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| Check out Marley and Mia's Profiles when they competed to be the next mascot for Old Navy: To access the PowerPoint File of their profiles CLICK HERE! |
I love to rescue animals and over the years I have rescued over 50, gotten them healthy, raised their offspring, and found them homes. On this page, you will see some of the animals I have rescued and also the 4 dogs I have raised and owned for several years, who were pound puppies themselves. Mia is the only one that has not passed away except Maggie Mudpie, who was adopted by my stepbrother after he lost a pet. I am also an advocate for animal rights. Animals experience physical and mental pain just like human beings. Physiologically speaking, they are very similar to us in all their basic needs: food, shelter, safety, and security. They also need love, affection, and companionship. Animals differ from us cognitively in that they can not rationalize situations and think abstractly. Rather, they learn through experience and positive and negative conditioning. Do not think for a moment, that an animal does not feel pain the same way we do. My Rules for Treating Animals Right: 1)SPAY and NEUTER your pets and any strays you come across. Even if it means an inconvenience for you- think of the difference we could make if everyone helped out. Discounted spay neuter certificates are available for purchase at www.friendsofanimals.org 2)If you ever see someone abusing an animal report them to the police immediately. It is a serious and heartbreaking crime! Control your temper and never take your anger out on a helpless animal. Walk away and realize that if a pet does something "wrong", it is because you did not train them properly or they were abused in the past, not because they are purposely trying to misbehave! 3) Don't wear fur! It's unneccesary. Even of the fur you own is not from an animal that was killed inhumanely, you are propogating the fur trade- and unfortunately, inhumane fur harvestingcontinues to be a harsh reality of that industry. Making a difference starts with you. Simple law of supply and demand. |
| ANDRIA'S RESCUES (including some of the animals at Angel's Bridge) |
| Angel's Bridge For those we have loved and lost In Memory of Marley and Mikae |
| Funny Animal Pics |
Andria's Animals
| Copyright 2007 www.andrialea.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
The following sections will be reposted very soon.
A glitch caused my prior worked to be destroyed.
A glitch caused my prior worked to be destroyed.
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE DOGS THAT HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE |
| MAGGIE MUDPIE Maggie is still alive as well and lives with my stepbrother here in Missouri. He adopted her from me in 2002 after one of his dogs was hit by a car and when I was moving to NC. I would have never given her away to anyone other than him. She is super playful and loves tearing apart stuffed animals and playing tug of war. She is very sweet and smart. Maggie is a Shar-Pei Australian Shephard mix. |
| THE ORIGINAL FOUR- SPRING 1998 L to R: Marley, Mikae, Maggie, and Mia One day they will all be together again. |
| MIA Mia was my first adoption and is still with me 13 years later. It breaks my heart to see her get old. She is an escape artist and loves naps and snacks. She was always the one picking fights with the others in her younger years. She naps most of the time now and loves to cuddle. She is one of the most important things in my life right now and I would do anything for her. |
| MANGIE I'm not sure how old Mangie was when she passed away of an intestinal complication in 2001. She was a rescue that I found in horrible health running the streets. I got her surgery on all 4 eyelids and afterwards, she was the happiest dog in the world because she could finally see and live life to the fullest. She was the only dog that Mia ever really played with, and she loved to cuddle and sit on my lap. |
| MARLEY 1995-2007 He passed away very recently and I miss him every day. He was so sweet and my only permanent male dog. Everything he did was impossibly cute. Every summer he loved to be shaved like a lion and he had about 17 wrinkles underneath all that fur! He hated dog sweaters, and loved snacks, cool floors to lay on, and going on walks. He was a Shar-Pei Chow mix. |
| MIKAE 1995-2002 One of the most expressive and intuitive dogs I have ever met. She lept like a gazelle and we had a wonderful connection. She was prissy and loved sleeping in the bed with me. She always knew when I was upset and would try to comfort me. She was a Shar-Pei mix, possibly part Viszla. |
| Brodie is my new boy, he is somewhere between 2 and 3 years old and I adopted him from the We Luv Paws Shar-Pei Rescue organization of Kansas City, MO. He loves to be outside, go on walks, blast around the house, play with and gather up his stuffed animals, and have his big squissy cheeks kissed and squeezed. He is about to undergo eye surgery for bilateral entropion. He is a wonderful new addition to my home. |
