You are far from alone, Hunter. I've got tons of those kinds of shots though my subjects are not usually that interesting. Now, if you want to see some animal shots by people who were a tad bit more successful pop on over to 500px and check out some of the Animal and Nature shots.

Like this one: 500px / Photo "Northern Hawk Owl" by Axel Hildebrandt

Or this one: 500px / Photo "Mirror, mirror" by Jules Cox

Or this one: 500px / Photo "Belling for the girls" by Jeannette Oerlemans

Definitely inspire you to keep trying