THEY PLAY AN OUTSTANDING ROLE IN OUR SOCIETY. WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE FOOD AND SHELTER THEY NEED IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. WE BUY THEM ALL THE NECESSARY PRODUCTS FOR THEIR SAFETY AND FOR SANITARY REASONS. WE ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE EMOTIONAL CARE THEY LONG FOR. THIS IS A REAL SUPPLEMENT FOR THEIR HEALTH.

IN SPITE OF ALL THE MONEY, THE EFFORT, AND ALL THE TIME WE SPEND DOING SO, IT IS NOT SO MUCH IF WE COMPARE IT WITH THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THEY GIVE US.

THEY ARE SMARTER THAN WHAT WE THINK THEY ARE. LET US NOT UNDERESTIMATE THEM. IF WE TAKE THE TIME TO OBSERVE THEM ATTENTIVELY WE WILL LEARN ABOUT THEM. OBSERVATION TIME VARIES DEPENDING ON THE ANIMAL. WE WILL FIND OUT THEIR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ARE TO BE RESPECTED. IF SOMEONE FAILS TO DO SO THE ANIMAL WILL FIND OUT THAT THE PERSON IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY. WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE ANIMAL TO TRUST THAT PERSON AGAIN.
TRUTH IS THEIR LANGUAGE AND IT IS THIS SAME LANGUAGE THAT WE SHOULD BE USING WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE MOMENT. ONE MORAL LESSON MOST PEOPLE LEARN FROM THEM IS GENEROSITY. THEY ARE ALWAYS RIGHT THERE, NEXT TO US, READY FOR US, GIVING US WHAT THEY KNOW BEST: SHARING GLORIOUS MOMENTS.

ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO GET TO KNOW THEM BETTER AND LEARN FROM THEM IS WATCHING THE TV PROGRAMS MADE BY FELIX RODRIGUEZ DE LA FUENTE. I USED TO WATCH ALL OF THEM WHENEVER THEY WERE ON WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.  THE PICTURES TOGETHER WITH THE STORY TELLING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS WERE JUST FANTASTIC. THEY NOT ONLY MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON ME BUT THEY IMPACTED ME SOMEHOW.

2009 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT I DECIDED TO HAVE A PET AT HOME. I ADOPTED A TWO-MONTH OLD KITTEN WHOSE MOTHER LEFT IT ON MY WINDOWSILL. THE MOTHER HAD A LARGE LITTER AND WANTED US TO HELP HER WITH THIS KITTEN, AND SO WE DID. THE MOTHER WOULD PAY US A VISIT EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE HIS KITTEN WAS ALL RIGHT AND TO THANK US HER SPECIAL, LOVELY WAY. THESE MEMORABLE MOMENTS REALLY PAY OFF!

THEY ARE OUR COMPANIONS AND HELP US IN MANY WAYS. WE ONLY HAVE TO START PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM TO FIND IT OUT. LET US ALL RESPECT OUR PETS, OTHER PEOPLE´S PETS AND ANIMALS IN GENERAL TERMS.