I bet that any of us who work with or have animals in our home lives have asked ourselves this question from time to time. How do we know if we are giving them enough. When they are not feeling well, or even if they are, are we spending enough time with them? Are we doing what they need for their survival. Are we giving them the quality of life they deserve? So often I have seen other's judgements or fears make people feel less as though they are failing with the animals. Then I have to step back and see that we have made so many mistakes as a human race. If we look at things in perspective, we will see, that we can only ever do our best. Take the domestic dog. It has been bred, at first perhaps for functional purposes, but oftentimes for people's amusement and ego's, to do and look like all kinds of weird. Making them look like show dogs and this resulting in arthritic pain for the animal. Having their ears cocked and tails docked, so that they look acce