One thing I've never been able to understand is how could someone hurt something so precious as a cute little animal like the above puppies? I guess I've always been an animal lover. My mom is the same way. She even has the ability to domesticate a bull. Yes, a bull. My father bought a bull for them to raise. Strictly for the meat, mind you. He had this fantastic idea that it would be a lot cheaper to buy a very young bull, fatten it up and then slaughter it. One thing he didn't take into account is that my mother has this uncanny ability to "talk" to the animals. She went out daily to feed this bull, make sure it had water, etc. But while out there she would pet it and talk to it. By the time it was to slaughter this animal my mother had this bull so domesticated that she didn't have the heart. She told my father that under no circumstances was he going to "murder" Baby. Yes, my mother had named the bull! My father was defeated. I found it funny, but saw it coming when I noticed one day after mom had pulled up in the yard after grocery shopping, "Baby" set to mooing and wouldn't stop. I heard mom say "Ok, Baby, I'm coming!" She put her groceries down, ice cream and all, and walked over to that bull and gave him hugs and kisses and talked to him for awhile. I learned then that he did that every time she would come back from going somewhere and if she didn't go give him attention he would get very upset. Finally, Baby had just gotten to big for the yard. So my father arranged for him to be put in a pasture with cows to live out his final days. Mom would go up there, every day at first, then gradually slowed down. The last time she went up there he didn't even walk over to her. He was finally adjusted to his new home and seemed to be very happy. He lived out his days there until he died of old age. My mom has befriended things like raccoons and opossums. Her current charges are birds. She has a peacock that pretty much runs her life along with the many finches, parakeets, and love birds in her house.

I developed her love for animals, but I was more into cats and dogs. But wouldn't think nothing of helping baby birds that fell out of their nests, helping turtles cross the street so they wouldn't get run over, etc. I do draw the line though. I will not befriend bulls or raccoons or opossums. lol But I do have a soft heart and will take in any cat or dog that needs help.

At the moment I only have one dog. She rules my life pretty much. We are going to be getting a cat this summer since my youngest son has this love for animals too and his favorite animal is the cat. I figure if there is any animal out there that can protect itself against my Ariel, it will be a cat. :)

When I buy an animal I will NOT buy from a pet store. Their animals are acquired from puppy mills and I do NOT support a puppy mill. To breed animals for the pure sake of money/profit is not the reason to breed an animal. I'm a firm believer in spaying and neutering your animals. Ariel is not yet spayed but will be. She is just to spoiled to handle having babies. Even though I would very much love to have one of her offspring's also. And I know my mother would love to have one too. She spoils Ariel as much, if not more, than I do. She will make special trips to the pet store before seeing Ariel just to buy her a toy or treats. Most of the time both. She will call here and before she says anything I hear "Put my baby on." And if you mention "Granny" within earshot of Ariel she starts to jump up and down, run to the door, bark, and is ready to go see her "Granny". :)

I also absolutely LOATHE when I see a dog tied up in a yard, or even in cages in the yard. This upsets me so much. Why have an animal if all you are going to do is chain it up and forget about it? Animals have feelings too. They deserve everything you do. Luckily, here where I live, there is a law that makes it illegal to have a dog chained up outside for more than 3 hours at a time. When I heard this it actually brought tears to my eyes, because I finally live somewhere, where they really do protect their animals.

Please, if you get an animal, make sure you want that animal for the right reasons. Make sure you are willing to treat that animal as if it were one of the family. Make sure it has a place in your heart.

Organizations and Other Links

Pet-Abuse.com	Animal Abuse Prevention Agency
The Animal Spirit	Animal Abuse Alert - This site belongs to one very brave girl who saw it was wrong to hurt an animal.
Animal Legal Defense Fund	Circuses.com - This issue is something close to my heart. Please read what is done to the animals that entertain at circuses. Then think twice about going to the next one.

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