Artist by day, animal activist by night. Ok... correction. I'm not one of those crazy nutjobs who think all animals should fly free (whether or not they are physically capable of flying), that keeping a dog in a crate for 4-5 hours each day while the owner is at work is cruelty, that all zoos should be shut down, and meat should never be eaten, or fed to other animals. No.

I guess a better term would be animal welfare activist. I will advocate until I'm hoarse for an animal's welfare.

Now, let me look into that more. Welfare. What does welfare mean?

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, welfare means - "the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity."

So, I advocate for animal welfare. I advocate for the state of animals doing well in respect to happiness and well-being (wealth and fortune aren't exactly necessary for animals). Happiness and well-being you say? What does that mean? It's a pretty broad term.

For most states the minimum requirements include food, water, and shelter. Other states and various legislations have more specific requirements, like minimum sized enclosures for certain animals, minimum tether length, chains vs no chains, temperatures where certain animals must be provided with specific types of shelter, etc etc etc.


For me, the end goal is the welfare of the animal. If an animal is happy, healthy, and safe while being fed free choice a poor quality food, tied on a 15 foot chain in a backyard with an old plastic igloo dog house with a couple old towels inside it when it gets colder... I really can't be overly upset. Yes, things could be done to improve the animal's welfare. A longer tether that isn't chain (or no tether). A few more blankets in the dog house. A higher quality food. And I will advocate for such. But in the end, if the dog is happy, healthy, safe, and its minimum requirements of physical and mental health are being cared for, I am content. Not happy, but content.

Unfortunately, a lot of these minimum requirements are not being cared for. Puppies dying because their mothers did not receive adequate care while pregnant, animals not being fed, being tied up too short with no shelter, etc. And these types of things are completely unacceptable, and must be immediately changed and dealt with.


So... yes. I advocate for animal welfare. And I advocate for the highest level of animal welfare. The minimum is granted. I expect better.


So, because I am always ranting and raving about something... that is what this blog is for. My rants and raves about something involving animal welfare, about ideas, things happening outside of the world of animals, etc. I will try to keep it as factual as possible after my emotional rant, and involve veterinary and medical journals for information, news sources, statistical data, and so on to prove my point. Nothing will be just pulled out of the air. Before I write something I am stating as factual, I will do 5-10 minutes google and google scholar search to make sure before I write it. If I'm wrong, I won't write it, or I'll write about how I was wrong.

I might also have some stuff about my own animals on here from time to time. My dog, my cat, and my horse. Hence the name, Canine, Feline, Equine. Hehe... so clever don't you think?

Some stuff involving my artwork, my showing, and various little snippets of random things might also come up, but this blog is primarily for information about various things. Puppy care, spaying and neutering, nutrition (from both a pro kibble and anti kibble stance, even though I am personally anti kibble), first aid and injuries, state of shelters, euthenasia (for all types of animals, what happens before, during, after), equine concerns with tack, bits, and such, and so on and so forth.

I don't know if anyone will actually read any of it... but I have so much going on in my head, I need to get it up and out and down.

So... here goes!