We have an open, home-style environment here, where the dogs have big fenced paddocks to run around in during the day.  (The various paddocks range in size from 1/2 acre up to 2 acres.)  In recent weeks the increasing snowpack has been pulling the fences down, providing an opportunity for enterprising escape artists to sneak…

http://www.dropshots.com/dropshotsplayer.swfVideo Sharing at DropShots.com I finally figured out how to capture video with our digital camera, and when I saw Bailey this afternoon doing his ‘towel thing’ in the living room, I grabbed the camera and shot this video.  The living room usually starts out rather neat in the morning, but by the time Bailey…

Bailey’s new favorite toy is this shaggy bear.  It had been in the toy chest in the living room in recent weeks until someone … probably Birdie … pulled it out again.  That’s when Bailey discovered it.  He just loves this thing.  I took the photo this morning while Bailey was snoozing in the sun…

Last night I headed out as usual to close up the barns about 9:30 p.m. and check on all the large animals.  I am usually conned into feeding more hay to the horses, who manage to convince me they really didn’t get all the dinner they’re entitled to.  I was in Lena’s Barn filling Nikki’s…

No sooner had I posted last night’s blog on the mountain of grain than one of our fabulous supporters e-mailed with news to make the horses happy:  She had just read the blog and was sending a donation to cover the full $572 cost of the grain and woods shavings we had delivered yesterday.  Wow.…

On my weekly trips into Missoula, I stop at Cenex and load up the truck with equine senior grain and bales of wood shavings for the stalls.  This means I’m in the back of the truck, lifting and pushing and stacking the 50 lb grain bags and the big, bulky bales of shavings as the…