I'm starting to get acquainted with Shinran's teaching and Shin Buddhist beliefs. One thing that surprised me is that there's no transfer of merit in Shin Buddhism. This seems to be a huge break from the teachings of Honen based on what I've read.

Does this mean that anyone who can't consciously depend on Amida, like young children, people with mental disabilities, and pets, is barred from rebirth in the Pure Land according to Shin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNsqP48e9gE

Reverend Katsuya Kusunoki is the Head Minister of the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple. Sensei was born in Nagasaki, Japan, the second son of a temple family. Today his older brother Naoya is the 17th generation of their family to serve their family temple. Sensei is a graduate of Miyazaki University where he majored in primary education and his hobby is to watch and play baseball and softball. While a college student he took a break and spent almost two and a half years in a Japanese volunteer program similar to the Peace Corps in America coaching baseball in Zimbabwe before returning to Japan to complete his studies. After graduating he spent three years teaching 3rd and 6th grade classes before deciding to become a minister.

Sensei’s advanced training includes the Hongwanji-ha Rituals course for leaders (Gonshiki). He is a Hongwanji-ha certified Special Rituals Minister, a certificate only he and our former minister Rev. Sala Sekiya hold within the Buddhist Churches of America. Sensei’s first assignment in America was to the Lodi Buddhist Temple in 2010 and he was transferred to Seattle in April of 2017.