Here are some wonderful photos that Cassie B. in Montana, who adopted blind Bindi (then Nevada) from us back in 2007, just sent me. Bindi already has a big, handsome boyfriend, a Great Dane named Dirk, at Cassie's home, but now she has a girlfriend, too — Stella the Lab puppy. One of the many…

I got this shot the other afternoon of little Dexter at the top of the stairs that lead to our offices on the second floor. We installed this gate to control access, both to keep certain Dachshunds from racing up and down the steps at will (to minimize the risk of Doxie back problems occurring)…

I took this photo of Widget as we were leaving Vermont Veterinary Internal Medicine on Monday afternoon. That's the "nest" that Alayne fixes up for her in the front seat of the truck. As if the seat isn't big enough already, Alayne puts a box on the floor, adds a few beds to raise it…

Thank you to everyone who posted such heartfelt condolences on losing little Bailey last week. Alayne and I really appreciated all the wonderful comments, and it means a lot to us to know he touched so many people along the way.  Some of the most disabled animals we've had over the years have had the…

Our sweet and delightful little Bailey died yesterday morning. His heart finally gave out. Even when we knew the end was coming — he was very old and had really deteriorated in the past couple of months — it was still one of the most painful losses we've ever had. Bailey had an outsized personality,…

Our local supplier of potatoes has run out of their stored supply from last year's harvest, and the new crop won't be ready until October. So we're now switching to rice as the carbohydrate source for the dogs' home-cooked meals. I took that photo this evening of a fresh batch of rice for their dinner…

Ellen M., the board-certified veterinary internal medicine specialist who adopted Snuggles from us last fall, emailed us at the end of March with some disturbing news: Snuggles had a melanoma cancer in her jaw and would be undergoing surgery in a few days. A board-certified veterinary surgeon trained in oncology was going to do the…

I took this photo of little Avery this morning. He's been doing just great since coming home from surgery on Friday — especially when his cone is off! We've started removing it when we're around and can supervise to see if he begins pawing at the sutures. We could already tell this weekend that he…

I took our new arrival, blind Avery, over to Burlington, Vermont yesterday to see some specialists. First was a stop at our internist, Dr. Bryan Harnett, at Vermont Veterinary Internal Medicine, for a look at his heart, and then in the afternoon we saw our ophthalmologist, Dr. Sarah Hoy at Vermont Veterinary Eye Care. Although…

Yes, another blind Beagle from Georgia! That's who was in the van with blind Louie on Friday. This is Avery — his name had been "Chopper," which no one here liked. Widget had always wanted to have a resident Beagle named Avery, so she got her choice and Chopper got a new name. This little…