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Month: October 2009
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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or ASPCA, announced the winners of their 2009 Humane Awards today in a news release. Alayne and I were honored to win their Henry Bergh Award, named for the ASPCA's founder. As of this afternoon the ASPCA had not posted the 2009 award winners on…
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This is a wonderful update on blind Creighton, who came to us in the spring of 2008 from Mississippi and was adopted a few months later by Peggy and Matt M. of Olympia, Washington. Peggy and Matt renamed him Emmitt Creighton III, and have sent us periodic updates on him and their other blind Labs. …
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After our internal medicine specialist in Missoula, Dr. Dave Bostwick, removed some growths from blind Goldie's leg a couple of weeks ago, she pretty much left the surgery sites alone. But then she decided it was time to rip off the bandages and begin removing the sutures herself, so we had to come up with…
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Our vet Dr. Brenda Culver came out today for our annual health exam and vaccination day for the dogs and cats. Brenda hadn't seen blind Madison before, so she did an eye exam as part of Madison's complete physical. The very first thing we noticed gave us that "ohmigosh" feeling — Madison's pupils dilated as…
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I drove to Pullman on Thursday afternoon and picked up blind Gabe at Washington State University's veterinary teaching hospital on Friday morning. When I was going through the discharge paperwork with the oncologist, Dr. Janean Fidel, and Gabe's case manager, Ida P., it occurred to me that since arriving at the ranch, Gabe has actually…
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Well, she kept tugging at my heart strings and I couldn't take it any longer. I brought Miss Madison over to the house so she could live with us. Yes, she even has "overnight" privileges, joining the very few who stay in the house during the night: Goldie, Bailey, Spinner, Helen, and Holly. And now…
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I had just returned this afternoon from taking blind Helen to our vet clinic in Helena for her chemotherapy, and I was still unloading the truck when I suddenly heard clanging and banging from the corrals. I looked over and saw blind Bo's head high above the corral panels, about 75 yards (68 meters) away. …
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Blind Gabe's long stay for radiation treatment at Washington State University's veterinary teaching hospital is coming to a close — if all goes well this week, I will be picking him up on Friday and bringing him back to the ranch. In the meantime, the 4th-year vet student who is Gabe's current case manager, Ida…
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Barely a week ago we were still in the 80s. This week, winter. Now, we always seem to run into an early cold snap in the fall, but we kind of like to ease into it. You know, after a few weeks of being in the 60s and 50s. But after a long, dry summer…
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We were recently planting some tree saplings in the front yard when little Dexter arrived on the scene to show Alayne how to dig a hole properly. Not satisfied with either her technique or her speed, he decided to make her first hole deeper and wider, and then moved on to improve her second hole,…
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