Be Kind to Animals Week^®

They say every dog has his day. Well, during each May, dogs, cats, rabbits, and even fish have an entire week dedicated to them!

Be Kind to Animals Week^® celebrates all of our furred, feathered, and finned friends. And it's the perfect time to pamper the dickens out of your four-legged family members. Make playtime part of your daily routine this week (a great habit to get into). Take your dog for a walk. Get your pet spayed or neutered. Update their ID tags. And bring your cats inside--permanently--since indoor cats live longer, healthier, safer lives.

To show your appreciation for the animals who don't live in your house, put a bird feeder in your yard. Start recycling. Plant a bush that feeds butterflies. Put up a bat house (they eat hundreds of insects each night!). And support your local shelter with gifts and time.

Whatever you do, just use this one week to look around your house, yard, and community and enjoy the beauty and friendship that animals bring to your world and their role in keeping you and this planet alive.