It turns out that many of these pet owners love their pets so much that they take them to study under Buddhist masters in the hope that in the next life, they don't have to come back as animals. They receive "certificates of conversion" which include the pets 'Buddhist names, specially selected by the Buddhist masters, written at the top.
原來，愛寵物心切的主人們，為了希望這些寵物下輩子輪迴時，不要再淪入畜生道，因此特地前來拜師學佛，領取皈依證書；而這些證書上頭，都還有師父授予的寵物法號。