Alayne took this photo on a recent morning after we had let the dogs back in. Blind Willie had managed to find the cot in the solarium at one end of the dog room and made himself at home. The problem was that this is blind and deaf Spinner's spot — and she was not…

Our blind Husky Mitch was patient No. 3 for our veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr. Sarah Hoy, last week. His eyes had become uncomfortable the previous week and I had started treating them with some topical medications, but after initial improvement I began to lose ground again. So I thought it was time for Mitch to see…

As I had mentioned in earlier posts, I took Wilbur to see our veterinary ophthalmologist last week as well. Although we knew from our primary care vet's initial exam with our Tono-Pen that Wilbur does not currently have glaucoma, we still wanted a definitive diagnosis of what was going on with his eyes, especially with…

I went to pick up Billy on Friday from the veterinary ophthalmologist in Burlington, Vermont. Billy's surgery on Thursday to remove his eyes had gone fine, but on Friday morning Dr. Sarah Hoy and her techs became a little concerned about how he was doing. He was more listless than they expected, even considering the…

For the second year in a row, Rolling Dog Farm will be the beneficiary of the Peace Cereal Giving Back Program. We will receive a contribution for every Peace Cereal product sold during the first quarter of 2012. Last year that came to $7,500 for the animals! The Peace Cereal Giving Back Program is designed…

Here's Kate holding our newest arrival, blind Billy, who just came to us from Atlanta Beagle Rescue. Morgan S., who runs the group, had emailed me to say: We got him from South Carolina last weekend. He's maybe about 6-8 years old and has the wide open stare of PRA. The shelter neutered him before…

Late last week we noticed that blind Avery's belly seemed distended and his breathing had suddenly become labored, so we took him to our clinic in Whitefield on Thursday for an exam. As it turned out, that was the day the clinic's new digital X-ray machine broke down, so we had to take him to…

The usual routine every morning is that we first go upstairs to the (relatively) sound-proof room on the second story of the dog wing, where blind Widget and Dexter T. Dickens and any other night-howlers sleep, and carry them outside. Then we head to the dog room and start letting out the rest of the…

Shelby just sent me this photo of all three blind and deaf ones snoozing together … Spencer on the left, Manny in the middle and Katie on the right.  She had tiptoed into the house at lunch to get the photo with her phone.  When she wrote me the email, she said, "At the moment…

Shelby M., who adopted blind and deaf Katie and Spencer from us a few weeks ago, recently sent me this photo of her blind and deaf Pug, Manny, curled up with Katie. Shelby wrote, "Manny is delighted to have another pillow." I'm not sure where Spencer was when the photo was taken, but since Katie…