#1 - My brother's friends mock my mental health....I need help please. :(

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I'm really upset and for the first time, I have finally reached a point where I don't even want to talk to my brother anymore. I have to give a back story. My brother has a beautiful dog named Charlie. I have spoken about this here and there but over the 11 years of my brother owning Charlie, he has not done the best job. Over these years, I have battled hard to get my brother to look after Charlie correctly. Such as: *You could count the amount of times he has walked him on one hand and even that was due to my brother being told to. (I have walked Charlie a lot - no thanks given). *There were some years where Charlie was washed once a year and thanks to me (though, no thanks were actually given) I would wash him but then set up a dude to wash Charlie on a regular basis professionally). *Thanks to me (no thanks actually given) I've had multiple times where I've cut knots out of Charlie as he never gets brushed by my brother. *Many occasions I refill Charlie's water bowl when there was little to none. *Thanks to me (Yep, no thanks given) I have reminded MY brother to give HIS dog his medication. *Sometimes when he comes home from work he barely acknowledges him. It's heart breaking when Charlie lays flat looking down the hall way waiting for my brother to give him attention. But he stays in his room with his precious gadgets. *And I could keep going, basically I have looked after Charlie way more than my brother ever has. I was never asked, nor have I ever been thanked for all the things I've done to look after Charlie. So many occasions including less than 3 weeks ago, I was upset that brother doesn't spend time with Charlie as Charlie has been unwell regarding his heart. You'd think after a huge important scare, with a chance of possibly putting him down (which is still possible), you'd want to soak up as much quality time as you could. My brother loves Charlie.....he cares ABOUT Charlie but he doesn't care FOR Charlie so well. He is useless. My brother only recently told me how yes he hasn't been the best and that he will do better (yeah whatever, heard this a trillion times). Basically, what I'm trying to say is, I've done a lot for my brother regarding Charlie and not regarding Charlie. Loaning money, doing his laundry, cooking meals, asking him what he wants when dad and I go shopping, you know basic considerate things. My brother has done horrible things such as lie to me....like a lot including in the past, lying about needing $600 "for bills" even though it was for a computer he wanted. And when confronting him about that? "Andrew, I don't like lies and I didn't appreciate you lying to me about that money, you lied to me about what it was for. You're working, I'm not." His response? "But I paid you back!" Not the point dude, not the point. He has said horrible things about me, to me, has lied about me and to me. But Andrew tries to spin it. Even going so far as saying bull$hit as "The reason I lie to you is because you never believe me." Yeah read that again, it's what he Said. oh and that I'm a "bi*ch for always nagging" him about Charlie. Like, nagging you or trying to help keep him alive? He does....ok with giving Charlie medication but that's not good enough! Anyway, please if you want to continue to part 2. I'm trying not to make these long. I honestly need strength, support and advice and though you can't feel it, I'm begging for help as I don't know what to do anymore.