The snow notwithstanding, there is one sure sign of spring at the ranch — our blind mares are in heat.  None more obviously in heat than Guadalupe, who has spent the past few days flaunting her wares with the neighboring geldings.  (Non-horse people:  That means they’re neutered.  No stallions here!)  Guadalupe’s main guy is blind…

Here’s the little guy we flew in from Mississippi on Thursday … blind Creighton, a chocolate Lab puppy only four months old.  He’s actually a pretty big and lanky boy for his age, but he still has those tiny, sharp baby teeth and is 100% pure puppy.  He is as sweet as he looks, too…

When I dropped off our spring newsletters at the Ovando Post Office last Wednesday, our postmaster joked that we should call this edition the "extended winter" issue.  As you’ll see from these photos I took today, there’s a reason!  We’ve had a couple more snowstorms blow through in the past few days, adding a few…

I drove Mitch the blind Husky to Helena today to see our vet, Dr. Brenda Culver, for an eye exam.  I had suspected, based on the appearance of his eyes, that he had progressive retinal atrophy, or PRA.  Brenda and I both like making educated guesses prior to the exam, simply based on visual appearance,…

I walked out of my office late this afternoon and saw this scene in the living room … blind Briggs parked in front of the TV, looking as if he were using his cone to get better satellite reception with CNN.  And there are the other two Beagles, deaf Stuart on the chair and blind…

Here’s Duchess, the little blind-and-deaf girl who arrived three weeks ago.  Because she’s ancient, we’ve started calling her Granny, and it fits her personality.  She’s just the sweetest thing, and every time we pick her up, she licks us on the face.  But honestly, we didn’t really know how she would adapt to this environment,…

I got this photo of Trooper yesterday afternoon on the porch at Widget’s House, while I was over there taking photos of Emmy Lou and Zephyr.  We kept getting requests for updates on this boy, and I’ve been delinquent in posting something … so here he is! Notice it looks like nature took a perfectly…

This is blind Emmy Lou on the left, about to steal a bone from her boyfriend, able-bodied Zephyr.  Our employee Gloria G., who is Zephyr’s mom, asked if she could adopt Emmy Lou, and we gladly said yes.  Gloria started taking her home on a trial basis, and Emmy Lou adapted so well that we…

The Rolling Dog Ranch Chauffeur Service was on the road again this morning, headed to Missoula to pick up blind Penny at Missoula Veterinary Specialty Clinic.  I took the  photo of our internal medicine specialist, Dr. Dave Bostwick, doing a ‘check-out check-up’ on Miss Penny before we left the hospital.  She seems a little suspicious…

This handsome boy is blind Mitch, a husky who arrived this evening from a rescue group in Indiana.  A wonderful lady named Sharon A. runs Mercy Rescue, along with her husband Max, and she emailed us on March 1 about this dog.  Sharon wrote: "Mitch was abandoned in an outside kennel at our county animal…