[Avodah] Do dogs have free will?

[Michael Poppers]

In Avodah V42n17, R'Micha responded to RAMiller:
>> On Shemos 22:30, Rashi explains that treifos are given to the dogs
>> specifically as "s'char" (reward - Rashi uses this word twice) for
>> fulfilling "lo yecheratz kelev l'shono".  Does this s'char prove that the
>> dogs had free choice in the matter? If not, then why would they be rewarded?

> Does "sekhar" mean reward? Does "hasokheir es hapo'el" reward his employee?
> It could even be contractual.

And how does this explain the frogs who chose to go into the ovens not
(as per Da'as Z'qeinim <https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shemot/8.9#e0n6>
and Ba'al haTurim) dying when "vayamusu hatzfard'im"? If they were
human, "àáì àåúí ùáúðåøéí ìà îúå ìôé ùáèçå áä÷áØä åðëðñå áúðåø çí áöååé
äùí - aval osam sheb'tanurim lo meisu l'fi shebatchu b'hQbH v'nichn'su
batanur cham b'tzivui haSheim." (quoting Da'as Z'qeinim) surely would
be considered *s'char*.

All the best from
Michael Poppers * Elizabeth, NJ, USA