Our blind mare Madison had a sudden flare-up in her left eye, as you can see from this photo.  I called our equine vet, Dr. Bill Brown in Missoula, this afternoon to discuss initial treatment options.  The eye was too painful to try and treat in her regular stall, so Alayne and I put Madison…

When Liz and I left Seattle this morning, the truck thermometer read 40 degrees.  When I arrived at the ranch in Montana tonight, it was 32 degrees BELOW zero.  It was rather brisk unloading the truck! On the way back today, we stopped in Ellensburg, Washington to pick up a young cat with cerebellar hypoplasia. …

I was planning to write a really upbeat post about our final day at the Seattle vet convention until Alayne called from the ranch this morning with awful news.  Champagne Bob, our little handicapped cat who had beaten the odds his entire life, died late last night.  He had a rare disease called Mucopolysaccharidosis Type…

We had another great day at the equine vet convention in Seattle.  Here’s a photo of our volunteer Liz  S. at our exhibit that I took this evening just as we were getting ready to leave.  In the photo I posted yesterday, you couldn’t see either Liz or the exhibit display very well, so I…

Our wonderful volunteer Liz S. and I are in Seattle today for the 51st annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners — all the horse vets in the country.  There are about 2,500 at the convention.  We’re here to communicate our message about blind horses … that they can have a wonderful quality…

We heard little blind Ashley the puppy barking like mad quite a distance from the house this afternoon.  Usually she doesn’t venture far from the front or back door, but today she wandered off until she was 20 yards from the house and deep in snow.  She had been trying to figure out how to…

One of the things Alayne and I spend a lot of time doing is responding to calls and e-mails from people across the country who have blind horses.  Often they are asking if we can take the animal, but other times they’re asking us for advice or just re-assurance because they want to keep the…

Alayne came home this afternoon with Callie, the blind Dachshund the Bitterroot Humane Association called us about.  Callie is sweet, affectionate, and just a little doll (if a bit plump!).  She gets along well with all the other dogs, from large to small, although she is tough enough to stand up for herself.  This evening…