A delightful couple from Seeley Lake, Montana, Scott and Barbara E., held a raffle to benefit the animals at the sanctuary.  The prize was a beautiful quilt that Barbara had made, with dogs and cats on one side and horses on the other.  The quilt was called ‘Reining Cats and Dogs.’ Scott and Barbara sold…

Alayne and I were sitting at the breakfast table when we looked over and saw Bailey begin giving his stuffed bear a good thrashing.  I grabbed the camera and captured part of it.  What you’ll see here is typical of this spirited little miniature Dachshund … he might have a screwed up back and he…

This is our ‘legally blind’ mare Lilah getting a bath and some grooming this weekend.  Lilah has a recurring skin problem that causes her to rub her hair off, right down to the skin.  Just when we think we’ve cured it, she has another outbreak … this time on Friday night.  So on Saturday we…

After 8 days at the vet clinic, I was finally able to bring our old mule Lonesome George home today.  He has started to eat again, and our equine vet Dr. Bill Brown thought it would be okay to take him back to the ranch.  We’re still not sure exactly what caused his lack of…

This afternoon I noticed blind Widget and Birdie, our little Lab with muscular dystrophy, sharing the big dog bed in the living room.  I think what struck me was not just that they were sleeping together on the bed, but facing opposite directions.  And then I noticed Widget was sleeping right on top of Birdie’s…

Regular blog readers may remember a photo I posted a few weeks ago, showing the dogs all bunched up at the front door to Widget’s House, waiting to go inside for dinner.  Well, here’s what it looks like from the other side of the door.  Beth has opened the back door to Widget’s House and…

"What on earth is that?," you’re probably wondering.  That’s our delightful old mule, Lonesome George, preparing to undergo a dental today. George has been at Dr. Bill Brown’s clinic since last Sunday.  We had been in touch with Bill throughout the weekend because of growing concern about George’s health.  He has been battling lymphoma and,…

Alayne hauled a truckload of animals to our vets in Helena this afternoon.  Heading off to the clinic were blind Babe, due to get spayed; blind Dusty for cryptorchid surgery (otherwise known as ‘seek, find and destroy undescended testicle’); blind Evelyn for an eye exam (her left eye is bothering her); old Oscar the mini…

This is Travis, our dog with a fused jaw, diving into his dinner this evening.  Although he has a stomach tube for feeding and medicating, we learned early on that he can slurp liquids from the left side of his mouth and that he much prefers to eat on his own. He would get so…

We just posted a new slide show on our main Web site.  The slide show features seven photos taken by Amber Chenoweth of Seattle, a friend and supporter of the sanctuary.  She took these photos during visits to the ranch last summer and graciously gave us permission to use them.  We’ve posted some of her…