outstanding circumstances.
>Deer and other prey occupy a very unfortunate niche. They are little more than food for various predators since humans lack interest in them. They’re jumpy things with an oral-only history and culture, considering they can never settle long enough for records to matter.
>Humans came into control of all of this simply by evolving faster. By the time the smartest of anthros were discovering tools, humans had already begun forming a cohesive and complex society. The oldest domesticated anthro records showed humans pulling them into human life bit by bit until they were tied to humans permanently.
>Anthros have evolved quite a bit since then, but humanity’s place in the world has long since been cemented. There is no changing it now.