"Characters" is one way of putting it. I'm not into upsetting people or offending people but sometimes someone has to call a reality check. While I'm sure that the dog was not under stress or being willfully mistreated why on Earth would anyone want their dog to be portrayed as a walking object? I love art and I love dogs and I love dogs in art. But dogs as trivial decorations ....??? Thanks for drawing it to our collective attention - I honestly wouldn't of believed it if I hadn't seen it. This has to rank with testicular implants!! Yuk! - is the only safe way I can say it!