Horses grazing Nov 17

I took this photo of our blind horses grazing this morning — though there's really not much to graze any longer, and turn-out these days is mostly for exercise rather than nutrition.  As you can see, the leaves are all gone, the apples have (mostly) all dropped, and it's getting that "winter-ish" look out there. But back at the ranch in Montana, it was 8° below zero (-22° C) Tuesday night, and when I spoke Wednesday morning with our friend Cindy J. from Ovando, she told me they already had 8 to 10 inches of snow. She sighed and said, "we won't see bare ground again until spring." The forecast for Friday night in Ovando is 3°(-16° C) and for Saturday night is 0°(-18° C). Now that's "fall" weather we don't miss much — nor do the animals!

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$1,000 Weekly Winner Again — Thank You!

Because of all of your votes, we were the weekly winner for week 3 again in the Shelter Challenge — and that brought in another $1,000 gift for the animals here!  Thank you so much!

The new Shelter Challenge started October 3rd and ends at midnight on December 18th. Grand prize in this round is $5,000, plus $1,000 for weekly winners and $1,000 for state winners. There are also other categories … please see the Shelter Challenge website for details.

And remember, you can vote every day, so consider bookmarking the voting page to make it easy.

You can vote in the Shelter Challenge here.

Please note:  Use Rolling Dog Ranch for our name and NH for the state and our listing will come up.  [Yes, we are still listed as Rolling Dog Ranch for the purposes of the contest, not Rolling Dog Farm.]

Please help us win more money for the animals here by voting every day, and by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to vote every day, too. Thank you!

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10 responses to “Enjoying It”

  1. Evelyn Avatar
    Evelyn

    Congratulations on winning $1000.
    Voters can vote more than once a day by voting using different web-browsers and by using different computers. It does bring up a bit of an ethical dilemma.

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  2. jude Avatar
    jude

    The Ovando weather certainly puts it all in perspective. 🙂

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  3. Shirley * James/Portland, OR Avatar

    Thrilled you are in better weather for ALL residents. Cute post on Fuzzy!!!

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  4. Ann Avatar
    Ann

    That is a lovely picture of the horses surrounded by the fall landscape. Thank goodness you don’t have to deal with the harsh Montana fall and winters anymore.
    Here in SC, the leaves have finally started to fall and the weather can’t make up its mind…the norm for a southern fall. It’s warm one day and cold the next and sometimes we use the air conditioning and the heat in the same day 🙂

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  5. Kate & Luke Avatar
    Kate & Luke

    OH BUT DO WE MISS YOU!!! Much love from MT!!

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  6. MR.LIMO Avatar
    MR.LIMO

    WONDERFUL PIC!!

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  7. Dee's Mom Avatar
    Dee’s Mom

    This posting reminded me of your posting from 12/09/09, the day your waterers stopped working due to the cold. Part of your posting read: “Had it really been so cold that the pressure tank fittings and pipes had frozen 7 feet underground?
    We pulled the metal hatch back. As soon as we had moved it a foot I looked down and could see in the light from my headlamp what the problem was: the 2-inch (5 cm) thick rigid foam insulation glued to the underside of the hatch had separated and fallen into the bottom of the culvert. The cold was working its way through the now uninsulated metal hatch and seeping into the space below, eventually overcoming the ground heat that should have kept it above freezing that deep underground. It had taken a couple of days of -20° and -30° degree cold to penetrate, but penetrate it had. The foam insulation on the rest of the lid was still very much in place, but losing it from underneath the hatch was enough heat loss to make the difference.
    I climbed down the ladder and confirmed that it was indeed just below freezing at ground level.”
    I remember feeling so bad for you I almost cried. Although Montana is beautiful, I’m glad you have moved to a less harsh environment.

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  8. Mary H. Avatar
    Mary H.

    I have no witty comments. Just wanted to let you know your posts always make me smile and help me to remember there are good people on this earth.

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  9. Angela Avatar
    Angela

    Love this beautiful serene picture of the horses. I’m so glad you’ll get a bit of a break from the harsh winter of Ovando. You guys work hard enough without that!!

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  10. MsFitzTX Avatar
    MsFitzTX

    I know you are enjoying the environment where you are now. Good decision that you all made. I know the fur kids are happy about it too. Love this picture a lot!

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