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Month: January 2011
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We've always noticed how well deaf dogs sleep — right through the noise of daily activities, doors closing, people walking by, even thunderstorms. It's not as if the ability to sleep so soundly compensates in any way for the disability, but still, there are plenty of times we wish we could sleep that soundly. But…
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After our brief outbreak of sub-zero temperatures a few days ago, we're back in the 20s during the day … and yesterday morning was bright and sunny, adding to the warmth. Alayne got this shot of two of our barn cats, Smoke and his sister Skitter, soaking in the sun on the hay. I'm not…
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The photographer Melissa McDaniel is having a promotional sale this week on her two photo books, Deaf Dogs and Rescued in America. 30% of her sales from phone orders will go to the ranch to benefit our disabled animals, while 30% of her online orders will go to the PetFinder Foundation. So if you'd like…
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Thank you to everyone for your condolences and kind thoughts on the loss of our dear little Briggs. Alayne and I really appreciate the wonderful support! Following on the heels of that sad news, I figured it was a good time for some happy news … so how about an update on Snuggles, our one-eyed…
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Early on Saturday morning when we let the dogs out, Alayne noticed Briggs, our blind and wobbly Beagle, kept falling over after he did his business. He'd been standing up normally at first, but he was suddenly struggling. Briggs was unsteady at the best of times, but he could always get up and stand again,…
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A funny thing happened on the way to New Hampshire. Our Montana-hardy dogs turned into a bunch of complete weather wusses. For dogs who were used to frequent outbreaks of sustained sub-zero temperatures all winter long, they now act as if they'd just moved here from Florida. It's like 20° above (-6 C) has become…
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Blind Widget, having already mined her way through the crates in the dog room on a recent day, realized there might be one more unexplored area of potential treasures — the bowls on top of the tubs of food. I had never seen her climb onto these tubs before, so when I saw her doing…
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I hadn't seen this photo that Alayne took until I was uploading images from the camera onto my Mac, and it was a bit startling when it suddenly filled the screen … at first glance, it's not clear that there's a body attached to Holly's head. But the "whole" Holly was indeed there, snuggled up…
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This might look like an ice-sculpture gone bad, but it's actually our Chevy Silverado pick-up sporting a new look after a snowstorm yesterday. I've never seen a drift quite that convoluted before, and can't figure out exactly how it happened. Here's another view … that's a load of hay bales in the back of the…
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Back in November, I posted a "cheek by jowl" photo of blind Briggs sleeping with his face buried under blind Madison's head. Apparently it doesn't really matter to him which end of Madison he's sleeping next to … as long as she's warm and close, he's happy! — Already In 3rd Place! The new Shelter…
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