Samantha is an old blind girl who just arrived today from the Flathead County Animal Shelter in Kalispell, Montana.  Kirsten and Trista from the shelter were kind enough to drive her out to the ranch.  They had asked us last week if we could provide a home for Samantha here. They told us that when…

When I returned from a trip to Missoula today around 1 p.m., I drove up to the house to find our letter carrier, Jackie, talking with Alayne.  Margaret and her go-at sisters were milling around, having come up to greet Jackie and then inspect the packages she had just delivered.  The goat girls were alternately…

Cristene and Duane J. sent us these great photos of their newly adopted Rolling Dog Ranch dogs, Kasha and Shep.  Cristene reports that Shep is doing incredibly well, and has already adapted like he's been there for a while! Kasha and Shep were in the same play yard during the day here at the ranch,…

After I washed the dog food bowls the other evening, I looked over and briefly admired the nice symmetrical pyramid shape on the counter.  (Some have accused me of being just a little OCD about having all objects around the ranch lined up in perfect symmetry.  Memo to our volunteers:  The blog is not the…

Alayne and I had just come in from chores on Sunday morning to warm up.  It was 27 degrees F (-3 C) and there was a stiff, cold wind blowing from the east.  As I sat down in the living room with a second cup of coffee, I looked down and saw Bailey working a…

This is one of those adoptions that really makes us tingle. When Cristene and Duane J. from Hauser Lake, Idaho, came out to the ranch last month to adopt three-legged Kasha, they also met — and fell in love with — blind Shep while they were here.  They couldn't stop thinking about our little German…

While I was in Missoula today taking blind Goldie in for her chemotherapy and running errands, Alayne got these shots of our farrier, Rich Boyle, hard at work here at the ranch.  Cindy was holding the horses for Rich.  We schedule Rich to come out and trim the horses' hooves every six to eight weeks.…

The Animal Rescue Site and PetFinder have launched an online contest called the "$100,000 Shelter+ Challenge," with prizes as follows: Grand Prize:  One $25,000 grantRunner Up:  One $10,000 grantState Winners:  Fifty-four $1,000 state grantsWeekly Winners:  Eleven $1,000 weekly grants Voting began on September 29th and ends at midnight (PST) on December 14th, 2008. In more…

Having just posted an update on Granny a.k.a. Duchess last week, it seemed appropriate when I looked out my office window yesterday evening and saw her rolling … and rolling … and rolling!  This was one happy little old lady.  She loves being outside in the grass, even when the weather is brisk … and…

I was selecting and editing photos for the winter newsletter this weekend when I "discovered" a photo I took back in late August but never ended up using on the blog.  And it illustrates a wonderful love story about two of our blind horses, Bo and Guadalupe.  That's big, handsome Bo on the left, standing…