He's not at the ranch yet, but he will be our first new arrival in New Hampshire!  A longtime supporter of the sanctuary, Barb W. from Pennsylvania, contacted us a week ago about a blind and deaf Cocker Spaniel who was in a local shelter near her.  He had been found as a stray, wandering…

The routine first thing every morning, after we let the dogs out, is to scoop the poop in the various dog yards.  Almost all the dogs at Widget's House go trotting out immediately to "do their business," before heading back to the building to settle in for a nap on the cots and beds on…

She may be blind, she may have lost a leg to one form of cancer, and she may be battling yet another type of cancer, but a rolling Helen is a happy Helen.  I looked out my office window this morning and saw her rolling and rolling in the grass.  She kept at is so…

This is beautiful Ella … or Bella Ella as I've started calling her … doing what she does every meal time.  Alayne got this photo yesterday evening while I was in the dining room filling the dog bowls with food.  We have a doggie gate that separates the dining room and kitchen from the living…

I took these photos on Sunday of blind Madison rolling in the grass at the new sanctuary property in New Hampshire.  Yes, I brought the old girl along for company on the trip back East, and she's been a wonderful companion.  This next part I am not making up:  We had spent Friday night in…

We'd been getting worried about little Dexter … he has a great appetite, eats everything we give him and then some, but just seemed to look a little on the skinny side — and getting more so.  This despite the fact that after he eats the big meals we feed him, he looks like the…

We're not sure what it is about blind Goldie, but all of the male Dachshunds we've had over the years have always adored her.  Little Oscar, who we lost a couple of years ago, cherished her the most.  Bailey has since taken over where Oscar left off, and he has become her latest heart-throb.  Whenever…

What a difference a month makes. When Ella arrived here from Louisiana at the end of February, she was so fearful she tried to avoid us at all costs.  She wouldn't come into the house, wouldn't let us get close to her, and wouldn't even come up to eat her meals — we'd have to…

Just a quick update on Timmy's surgery (no photo, sorry!) — his leg was amputated yesterday afternoon and he came through the surgery in good shape.  He will be staying at the clinic for the next few days.  Once he fully recovers and comes back home, I know he will be a much happier boy…

Here's our darling little Widget, after I took her sutures out this morning.  She healed up just fine from her eye surgery last month.  We've thought about getting her an eye patch and having her look like a pirate, because sometimes she acts like a pirate around here!  ("Here, let me help myself to your…