Pet Ownership

I here people talk all the time about the pets they "own". We do not own Ted and Henry. They are a part of our family. We like to think we adopted them. In reality they lead a pretty good life. We take them to the vet to get them checked out and their teeth get cleaned too. We give them toys. They have 3 baskets full of them even though they usually get obsessed with them one at a time. We play with them and all that good stuff. Ted has never spent a night outside and Henry certainly has not since we rescued him. So if anybody owns anybody, they own us. Pets are a huge responsibility but I have figured out that the more you put into them, the more you will get back. Some societies believe that people can be reincarnated as animals. That is kind of a strange thought but what if it was true. "Grandpa please don't drink out of the toilet." Or maybe this one "Grandpa please don't lick that stuff on the ground." Any way the whole point is to be nice to your pets and really be nice to all the animals. They deserve a chance to be happy and enjoy life just as much as we do.

Note: The artwork above is by one of our favorite artist Lee Vandergrift. Here is a link to his site: http://www.leevandergrift.com/