A good New Year’s resolution is to spend more time with our furry friends.  It’s often easy to get caught up with things to be done while our pets sit and wait patiently for us to play with them, go for a walk, etc.   They don’t understand why we need to go to work, run errands and clean.  They just know that they want to be with us.  I am so sad when I read about pets that are brought to shelters because their owners have no time for them.   They need to know that they are loved and wanted.  Give your pet a hug this first day of the new year and go spend some time playing with him/her!  The football games and parties can wait…..