I appreciate Hashem for providing these things. However, that being said, did Moshe Rabbeinu not show hakoras hatov to inanimate (much less animate) objects such as the Nile River, for hiding him, by not striking it with his staff to turn it to blood? I think the Torah teaches us in genreal that we need to be makirei hatov, because if we cannot recognize the good that is done for us through simple venues, how can we properly thank Hashem and reccognize his Tov v’Chessed to us every single day for the myriad of things he does for us?
Still – I am not walking over to Elsie and saying todah rabbah. I might give her some gourmet hay, though.