This weekend we had some of our wonderful volunteers come out on their regular visit, and the dogs loved every minute of it. Mike C. spent the day walking dogs and working on obedience training.  Even though our dogs have large fenced paddocks (from 1/2 acre to nearly 2 acres in size) to run around…

We just learned that the TV story that was going to air on tonight’s local newscasts on CBS stations in Montana has been re-scheduled to air NEXT Sunday evening, August 13th.  See our original post on the story here.

Of the 24 blind horses here, we have only one who is difficult to trim.  That’s Madison, shown in the photo having her feet trimmed this morning by our master farrier, Rich Boyle.  Madison came to us from the Idaho Humane Society in Boise, who had rescued her from an awful neglect situation.  We gathered…

You may remember a post from early last week, when our equine vet Bill Brown was  at the ranch to look at several horses.  Among the horses he examined was blind Rosie, who was very ‘ouchy’ on her feet.  She appeared to have a case of laminitis (severe inflammation in the hoof), but the X-rays…

The autopsy report on Sammy, our little diabetic dog who died suddenly less than two weeks ago, came back, and we finally may have an answer.  The mystery surrounding his death was the sudden temperature spike — to 107 degrees — even as his insulin levels were normal.  The report showed no hidden tumors or…

On her first day on the job, our new employee Mariah wasted no time in putting her training skills to work.  I had identified blind Levi as her first student, so that’s who began school today.  Levi is an incredibly sweet, eager-to-please dog, but he’s essentially had little training in his prior life.  He’s big,…

This is our new employee, Mariah Scheskie, who’s starting work here today.  Mariah came to us from the Missoula Humane Society, where she was the kennel manager, responsible for day-to-day operations.  She was also the primary adoption counselor for dog placement.  Earlier Mariah worked at Best Friends in Utah, where she was an animal caretaker…

I’ll be the first to admit that blind Widget makes more than her fair share of appearances here on the blog.  Part of the reason — okay, maybe the entire reason — is that she is impossibly cute, with a personality to match.  And yes, most of her blog moments involve sleeping in one form…

The local CBS affiliate in Missoula, KPAX-TV, came out today to tape a story for their Sunday nightly newscast segment called ‘Under The Big Sky.’  Ian Marquand, who produces the ‘Under The Big Sky’ feature stories, spent a couple of hours here this morning interviewing us and meeting the animals.  In this photo Ian is…

Today is Beth’s last day at the ranch, and I took this photo of her this afternoon, filling the water tanks in the horse pastures.  (Two of our blind horses, Hannah and Luna, are grazing in the background.)  Beth is moving to Missoula, where she is going to be working in retail part-time and hoping…