"What on earth is that?," you’re probably wondering.  That’s our delightful old mule, Lonesome George, preparing to undergo a dental today. George has been at Dr. Bill Brown’s clinic since last Sunday.  We had been in touch with Bill throughout the weekend because of growing concern about George’s health.  He has been battling lymphoma and,…

Alayne hauled a truckload of animals to our vets in Helena this afternoon.  Heading off to the clinic were blind Babe, due to get spayed; blind Dusty for cryptorchid surgery (otherwise known as ‘seek, find and destroy undescended testicle’); blind Evelyn for an eye exam (her left eye is bothering her); old Oscar the mini…

This is Travis, our dog with a fused jaw, diving into his dinner this evening.  Although he has a stomach tube for feeding and medicating, we learned early on that he can slurp liquids from the left side of his mouth and that he much prefers to eat on his own. He would get so…

We just posted a new slide show on our main Web site.  The slide show features seven photos taken by Amber Chenoweth of Seattle, a friend and supporter of the sanctuary.  She took these photos during visits to the ranch last summer and graciously gave us permission to use them.  We’ve posted some of her…

Here’s our sweet, deaf cat Snowball getting an unwelcome bath with the help of Kathryn.  Snowball has had a recurring case of oral stomatitis, and the strain he has of this infection unfortunately doesn’t respond to antibiotics.  Pulling the teeth has turned out to be the only permanent ‘cure.’  We’ve had three other cats go…

Beth just handed out a fresh set of tennis balls to the gang at Widget’s House, and a short while later she took this photo.  That’s blind Cedar in the background, happily chomping on his new tennis ball like it’s a cigar.  (You’ll have to click on the photo to get the larger version to…

Spokane’s weekly newspaper, The Pacific Northwest Inlander, published a great story about the sanctuary in its latest edition that came out today.  We loved the headline:  "At Rolling Dog Ranch near Missoula, disabled dogs finally have their day."  The article was written by Gina Knudson, a freelance writer from Salmon, Idaho, who visited us last…

Our old blind horse Scout is continuing to act "ouchy" on his feet.  We had started treating him for Cushing’s disease, which I mentioned in a post last week.  We’ve been giving him a twice-daily anti-inflammatory called Banamine, plus his Cushing’s medication.  But he still seemed uncomfortable on his feet.  When Kathryn and I trailered…

Sweet, deaf Clancy went to a loving new home in Helena today.  Rich and Aletha M. came out to meet Clancy, fell in love with him (just as we expected!), and took him home this morning.  Rich and Aletha have had terriers for years, and recently lost their Glen of Imaal terrier Clancy (yes, same…

Every evening there’s a wonderful scene when either Kathryn or Beth go through the gate into the dog paddock in front of Widget’s House, our dog building.  There they are greeted by a pack of joyful dogs who happily follow them all the way to the door.  The dogs also know it’s dinner time and…