Animals Blogs (439)

Terrier Tales....Dream Worlds Evil, sharp, little teeth resembling baby alligators' grinned as the three dogs entered their dream worlds. As they sl...

The Lucky Spider.I found a Lucky Spider on one of the Pot plants I have grown over the years. That must have been at least four years ago, maybe as much as six. I am n...

Mama Cat...

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ............... a shark ??...

Wanna have a conversation?I am up to talk here, a constructive conversation, were we both feel satisfied and wholesome ...! 2222...

Coon warsLiving on a farm means contact with animals, wild and tame. It seems every year I have to shoot off possums and coons. Been that way my whole life. Ow...

The weirdest thing plagued me.Many, many years ago, not really long after I moved in here, I was out in my backyard either tending my tomato plants in the form of watering and weed...

How to wash a cat.1. Put both lids of the toilet up and put 1/8 cup of pet shampoo in the bowl. 2. Pick up the cat and sooth him on the way to the bathroom. 3. In 1 s...

The winged insect.Some years ago, the exact number of which presently remains unimportant, not to mention eludes me, I walked out onto my veranda only to see a centimet...

State botanist rescues hunting dog from 80-foot hole in HawaiiWhen a 1-year-old hunting dog named Orange fell 81 feet into a shaft in the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve on Kauai, it was a state botanist who came to h...

Sad but a bit uplifting...

Farm life goes on with baby chickens.I keep anywhere up to 50 chickens. Down right now to 22. And way too many roosters! GRRRR. One hen I found with about 14 eggs hidden. Moved her nest a...

The aging and then deaths of our critter pals.At the ex's next door, we just lost two terrific cats, at ages 16/17 years. Miss Angel coon cat, huntress, par excellence, even from her death pillow....

It’s the little things…For the past twenty two years I have maintained a bowl of fresh rainwater on a small steel frame table just beyond my back door. For the past ten or...

Interesting dolphin storyPelorus Jack From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Species Risso's dolphin Years active 1888–1912 Known for Escorting ships near French Pass...

SomberA few days ago, one of my younger cats got ran over and killed. Today I finally got around to burying her and it was fking hard. Been depressed ever s...

The ongoing cutest 'war'....

Amusing doggiesCan't understand the language but just can't help sharing...

Cute article about the perception of us by dogs and why they can be confused8 Things We Do That Really Confuse Our Dogs Taking a walk in a puppy’s paws can help us understand humankind’s best friend. by Melissa Starlin...

Most grounded/honest women get it, but all real men do.So, my neighbor asks me to come along with her, for winter to summer tire change. It's a Maine climate, and woman with knuckle dragging mechanic sor...

Pure joy !...

She came to do nails and got nailed.....by an alligator.Some think of alligators as a Florida animal. But the truth is, that several southern US states have them. Wherever they, or crocodiles exist, extre...

The kaleidoscope of colour which is my life, shows the choices I made along the way.My love of animals knows no bounds. Food for thought: Why is it that: Eg: If your partner cheats on you, he is called a dog. A woman a b*tch....

The secret life of your petSure they they look cute & innocent. But, when you're not looking, what are they up to ?...

Rules Of EngagementIn the animal kingdom, each species has its social rules within that group, forming a hierarchy, or pecking list, of which each individual is very awa...

More dreadful/dreary lecturing on Epidemiology.Welcome back, young nubile people. Just another point first on seating and attire. As to the latter, those helpful three young ladies, now sitting rig...

Back from a CS fast---the Siphonophore spp.-all 46 meters of it.Deep sea researchers in Indian ocean, saw it, and snipped a chunk for positive (DNA) identification, and species naming- at almost 700 meters of dark...

Awww... dog, you need better grooming!I bookmarked a 'homeless dog makeover' video and when I returned to see it... poof it was gone! So, I searched a few more and see it resurfaced with a...

Foursome; 3 females and a male. Having fun playing.She may be a bit ruff and a b itch, but doggone it, better than some players I've seen. Yes, I was talking about the dog, not the other 2 females....

ApparentlyEven in nature, there are those who make things worse, and others who restore order, leaving the world just a little bit better.

Pretty good science behind it....No?........for those who consider psychology as science. But even in so called lower life forms, phylogenically downward from mammals, it seems that behavior...

A tiny black round spider.....and Sufi sensibilities.......So, we must have a dozen species here at the Vierk mansions. I"ve seen these sorts before, and unlike the larger beasties, what makes them so small...

Are different breeds of dogs really......all that different?....Sure, physical appearance differs, as does propensity toward various health issues. But behaviors? Over the years, my dogs,...

This is a very interesting raptor storyA redtail hawk was raised by a bald eagle pair along with 3 of their own eaglet chicks. Indeed, originally there were 2 redtail chicks in that nest,...

Fresno [ next 11 exitsAnd so it has begun. A war of world's x 10,000 Here in the big F. Complete hysteria with 2, yes two, confirmed cases locally. Just came from the sto...

Little Miss Angel.....Coon cat Emerita......passed away at 2:30 this AM, aged 17, with loved ones all around. Agonal twitching final breathing efforts. Vets gave us preloaded syringe with fin...

Stories from the Dog side.The beginning and misadventures of a dog named Wall-E....

The dying kittie.........Miss Angel, one of a neighbor's cats, is 17 YO, and is fading. The vets think she had an occult cancer over the past half year, and she was down t...

Check out the beautiful young chick(s) !Well, perhaps that's not the very best title for a blog on a dating site. Or is it. Nonetheless, this is a live CAM feed of 1 or 2 beautiful...

Cats vs. CucumbersNot sure why cats get so scared of cucumbers. I've gotta try this some time with my cats....

Dog Sh*tWent to see the Doc today. Got some good news but more tests required that I give a sh*t. I had the choice of giving a sh*t, freezing it, and bringing...

Friends story ...The last time I saw Leonardo, he was aging gracefully. His once dark hair had turned to silver, and his countenance was quiet and refined. His home...