Home » Blogs » renasherwood » Yet Another Animal Blog

Yet Another Animal Blog

Last Updated 11.12.09 by renasherwood | Total Entries [19] | Total Comments [3]

Sort by : Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented

My Goldfish Ate My Catfish

Granted, the goldfish are guilty due to circumstantial evidence. I went to sleep with five fish in the tank (four goldfish and one corydoras catfish ) and woke up to just the four goldfish. I couldn't find any sign of the catfish -- not even a skull...

Last Updated Thu, Nov 12 2009 1:04 PM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: corydoras, catfish, fish tank, goldfish, plecostomus
Possible Native American Pet Charity Phone Scam

The other day I got a call begging money for pets of Native American tribes. The woman on the phone talked really fast and insisted I give her $100. I told her I couldn't at this time. She replied, "When would be a good time for you to give ...

Last Updated Mon, Nov 09 2009 10:33 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: animal charity scam, Dogtown, pet charity scam
Confession of a Best Friends Supporter

I stopped watching "Dogtown" in March. I still support Best Friends, which I discovered through "Dogtown", but now find the show far too heartbreaking to watch. It was seeing dogs in Ethiopia get thrown down a pit and left for dead...

Last Updated Thu, Nov 05 2009 9:46 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: Best Friends, pet rescue, rescue ink, animal cops, television
Dog Fancy Sucks

I guess after reading a title like that you could accurately guess that I'm not the bigest fan of Dog Fancy magazine, which is just about the most popular dog magazine in the United States. I used to be a subscriber, but last year got into a heated...

Last Updated Thu, Oct 22 2009 11:24 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: puppy mills, dog, stray dog, Dog Fancy, Humane Society of the United States, breeding dogs
Great Way to Protect the Dog: Act Like a Lunatic

A couple of posts ago I wrote about seeing a drunk woman kick her dog -- so I reported it to the police. She found out. My dog, Pony, only barks at certain people and she's one of them. Pony is in a secure fenced-in yard and has never been able to...

Last Updated Tue, Oct 13 2009 9:06 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: homeless dog, dog, protect pet
Do Hamsters Have Belly Buttons?

As a freelance web content writer, I get soe assignments that even I consider strange. Today, I had to write about hamster testicles. (Don't ask). I came across Hamster Haven , which stated that hamsters do not have belly buttons or navals. I was...

Last Updated Wed, Sep 09 2009 3:32 PM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: hamster testicle, hamster belly button, hamster secret, hamster, hamster navel
Why Should An Easter Seals Worker Drive a Lexus?

Sadly, that's not the start of the latest joke. My Mom knowns a woman that wears designer clothes and drives a Lexus because she has a high paying gig at Easter Seals. I had assumed Easter Seals was a charity -- but it's a charity just to make...

Last Updated Fri, Sep 04 2009 10:46 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: animal charity, easter seals, animal charity scam
Animal Charity Scam?

Last time, I mentioned concerns I had with a West Coast horse charity that sends me beggy-beggy letters every week. I'm not going to reveal which charity it is in case it happens to be a legitamate charity. I sent them a donation earlier this year...

Last Updated Thu, Sep 03 2009 9:25 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: animal charity, dollar bill in charity letter, anima charity scam
Animal Charities -- Please Stop Sharing Doner Lists

Animal charities have an undeservedly bad reputation as being fanatics or being rabid or being rabidly fanatical. Animal-hating people gleefully pounce on the slightest stumble any animal charity does. In order to make animal charities look better in...

Last Updated Sat, Aug 29 2009 8:33 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: animal charity, Best Friends, Charity Navigator
Nightmares

I've had nightmares since the womb but the ones I've been having this week have been real doosies. The fun part is that they repeat. I can wake up, think "Oh, it was just a dream, then," fall back alseep and go right back into the nightmare...

Last Updated Fri, Aug 21 2009 7:40 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: RSPCA, why people suck, nightmare
Thinking of Protesting a Philadelphia Eagles Game? Think Again

Sadly, the Philadelphia Eagles announced today that they are so desperate that they are signing Michael Vick , convicted of dogfighting. This means that animal rights ativists galore are going to be drawn like magnets to protest Eagles games. I've...

Last Updated Fri, Aug 14 2009 9:56 AM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: Michael Vick, Philadelphia eagles
My Dog's Birthday

This is Pony and myself, taken by a staff photographer for The Bath Chronicle back when we were homeless in England. We now live in the greater Philadelphia area. Pony was born August 13, 2004. Here's a much more in depth look at her fifth birthday...

Last Updated Thu, Aug 13 2009 5:09 PM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: homeless dog, dog birthday, the bath chronicle
Like Owner, Like Dog

If you look at the dates of the posts for this blog, you'll notice that there's a big gap in between posts. I was socked by one health problem after another at that time. The absolute creepiest problem was a sebaceous cyst . It was on my left...

Last Updated Mon, Aug 10 2009 1:40 PM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: sebaceous cyst, dogs and owners
Should I Get A Gun To Protect My Dog

I saw a drunk woman walking her dog on my street begin to kick her dog on his hind legs and back end. I didn't think twice -- I called the police and reported it. I do think it's important that if you witness animal abuse, you report it . However...

Last Updated Sat, Aug 08 2009 12:39 PM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: kicking dog, animal abuse, report animal abuse, witnessing animal abuse, fear of reporting animal abuse
Soaring in Big Lick Tennesse Walking Horses

Make no mistake -- soaring any horse is cruel. What is soaring? It's done by some (not all ) trainers of Tennesse Walking Horses (and sometimes other gaited breeds) in order to force the horse to perform exaggerated gaits in order to win trophies...

Last Updated Sat, Jul 04 2009 3:44 PM posted by renasherwood

Filed under: horse cruelty, big lick tennesse walking horse, TWH, Big Lick, soaring

1 2 Next >

Author

renasherwood
Lived in Pennsylvania until I was 29, ran...

Sort by : Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented

My Goldfish Ate My Catfish

Possible Native American Pet Charity Phone Scam

Confession of a Best Friends Supporter

Dog Fancy Sucks

Great Way to Protect the Dog: Act Like a Lunatic

Do Hamsters Have Belly Buttons?

Why Should An Easter Seals Worker Drive a Lexus?

Animal Charity Scam?

Animal Charities -- Please Stop Sharing Doner Lists

Nightmares

Thinking of Protesting a Philadelphia Eagles Game? Think Again

My Dog's Birthday

Like Owner, Like Dog

Should I Get A Gun To Protect My Dog

Soaring in Big Lick Tennesse Walking Horses

Author

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives