moosmom, I know the feeling. I have had people say stuff like that to me. One of them even said something about a friend of mine that lost her German Shepard, said she didn't understand why she was crying over a dog. I just couldn't help myself there I had to tell her what I thought about it.

My husband as I have said so many times before hates my cats, he will not touch them. He says ugly thing like that about my little Grover and tells me that I bore him talking about her so much. Gee, do I bore people with my Grover?

You know what he said when my daughter brought my baby home from the garbage she found her in? He said you should have left her there!

It was scary to try and raise a little 2 week old kitten, but I got through it. Uhhh, I am off topic, sorry.

I think it is wonderful that you feel the way you do about animals!