Promoting Ethical Treatment of Animals

Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal,
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
We have a puppy and we have been debating over to get rid of it or keep it. We are not home a lot. The kids love it and the girls have done really well in taking it out, cleaning up it's messes and even our son is learning to be careful around the dog. He will try to pick up the puppy and we tell him "no" and then he just drops it. He loves the animal, but he needs to learn how to love the puppy.
I believe we are into the keeping mod again because it is good for the kids to learn how to care the needs of their animal. I just like playing fetch with him.
We have a neighbor to the church building who does not treat his animals or even people in a good way. He is all into environment but his home environment is worse than any landfill or the treatment of his cats is worse than any hunter would treat his target. His acts of kindness are cruel. It's sad, he needs to recognize the treatment that God wants to give to him through Christ, and will likely only see the treatment from God that those who are wicked outside of Christ will receive.