Please be prepared with your pet's first name so I can pick right up on the animal's energy. Below are some of my favorite quotes about animals.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
"By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe." Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
"But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach tee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee; or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee." Job 12:7-8 Kings James Version, Holy Bible.
"Birds makes great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and falling they've given wings." Rumi (1207-1273)
"When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?" Montaigne (1533-1592)
"The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog...When all other friends desert, he remains." George Graham Vest (From an 1884 speech to the U.S. Senate)