Month: August 2011

  • I swear, looking at the number of deep holes dug in the various yards around here, you'd think we were actually running a gopher and badger sanctuary. I took this photo one morning last week at 8:41 a.m. (so says the camera's data card) when I saw blind Samantha already napping in a super-sized hole.…

  • Yesterday we had to let Bo, one of our blind Appaloosas, go to the big green pastures in the sky. In the past two months he had suddenly started losing weight dramatically, and blood work showed his kidney and liver values were screwed up. A follow-up urinalysis revealed ketones, meaning he was now using up…

  • Yesterday morning when I walked into the dog room to start letting all the bladders I mean dogs out, I could see blind and deaf Spinner had something stuck to her chin. I walked over to the twin bed she sleeps on (yes, she has the whole thing to herself all night long … blind…