Blind Penny isn't the first dog we've had who seems to prefer a deep hole in gravel to a Kuranda cot with a bed on top … deaf Tyler (since adopted) took this to a new level … but what struck us is that she only recently developed a real affinity for this sleeping option. …

A few weeks ago blind Madison developed a new and rather odd habit of sticking her head through the fence to drink from the water bucket in the adjoining dog yard.  Now, when she comes out of Widget's House in the morning for the first time, she always goes straight to the water bucket on…

This is blind Callie, showing off what she thinks is her svelte figure to Gabe.  Unfortunately, she doesn't realize Gabe is blind like she is and thus can't appreciate her, um, slender form.  All Gabe knows is that something is rolling around on the floor below him. Isn't it amazing how much thinner a thick…

What was the very first thing we noticed when Gabe arrived home from the hospital Thursday evening?  He started sniffing the ground the minute he came through the gate into the yard.  We had never seen him smelling anything before … because he couldn't.  Alayne and I watched this blind boy walk around the back…

Here’s another heartwarming story … a wonderful new follow-up on deaf Stuart, who Dan and Cheryl W. adopted from us a few months ago.  Dan and Cheryl wrote in an email to us: “Been a while since we last wrote and gave an update on Stuart. From the attached photos you can see that he…

Today was "run around town" day in Missoula — among other stops, a press check on the fall newsletter at the printer, taking Molly and Priscilla to the groomers, and the thing that's been weighing on us … having blind Goldie checked for a new set of skin growths.  Goldie has already had a couple…

When I was at WSU yesterday, Dr. Fidel asked me how blind Callie was doing after her brain tumor radiation treatment back in April.  I told her it had been a long slog, and for a few months we began to wonder if the old Callie was ever going to come back.  She was pretty…

You know you've been coming to a veterinary teaching hospital a lot when you walk up to the front desk and they hand you your file and sign-in sheets before you've even said who you are.  Yes, they recognize me by sight now.  Uh oh. I took the photo of our oncologist, Dr. Janean Fidel,…

Well, just a few hours after posting the blog yesterday about Teddy settling in, I was rushing him over to our vet clinic in Helena last night. During his first stay in the hospital a few weeks ago, Teddy had begun breathing heavily, but our vets could find no explanation for it — the lab…

I got this shot the other day of Teddy with Dexter and Bailey, all sharing a dog bed in the kitchen.  It wasn't feeding time … they had just found a comfy spot to hang out.  Teddy has very much settled in — he's got his routine down and is quick to let us know…