While the humans at the Rolling Dog Ranch hustle all day (and evening), the dogs … they nap.  That’s it.  They nap.  Oh, sure, occasionally they’ll run around briefly in the yard, and some of the young ones will romp and roughhouse with each other, but by and large they nap most of the day.…

I was heading out this afternoon to take some photos for today’s blog of the blind horses enjoying a beautiful late summer day on pasture, but I didn’t get past the kitchen.  There was blind Callie grooming blind Briggs, who had stopped playing with his tennis ball while he enjoyed the spa session.  That’s right,…

On Friday, Cristene and Duane J. from Idaho came out to the ranch to adopt our beautiful three-legged German Shepherd girl, Kasha.  (You may recall Kasha had been adopted last year but that didn’t work out, so she’s been back at the ranch for several months.)  Cristene actually grew up with a three-legged dog, and…

Ever since we opened the sanctuary back in 2000, we wanted to have a place where we could exercise the horses and dogs in wintertime.  For us, winters typically last from November through April, with snow on the ground through that long stretch of months.  The snow gets too deep here to be able to…

I don’t know what it is about threesomes these days, but we sure seem to have a lot of animals who are snuggling up as a trio.  There were the Beagles yesterday, and last month I posted a photo of Oliver & Twist the two Dachshunds sharing a cot with blind Austin.  I was heading…

I was in Missoula today, taking blind Goldie in for her second chemotherapy treatment and running errands, when Alayne got this photo of a trio of Beagles in our living room.  That’s deaf Stuart on the left, blind Austin in the back, and blind Carmel on the right.  Austin has this "I know something is…

I admitted in a blog post back in early August to getting excited about a couple of things — our fly predators and composting.  Well, that blog was all about fly predators, and this one is about composting! When you have as many large animals as we do — 30 horses — you end up…

On Saturday morning as our volunteers began arriving, I looked out the window and saw the dogs some were bringing with them — all former residents of the ranch.  I said, "Hey, before you get covered in dog slobber, cat hair and horse manure, let’s get a photo of all of you with your dogs!"…

I walked out of my office yesterday afternoon and saw this scene in the living room … blind Briggs and blind Austin, tucked in side-by-side on the cot.  I’m not sure it would be possible for two dogs to get any closer than this.  I particularly like how the two tails come right together at…

Now that the weather is changing, little Bailey the Dachshund is resuming his habit of wrapping himself deep in various blankets and bedding.  I got this shot the other evening in our living room.  Bear in mind that he manages to get wrapped up like this without any help from us.  Some day I need…