Pets & Animals – Page 2 – The Haps With Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: N Is For Neighbors Nibbling

April 16, 2021 Herb 17

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22351 – 816: Here’s the haps: You may recall, especially if you’ve been around here long enough, that for being a suburb we have a lot of wildlife in our area. We have been visited in our neighborhood (either on Continue Reading[...]

One Drug Lord Changed His Whole Country Forever And Where IS Rowdy Yates When You Need Him?

January 14, 2021 Herb 6

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22259 – 779: Here’s the haps: “One hippopotamiCannot get on a busBecause one hippopotamiIs two hippopotamus” Allan Sherman I thought I would do something serious for a change and talk about a real issue that a lot of people Continue Reading[...]

An Open Letter To Pets

October 27, 2020 Herb 15

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22180 – 750: Found this in the old e-mail archives and thought I’d share it with you. I could find no accreditation. <><><><> Dear Dog and/or Cat, When I say to move, it means go someplace else, not switch Continue Reading[...]

My Rant About Your “Beloved Pet” – Buy A Leash Or Kill Your Pet

September 14, 2020 Herb 19

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22137 – 708: (Warning: This post is too gross for some of you and you probably should not even read it and learn its very important lesson.) If you are approaching me on a trail and pull out a Continue Reading[...]

Dog Or Cat Or Whatever

September 1, 2020 Herb 20

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22124-695: I’ve grown up around critters. Mostly cats and dogs and cows. As a parent, I’ve been exposed to more variation. When my son was growing up he had snakes and turtles and an iguana and rats and I Continue Reading[...]

The Origin Of Pets – Or Not

August 31, 2020 Herb 12

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22123-694: I had been cruising along with my daily blogging fairly well, scheduling posts ahead of time, then I got hit by a truck and now I have fallen behind. Well, I am still maintaining my streak and my Continue Reading[...]

The Way Things Went Down Yesterday

July 31, 2020 Herb 20

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22092-662: Okay peeps, These are the haps, My wife had been feeling lethargic for the last few days and just didn’t feel right yesterday. We have, among other bits and pieces of assorted medical equipment a pulse/oximeter or a Continue Reading[...]

This Blog Is Going to the Dogs

January 25, 2020 Herb 5

Ever since I committed to putting something up here every single day, there have been days when I have had nothing to say and/or no time to say it. There are a couple of posts that are in the works, but I Continue Reading[...]

Short About Pets

January 17, 2020 Herb 4

It always makes me sad. One of our eighteen year old cats, Fee-Foe, The Gentle Giant, the smallest of the four we had, needed to be put down. She was one of the first two cats that daughter got when she was Continue Reading[...]

Cows

December 2, 2019 Herb 3

After reading about Beetleypete’s thoughts about walking his dog through a field of cows it brought my mind back to growing up in America’s Dairyland. We have them here in Colorado, too. They can be dangerous but a lot of times they Continue Reading[...]

Another Answer To “Which Critter”‽‽‽

November 21, 2019 Herb 4

I received an email and a comment from Brothers Campfire regarding the test he took about which mythical creature he was. He was a dragon. So, today, I decided to take the same quiz. “This will be interesting,” thought I, “I wonder Continue Reading[...]

Becoming Unbearable

August 14, 2019 Herb 3

The first couple of times it was really kind of cool. We have a bear that lives somewhere in the neighborhood. Getting to see a bear in town, well, the suburbs, actually, but still, getting to see a bear was a thrilling Continue Reading[...]