Before we take a blog break for the holidays, we're bringing Widget in to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Widget's on her special Christmas blanket that Alayne brings out for the holiday season. It's just one of the many perks Widget is accustomed to enjoying. It's hard to believe…

We mailed our holiday print newsletter to our donors the week after Thanksgiving, and just posted the PDF version online on our website. As you can see, little Wilbur made the cover of this issue. Blind Bugsy will get his star turn in the spring issue next year. If you haven't already made a gift…

Having heard there was quite the kerfuffle about this basket in recent weeks, and a lot of attention on the blog about it, Widget decided she needed to check it out. Alayne caught the inspection on camera a couple of days ago. She sniffed, treaded, pawed at it, and located the corners: And: In the…

Okay, apparently there is something the bigger dogs find very appealing about that wire basket! This is blind and deaf Spinner snoozing in it yesterday evening.  Maybe blind Madison tipped her off to its unique comforts. Who knows? While we were taking these photos, I told Alayne that I bet Spinner would react when the…

We love getting updates on the wonderful animals we've adopted out over the years, and here's a recent photo taken this week of blind Stoney. Wendy M. adopted Stoney and blind-and-deaf Baron from us back in 2008 in one of our amazing double-adoptions. They've since moved to the Washington, D.C. area. Wendy wrote, "Just thought…

It was just a couple of weeks ago that I posted a photo of blind Madison contorting herself to fit inside this wire basket in the dog room. Well, the other day I walked in and found her in an even more awkward position on the same basket — half on, half off, with head…