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Month: August 2007
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The camera crew had barely left this morning (see post below) when the grain crew arrived. On board the trailer were one ton of equine "senior" grain in 50 lb bags for the old blind horses like Scout, and one ton of equine "growth" grain for our blind youngsters like Cash, plus another 500 pounds…
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A big, global non-profit called the International Fund for Animal Welfare, or IFAW, notified us a few weeks ago that we were one of the winners of their 2007 Animal Action Awards. The notification letter from IFAW’s president, Frederick O’Regan, said, "Congratulations on being selected to join an elite group of animal heroes worldwide who…
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We had a couple of folks who asked us to tell Dolly’s story after seeing her in the photo of Wobs yesterday. Well, here goes! When Alayne and I got married in Seattle, she had her own dog, Spats — a beautiful, sweet older Lab mix with a white chest and white feet (hence his…
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I ended up hauling horses to and from the vet hospital three days in a row last week … no wonder it seemed like I was on the road to Missoula a lot! On Wednesday I had taken Lena in to see the vet and picked up Copper Kid to bring him back to the…
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Yesterday evening, when I went into the cat house to feed the gang, I noticed Wobbles’ eyes looked just a bit different. Not as open as they typically are. And he didn’t get off the bed to wobble out to greet me. These are the two classic signs that he’s coming down with aspiratory pneumonia…
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Since our July 31st post about the fires to the north and south of us, we’ve had several folks ask what our fire evacuation plan is. Great question! It’s something we have spent a lot of time on. The fire threat for us is not a forest fire but, as I mentioned in that post,…
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I went to the vet hospital in Missoula today to pick up Copper Kid, our young Quarter Horse who went down in the pasture last Friday. Copper came to us three years ago because he had a neurological condition called cervical vertebral instability, more commonly called Wobbler Syndrome. You can read his original story here. …