I keep trying to make good Christians out of my two cats; but they’re recalcitrant. They keep fighting with each other, and doing bad stuff like jumping up on the kitchen stove.
I retain hope, though. Both the Catholics and the Episcopalians ‘bless the animals’, in memory of St. Francis of Assisi - my favorite Saint, even though I’m not a Catholic:
http://cathedral.org/event/blessing-of-the-animals/
"That... blessed dog of yours...."