The answer is B: He loves the animal with all his heart.
Sancho Panza is Don Quixote´s companion in Cervantes´ famous novel. Although in Spanish Panza´s donkey does not really have a name (he is usually refered to as “el rucio”, which is not “dapple” in English) he certainly is very well loved by his owner and he treats him with the utmost respect, notwithstanding all of the donkey´s flaws which are object of many comical and humorous passages throughout the novel.
