About Malea McGuinness

True Believer – by Malea McGuinness (My Friend Oscar)



I started writing this pet blog because I wanted to write about my experiences with animals and how much they’ve enriched my life. I was working in all my free time at the Amanda Foundation, helping … [Read more...]

Excuse Me – Please Lower Your Windows



Boulder Valley Humane Society and Malea McGuinness

“To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.” -Abraham Lincoln I was … [Read more...]

Watching Your P’s & Q’s



Oscar and Malea

Back in the early days of printing presses, each line of text had to be set up one letter at a time. Since the letters in the press were reversed (so they'd print forward), the printmaker (or … [Read more...]

Dog Days of Summer



Most people think “dog days” has to do with warmer temperatures, but actually the name comes from the ancient belief that Sirius, also called the Dog Star, was somehow responsible for the hot … [Read more...]

Hi All Fellow Animal Lovers! by Malea



When a friend introduced me to the Amanda Foundation here in Los Angeles I had no idea this would change my entire life. The more time I spent with these animals the more I loved them and the more I … [Read more...]