About Us

My goal is to help others gain the love of animals. If I have helped just one person to see that how we treat animals is important, then I have been successful in what I've set out to do. Yes, animals were created for our use, they are meant to be in subjection to us. It is OK to eat them. They are also meant for our enjoyment and companionship. Not for us to abuse, destroy or torture or be ready to give up when we are through with them.

I have a great love for animals. I have always had at least one or more pets in my life. I have loved living on and visiting farms, helping out with the chores, milking the cows, feeding the calf's, watching all the animal mate, giving birth and nurturing there young. Most would say, it was a sad day when any animal would die for any reason.

As a young child I begin to realize that it isn't that nice everywhere. A lot of other farmers and large company's are doing things that are absolutely horrible to poor innocent animals, most not even for the sake of eating it. And with that came more horrors that are so incredible that it is beyond human comprehension of how any of these ones that were and are still committing these acts can possibly live with themselves.

I have studied several different types of animals and have been in the search of a solution to animal abuse. I have reported any type of abuse I've been aware of to the proper authorities. I became involved with organizations such as PETA and others as well. I believe that the most important thing we can do is to speak out against animal abuse, teach others about animal abuse and to treat each and every animal that we could with the respect that they deserve. We all need to speak out and do our part in stopping animal abuse. That is why I have decided to build this site. I hope I come off loud and clear when we say, LETS ALL STOP ANIMAL ABUSE.

Concerning animals, there are many different cultures out there that believe differently on how, what or what not to eat. My main concern on the subject is that if you believe in eating meat fine, do it in a way that does not step over that line. I myself am all for a good steak. But killing that animal in a way that would bring suffering or pain to it or buying the meat from any source that would do such a thing is WRONG!

Go to www.peta.org check out some of their videos. You may be shocked. If those videos don't affect the way you think about animals and what you are eating than maybe you haven't seen enough. Even when one animal kills an other it is the quickest, and least painless way possible and naturally it's because of hunger. If you think about it even when animals have been known to kill man it is first of all out of instinct because of fear for it's self or it's young and they have learned not to trust man (for good reason). Secondly it's man that has bred them to be fighters, to be viscous and to attack on command. They weren't originally like that. And third it's because man has pushed them to a point where they aren't even given a chance to defend themselves by taking away their food and land, their very resources in which keeps them alive. What defense does their offspring have? Man has always needlessly destroyed, each other, animals and their environment. We all have to face the facts that it's a matter of the imperfections in all of us that is the cause of this problem, mans ignorance towards it and casual attitude about the whole thing (like all of our world problems) and there will never be a absolute solution at least not in this system. All we can hope for is that each and every person tries to do their part in NOT abusing animals. Get knowledge on what abuse is and take care of your animals and pets to the best extent possible or DON'T OWN THEM !!!

About Moopaw

Moopaw the site was built April 9, 2009 for two reason. The first is because of my love of animals and the chance to speak out on animal abuse. Two because of the love I have for him. Yes, I said him, he is my dog. My faithful friend and inspiration. I will be the saddest person in the world the day he dies. And I know it will happen. Yet there's nothing that can prepare any of us for death it just wasn't meant to happen at least not in the way that it does for our pets.

Moopaw is what I call him. His real name is Sid. He was named after the sloth on the movie Ice Age. It's because his original owners caught him eating a pine cone, just as the character on Ice Age did. I don't know where he originally came from or what his parents looked like. All I know is that three friends walked into our local pet store and came out with three tiny pups. The pet store owner said they were a mix of beagle and cairn terrier although I see no resemblance of cairn terrier in any of the pups.

I need to tell you first that this is the same pet store owner that told me I was buying a peekapoo. (A mix of pekingese and toy poodle). What a joke that was. (I'm hoping to this day that it was her that got swindled, not that she did the swindling). Her name was Tess. As a small pup it was hard to tell, but within one month I could tell something was not right. She was growing a beard. She had no characteristics of either breed of the dogs I was told she was. I soon found out where the dog came from and talked to the previous owners and found out that it was a mix of Black Labrador Retriever and Chesky Terrier. She turned out with the body build and most characteristics of the Lab but the fur of the Chesky. She was fun, energetic, lovable, protective and very faithful to me. I wish I would of had more time with her. But I didn't have the time for her, after all she was suppose to be a small lap dog. It was to much at the time for me to handle. I reluctantly gave her to the Humane Society. My husband insisted, it wasn't my idea. I cried all the way up and all the way back and weeks afterwords. I still occasionally think of her and get a little teary eyed. I loved her dearly.

Any way the friends that originally got Sid were unable to keep him so he went to their brothers place and he was unable to keep him, so I took him and this was before I gave Tess up. My intentions were to find him a good home. So I had the two of them. What a big problem that was. They got along great right away. Sid was still very young and Tess mothered him. Boy did I have a lot of trouble with the two of them. When they were separate they were great. Well Sid was anyway. When they were together, Look Out! They were out of control and I didn't have the time to train either of them. Tess was to big and to energetic for us to handle in a small place with a very small yard. Sid was smaller and was not any where near as hyper as Tess so, I kept Sid, he was more laid back. Sid was depressed after we hadn't come back without Tess but he got over it. I think he may of sensed my sadness too. I hope she went to a good home.

Well it's been about six years now we are in our own home with an acre of land next to the woods and Sid couldn't be happier. He gets to see all the surrounding animals such as rabbit, squirrel, wood chuck, deer, all kinds of birds and of course neighbor cats and dogs which he's friends with, except for one, which is the only dog in our area that that hasn't been spaded, and of course the only female too, the rest are neutered males.

So, I was delighted to find out that I could post my dog on the internet and be able to help others to become aware of animal abuse at the same time.

On an other note. About a month after Tess was gone Sid had what looked like some sort of epileptic fit. I called the emergency number for the vet seeing it was well into the evening when this happened. I described what he was going through to the vet and he told me that it wasn't an epileptic fit and he said bring him in to the office right away, so we did. As far as he could tell it was an allergic reaction to something. Although he didn't know what Sid was allergic to. This was when he was close to a year old and for 5 years he continued to have these reactions no matter what the vet did for him. Most of the medicines the vet gave him were causing other allergic reactions. I tried all kinds of things too, such as new shampoos, laundry detergents, and food. Even other vets had no idea what he could be allergic to. Nothing seemed to help.

I finally got to the point where I knew it was definitely his food. So I started to buy a more expensive food thinking that would help. But it didn't help much. Then one day I was at a store where the Amish sell goods and I was talking to one young girl there about my dog and she said try this dog food ******. I said sure why not, I've tried a million others why not that too! And it was so wonderful. While eating that bag of food Sid never had one fit.

The only problem was, when I went back to buy more of that food, they told me they no longer sold it. I asked them if they knew where I could buy it at and they said they don't know. I did some research on line and found out that the food and the company that sold it no longer exists. Great I thought, kill the good guy! But I still had the ingredients label I cut off the bag of food, so I started to do a comparison with the foods that he had gotten sick on and this food. It took quite the effort and lots of time to find out what every ingredient on all the labels were. I finally after six an a half years found out that my dog is allergic to food coloring, animal digest, glyceryl monostearate and brewers rice. I now buy him food and treats that don't contain these ingredients. Once in a great while he will still have a fit but I believe it's the cat feces he digs up out doors.

He also has skin allergies and he digs himself and loses his hair. This is due to certain pollens and fur trees, shrubs etc. He is now going through this for the second time in his life. He is also allergic to fleas. Not just the fleas themselves but also the bits due to the fleas saliva.

So with Sid it's been a never ending battle where I never win. And I still love him dearly.

My Companions

This is Tess at about 6 months old.

This is Sid (Moopaw) about 9 months old.

This is the two of them tearing up what was once one of Tess's toys. This is the way they were together all the time. Even at night. We had to put a gate up to keep them separate. When we went to work or any where else we worried constantly. Once when we had to go somewhere before we had Sid, I had put Tess's leash on her and hooked her to my table leg. Stupid me, she could reach my love seat in the living room and she gnawed on two of the wooden legs. It was a brand new set. She even tore the edge of a new carpet to pieces. More updates on Sid (Moopaw) later.

Sid (Moopaw) is now 7 years old and looks every bit his age plus some. He has a generative disease that has made him age faster than normal. Some days he shows it, some he don't. Here are some recent pictures.

Here is why I call him my Rolly Polly and why he needs so many baths. Its a mossy spot where a rabbit or other rodent has urinated at.

Here I finally got him to look toward the camera by putting the ball by the camera in one hand and took the picture with the other. Here you can see his aging.

On July 10th our neighbor brought over a box of very young kittens. Our neighbor said, they were going to take them all to a farm. I looked in the box and picked up a skittish, orange one. Our neighbor said, "That is a male." My husband is partial to orange Tabbies. It became ours. He went out and bought everything we needed for it. It is part Maine Coon. The mother is a beautiful brown and orange Maine Coon. She has some of the most beautifulest markings I've ever seen on a cat. She got out and an orange Tabby among others males mated with her.

The kitten adapted to our home and us very fast. It is very intelligent and yet has clown-like antics at the same time. It is so comical. It does things that I have never seen a cat do and I have owned and been around a lot of cats. Its coat is almost like a Rex Hare with fluffy fur over it. It has a prominent "M" on its forehead.

We named it Toby because it would speed by me and attack my toes. So I thought why not Toby. It seemed to fit it well. It became our precious little Toby Kitty. Then after it was close to 13 weeks old, we realized it was staying very thin, extremely hyper and not developing any testicles. Wala! Our Toby was a female. She is now Tabbi Kitty. We had to keep the name similar to Toby seeing it already came to know its name, so Tabbi seemed to fit the bill. Now we have another family member that never fails to amaze us.

We finally got use to it being a female and calling her Tabbi. The vet told us that it was a female too. Then I seen HIM cleaning his private area and I clearly seen that it was a male with a "YOU KNOW WHAT" and testicles. I was really glad to find out it was a male. It went back to Toby. He has grown up a lot and is starting to experience the outside and other animals. He is 5 months old and still a very playful little beast.

Here Toby runs up to Sid, grabs his leg and bits him in the elbow and Sid just looks at him to say, "What are you doing."

Here Toby is playing with a silk flower I gave him out of my craft stuff so that he would stop playing with plugged in cords. He carried this and two other flowers down stairs to play with them down there.

Here Toby is waiting at our front window for Sid and I to come back from our walk. He hasn't been outside yet.

Here Toby is squinting because of the flash of the camera. Notice the "M" on his forehead.

Here Toby is playing with a collar and a paper ball. He prefers the paper of receipts they are much lighter and he can toss them around a lot faster than normal paper.

Here he is playing with a paper ball under our humidifier. He loves to put all his play things in cracks, under things and behind things.

Sid is doing great. He is now 8 years old. I now have to watch the snacks I give him. Even if a product says it's organic or all natural ingredients it may not really be. Sid had one of his episodes yesterday where he looses control of his whole back side of his body. He drools a small pond then he vomits out whatever it is that doesn't agree with him and then he's OK. It must be these dental snacks that I bought for him. Time to ditch them. The vet says fleas are worse this year due to the high temperatures. He says fleas are bad for all animals not just pets. Baths, meds and combing gives him a little relief, but not for long. Toby may have a couple of fleas, not many though he gets combed, sprayed and wares a flea collar. Sid can't it burns his neck.

Here Toby is playing with a knotted rope. He is 7 months old and boy has he grown.

Here he is walking away from me and is mad at me because I wouldn't let him play with the strap on the camera.

Toby got neutered and everything went well. Before he went in he must of got into a fight with another cat. He has sore and swelled on his back toward the base of his tail. It got so full of puss that he bit it on one side then the other side. And it drained all over the house. My husband and I followed him around the house cleaning up the mess until it slowed down and he laid down in his bed. We took him to the vet and he put him on an antibiotic. By the time that he went in to get neutered it was pretty healed up, but to help it heal better the vet shaved the punctured areas and put an ointment on it. FOR FREE! That's a vet who really cares.

He has been in a couple more fights sense then and we know the cat that is fighting with him. It belongs to a neighbor that lives about 4 houses down on the other side of our block. The cat is not neutered and very dirty and mangled looking. I would like to talk to the owners but I doubt it would do any good. All I can hope for is that Toby learns to defend himself better and whoops this cat. Toby is afraid of this other cat, he runs from it. One day Toby climbed up to the top of the patio, peeing as he was running away from this horrible cat because he was so afraid. My husband got out there just in time to slap this cat as he was almost to the top, just before he got to Toby. He didn't come back for a while, but I see now he's coming back to attack him again.

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