Our farm and ranch supply outfit, Cenex, today delivered a pallet of equine senior grain and a pallet of wood shavings for the horse stalls.  We buy in bulk not only because we use so much, but we also get volume discounts on orders like this.  And you can’t beat having it delivered right to…

Not to be outdone by that other undercover Dachshund, Bailey, Miss Daisy wanted to show you her nighttime Bedouin outfit.  Every night when we put her up in her crate, we give her fresh bedding (she has, um, a little incontinent "issue") and throw a clean sheet in on top for her burrowing pleasure.  This…

I was on my way to Lena’s Barn this afternoon to begin feeding horses and bringing them into stalls when I saw blind little Brynn doing her usual "Is anyone in there?" routine.  I went back to the house and got the camera.  The girls all know when it’s time to go into their stalls,…

Spirit’s new Mom, Nicci B., reports that they made it home to Florida safely and Spirit is doing great.  Nicci emailed yesterday to say Spirit "is a little angel and we are so happy she is here.  Right now she is lying next to me in bed snoring up a storm."  I took this photo…

Little Spirit, our paralyzed Yorkie, met her new family today and leaves for Florida Saturday morning!  Glenn and Nicci B. of Tampa had originally planned to fly out just before the Christmas holidays to adopt Spirit, but they had to re-schedule their travel plans.  I took this photo as Nicci was seeing Spirit for the…

I was headed down the drive in the truck to go get a load of hay at 4 p.m. when I looked over at the front yard of Widget’s House and noticed Travis was missing.  Uh oh.  Today was bitterly cold and the dogs had been inside most of the day.  I had just let…

This is Bailey the miniature Dachshund, doing what he loves most — burrowing under fleece bedding.  Usually he’s completely buried inside, but he came up for air so I could take his photo.  His one variation on this, which I think you’ve seen in another blog posting, is to bury the front half of his…

Or maybe I should have called this one "Pepper and Salt and Pepper." I walked into my office this evening after dinner and was greeted by this unusual arrangement.  That’s blind Evelyn on the left, blind and deaf Spinner in the middle, and Birdie with muscular dystrophy on the right.  We had taken one of…

Of all the 80 animals at the ranch, blind and deaf Spinner is clearly the most disabled.  I can’t imagine being blind … or deaf … but to go through life both blind AND deaf?  I’ve tried to think what that must be like, and it’s hard to grasp.  So every day we just marvel…

Cody, our three-legged boy who is originally from Miami, Florida, isn’t as much of a weather wuss as he was at the beginning of this winter.  At first it was a battle just to get him to go outside.  Now he will bound through the snow to go bark at Travis on the other side…