The deadline to vote in this online contest is this Sunday, December 14th — and we are still the top-ranked shelter in Montana.  If we hold that position until the end, the ranch will win $1,000 as the winner in our state.  Here's the recap from our earlier post: The Animal Rescue Site and PetFinder…

I got these photos the other day of our new arrival, blind and elderly Samantha.  We initially had her over with us at Kelly's Cottage next to our house, but she didn't like having all the small blind dogs running around underneath her and into her.  After a couple of grumpy episodes, we realized she…

A month ago, I posted an item on some groundbreaking veterinary research about blindness in standard Poodles.  The research uncovered a type of blindness that may be unique to this particular breed called Early-Onset Photoreceptor Dystrophy.  It begins as day blindness with reduced night vision, but then progresses to total blindness within one year of…

Cindy got this photo of blind Allie playing with blind Buddy, the new arrival, the other day.  Buddy is a very sweet dog but we learned he's an alpha character — yet only with male dogs.  (Yes, he's been neutered.)  Thus he likes to challenge our males, although he is not at all aggressive.  In…

I was over at Widget's House this evening feeding the dogs when it dawned on me that I hadn't blogged yet.  Somehow I completely forgot.  I usually post something on Sunday afternoon for the "Monday blog," but instead I had spent the afternoon doing accounting — and that shows you what accounting can do to…

For blind Callie's bed time story last night, we thought it would help motivate our plump girl to stay on her current (i.e., continual) diet to read her the article from the latest issue of Dog Fancy (see post below) titled "Your Easy Guide To A Lean, Fit Dog."  But it proved to be too…

The January issue of Dog Fancy has a wonderful article on dog sanctuaries and features the ranch along with two others — ARF House in Texas and Best Friends in Utah.  The January issue began arriving in mailboxes for subscribers the week before last, but is now finally out on newsstands.  The article is titled,…

A near blizzard today brought an abrupt end to our grazing season.  We had rain overnight, and then this morning the wind moved in, the temperature dropped and the snow started falling.  Actually, the snow was coming in horizontally rather than "falling."  That's really the worst possible combination for the horses — first to get…

 Julie from Love of Dog Bakery in Maryland emailed last week to tell us they have selected the ranch as their 'Charity of the Month' for December — for the second year in a row!  This means Julie and her husband Rob will donate 5% of their retail sales in December for the animals at…

As you can see from this photo I took this afternoon, Widget is back to her usual self.  If she weren't blind, she would be able to see that Alayne and I added some gray hair over the past several days worrying about her in the hospital.  Widget's only concern today is trying to decide…