Aerosmith’s Joe Perry does more than rock

May Make the scene Aerosmith (guitarist Joe Perry is second from left) is slated to play Bone Bash X in the Bay Area next week.

Joe Perry has accomplished a lot in his four-decade career.

He’s sold more than 150 million albums to date with his scrappy rock combo Aerosmith, and has his own signature Gibson Boneyard Les Paul.

There’s also the group’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and new video-game notoriety via “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.”

Don’t forget his Rock Your World food line, which includes hot sauces and new Rock ’N’ Roni mac and cheese. But Perry is most proud of one achievement in particular — his work with animals.

Perry, who as of press time is scheduled to bring Aerosmith to Concord on Wednesday (Steven Tyler’s recent fall has prompted cancellations of recent dates in Canada), has quietly supported such causes as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a nonprofit that protects marine mammals, worldwide.

In his hometown of Duxbury, Mass., he says, “We built a really nice new animal shelter because they were having trouble raising money for it. And animal shelters are where you find some of the best dogs, personality-wise, for pets. They might not win any shows, but they’re winners to me.”

Perry, 58, was raised around German shepherds, and — until recently — he’s always owned one.

But thanks to Aerosmith tour demands, he says, he and his wife Billie have decided “not to get another big dog until things calm down. Uh, if they ever do!”

Instead, the couple keeps a teacup Maltese at home, but travels with their huge Maine coon cat. They’ve just purchased a Vermont farm for their other prize pets — two sleek Friesian stallions, Franz and Orion, already the subject of an “Animal Planet” special last year.

“When a film director needs a majestic black horse, that’s the breed they pick,” says Perry, who first spied a Friesian in “Ladyhawke” before importing a pair from Holland. “Since then, we’ve had 10 or 12 over the years. We bring them over as colts and raise them. And some have been more fiery than others, but now we have a pair that we’ve really bonded with.”

Perry loves his horses so much, he even rode in the excruciating pain he experienced during his recent knee surgery. Which — along with illnesses suffered by vocalist Steven Tyler — helped postpone sessions for the new Brendan O’Brien-produced Aerosmith album, due later this year.

Brimming with new material, a frustrated Perry whipped up a quick bluesy solo set instead, “Freedom.”

The equestrian did try his hand at dressage. He showed his Friesians once, midtour, he says.

“Which involved having somebody else take your horse to the show, get the ribbon, then bring your horse back home,” he says. “We were paying somebody else to have all the fun!”