Alayne caught Daisy the rascally Dachshund about to chew up Mr. Caterpillar … again.  You may recall that back in July, Alayne caught Daisy chewing holes in Mr. Caterpillar’s head and pulling the stuffing all out.  But here she was once more, having hoisted Mr. Caterpillar up onto the cot to begin a new fluffy…

At feeding time this morning we found Lilah, one of our sighted horses, had cut her face open.  She had a deep wound right down the center, all the way to the bone.  A thick flap of skin hung loose.  Blood was everywhere.  In fact, even Patches, our other sighted mare who is Lilah’s buddy,…

After more than two weeks in our isolation cottage, Popeye the blind cat from Lebanon finally moved into the cat house this past weekend.  All of his tests came back negative — we ran titers on four different viruses — giving him a clean bill of health.  His CBC (complete blood count) profile and chemistry…

Friday started off with a trip to the small animal clinic in the morning, and ended with an emergency trip to the equine clinic that night. On Friday morning I drove the 70 miles east to Helena to drop off three animals at Montana Veterinary Specialists.  With me were blind Stoney the Lab, Belvie the…

I made a passing reference in a recent post about dragging the pastures, and one blog reader commented she didn’t know what that meant.  So this is what it looks like.  Alayne took the photo this afternoon while I was dragging our second-to-last pasture.  (Almost finished!)  The contraption on the back of the tractor is…

Over the past few years we’ve had lots of blog readers and supporters tell us, "You guys should write a book!"  Honestly, the thought makes me groan, because writing a book is a huge undertaking and takes tons of time … and that’s if you can get it published.  And we are so swamped, seven…

If you’ve followed the blog for the past year, you probably remember our little blind foal — now a yearling — named Brynn.  She’s the one with more medical strikes against her than any animal on the ranch.  In addition to being blind, she has a hole in her heart, she only has one functioning…

It was starting to feel a bit crowded under my desk yesterday evening.  I kept feeling Ellie May nudging my feet and the wheels of the desk chair, and bit by bit I edged my chair over to the right to give her more room.  Finally, I felt like I was getting elbowed out of…

This is what our living room looks like on a good day.  Soft chew toys lying on the floor, small piles of fluff scattered about.  I was getting ready to head outside this afternoon and start dragging the pastures again when I saw Bailey sitting in the middle of the living room, surrounded by the…

Our small animal vet, Dr. Brenda Culver at Montana Veterinary Specialists in Helena, examined Popeye the cat today.  Exactly what is going on with his eyes is a bit of a mystery.  The photo above was taken when Popeye was first found by the rescue group BETA in Lebanon in May.  You can see the…