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"Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."
~Mark Twain - "The Lowest Animal" 1835 - 1910
To see one of the cruelties Man is capable of, do go to
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000423
Bullfighting may seem entertaining, but isn't it cruel and barbaric of humans to taunt and harrass, and sometimes kill, nature's creatures just for the sport of it?
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...billions of animals lead a wretched existence on factory farms before they are slaughtered, left to waste away, or bled to death, in order to feed Man's appetite for meat, milk and eggs...
If you care, do go to
http://www.factoryfarming.com/
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
~Mahatma Gandhi
"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms."
~George Eliot
"Yippee... where are we going?"
Gingko: Hey Miko, check out all the yummies on the menu!
Gingko: Hi big sister, what's good here?
Miko: Yum...doggilicious meatballs! Better decide what you want fast Gingko before I eat everything in the house!
Gingko: Sssluuuuuuuuurrrrp! Ice cream is my favourite! 
Gingko: Please mommy can we go back to the cafe for another doggie sundae?
Miko: See, this is how you roll over!
Miko: And this is how you play dead...
Miko: Now you do it...
Gingko: Huh... can you show me again?
This is our fourth favourite game! Can you guess the first three?
Miko: Grr.... You got the shoe... I'm not gonna let you have the sock!
Gingko: Oh yeah? Well, try and stop me!
Gingko: Hmm, can't seem to find my bone... quite sure I hid it somewhere around here... I wonder if Miko took it?
Two little puppies... Running all over the house... One so Cheeky... the other so Chubby!
Miko: Who says I'm chubby?!
Gingko: You can't catch me!
Miko: Mummy caught me eating my poop again and wanted to smack me... good thing I ran to hide under the table before she could catch me! I don't get why she gets so upset about it... if I eat it then she won't have to clean up!
Miko: Oops! Busted...
Miko: I better make a run for it...
Whee! The Botanic Gardens is so fun... there's so much to see and so many dogs to meet! We even saw a another Sheltie. Mommy called him a handsome fellow!
Gingko: Wow Miko, lotsa yummy stuff in here! If we can just open this drawer...
Miko: I found the milk Gingko! You found the cookies yet?
Mommy laughs at the way we run because she says we prance around like sheep. Isn't that why we're called sheepdogs?
Uh oh Mommy is angry... she says Sylvester didn't need a liposuction on his back.
Us at three months
Miko: How far you think we have to jump from here Gingko?
Gingko: Can I have a biscuit please?
Miko: Where are you gonna take me?
Us at four months
"How long do we have to pose like this?"
Mommy brought us outside at last yesterday. We went to Aunty Vicki's house and the park and we made our first doggie friend! Nice to meet you Bubbles! We walked and walked and got so tired we fell asleep in the car going home... and when we got home we slept until dinner time.
Gingko: Hey Miko come over here, I think I see a frog!
Gingko: Hello, wanna play with us?
Bubbles: Er... you're tiny, I don't wanna step on you!
Miko: I'm tired! Can I take a nap here?
"ZZZ"
Gingko: This shoe is mine! You can have the other one.
Miko: Fine, you can have the dirty smelly old thing to yourself!
*Grumble* ... it's almost a month since Mommy brought us home and we still can't go out to play. We're running out of things to chew in here... and Mommy is getting bored of staying in too but she can't leave us alone at home because she's afraid to come back and find the house upside down!
