Our little blind dog Goldie — she’s one of our original ‘six-pack’ of dogs from when we lived in Seattle — has a case of obsessive compulsive disorder … and a nose that feeds her disorder!  She is absolutely obsessed with soft toys and wants to rip the stuffing out to get to the squeaker. …

I took five of our recent arrivals to Helena this morning to see our primary care vet, Dr. Brenda Culver, at Montana Veterinary Specialists & General Care.  Brenda and her husband, Dr. Britt Culver — a board-certified internal medicine specialist — own the clinic and have been our principal vets since we first moved to…

I was in the office late this afternoon when Alayne came in and told me to come out to the living room to see something.  There on a dog cot was this scene:  little Callie the blind Dachshund and big Kenai the blind Lab, sharing the bed.  It was as if they both knew they’d…

Unlike most Dachshunds we know — who like to burrow — blind Callie likes to perch up high.  The higher the better.  Her favorite spot in the house is the stack of towels we keep on hand in the living room.  (I’m sure you can guess why … the inevitable accidents, spilled water bowls, etc.)…

Kongs are supposed to be an almost indestructible dog chew toy that can stand up to "power chewers," as the Kong Company calls them. Kong Company, meet Kenai the Kong Destroyer. There is no Kong toy she cannot destroy in a 10-minute chewfest.  Even the company’s "Extreme Kong" is no match for this blind, 9-year…

One of our awesome volunteers, Laura B. from Helena, adopted Bandida the cat today.  Bandida had come to us from an animal hoarder case in the Flathead Valley of Montana last year.  The hoarder kept 28 cats in an attic in deplorable conditions.  When finally discovered, the local animal control agency had to euthanize 20…

This is where we go to pick up our hay.  This barn belongs to our neighbors, Bob and Judy R., who grow the hay we buy.  Bob and Judy are kind enough to let us store our hay in their barn, which saves us the considerable expense of building a hay barn of our own. …

Since I’ve been on the subject of sheep recently, let me admit I’m a bit sheepish about taking this long to introduce our first employee, Beth S.  She joined us last fall, and just recently completely her first 90 days.  I think initially I hadn’t blogged Beth’s arrival because, well, we weren’t sure she’d want…

Molly the sheep is now able to stand up in the hay feeder.  She had company today:  Myrtle, another of our four sheep, decided to join Molly inside the feeder this afternoon.  <sigh>  She obviousy thought Molly was onto a good thing.  I have this sinking feeling by morning we’ll find the other two sheep,…

We never know what we might find when we get up in the morning, and we kind of hold our breath until we make the first rounds.  Today’s surprise was finding Molly the sheep stuck in the round bale feeder.  (Yes, we have a handful of rescued sheep … it’s not our focus, but we…