Blind Goldie has a pronounced obsessive-compulsive disorder about soft squeaky toys, as I've reported before on a number of occasions.  But the only thing better than having a brand-new squeaky toy to shred is having an envious dog sitting nearby, watching her shredding away.  In fact, she will often grab a toy and then march…

Today's "guest blog" comes courtesy from Heather M. in Seattle.  Heather had made a generous gift for the animals at the ranch in December in honor of her three-legged dog, Manny, and she sent us photos of him.  When I asked her if we could share Manny's story on our blog, she agreed and said,…

That was the question I asked our employee, Cindy, as she and I headed out to clean blind Hawk's sheath this afternoon.  "Why am I always the one who gets to do this?," I asked. She smiled but said nothing. "Why doesn't Alayne ever do this?," I asked. "Because Alayne is smart," she quickly said,…

I know I have already posted some holiday photos of blind Stoney and blind-and-deaf Baron a couple of weeks ago, but Wendy M. sent us a few more photos from Christmas Day that I thought you'd enjoy seeing.  When Wendy first came out to the ranch last June to meet some of our dogs she…

Over the holidays, I had taken our blind wobbler Briggs in to see our internal medicine specialist in Missoula, Dr. Dave Bostwick, because we had seen blood in his poop.  It wasn't the usual colitis and it had us worried.  So in between Christmas and New Year's, Dave did a physical exam and ultrasound.  The…

  Tyler was our resident ranch goofball, and when we adopted him out last April, my only concern was losing a lot of the "blog moments" this deaf boy specialized in giving us.  But in typical fashion, he has continued to entertain his new family in Helena, and his new Mom, Karen M., sent us…

This blind cat isn't one of ours … and that's what makes her so special.  Her name is Hope. Over the holidays, we received a number of donations from people who have disabled pets, and they told us how much their animals meant to them and sent us their photos.  I asked these wonderful folks…

This is our sanctuary sign along our west drive into the ranch.  Usually when there's this much snow piled up on the sign, it's February or early March … not the first week of January.  But like lots of areas in the western U.S. and Canada, we've been getting plenty of snow over the past…

The email to us had a subject line that said "Doxie 69244 in need of rescue!"  It came from Ashley D., the foster coordinator for an SPCA in Davis, California, that had sent us a number of disabled animals over the years.  Ashley wrote, "I know it's a long shot, but no one else can…

There's nothing like a holiday to get those cardboard-shredding jaws working.  As I've reported before, blind Goldie has an incredible nose for detecting when a box has soft squeaky toys in it, and she's not about to wait for us to open it.  How else to ensure that you get the first toys if you…