Here’s our sweet, deaf cat Snowball getting an unwelcome bath with the help of Kathryn.  Snowball has had a recurring case of oral stomatitis, and the strain he has of this infection unfortunately doesn’t respond to antibiotics.  Pulling the teeth has turned out to be the only permanent ‘cure.’  We’ve had three other cats go…

Beth just handed out a fresh set of tennis balls to the gang at Widget’s House, and a short while later she took this photo.  That’s blind Cedar in the background, happily chomping on his new tennis ball like it’s a cigar.  (You’ll have to click on the photo to get the larger version to…

Spokane’s weekly newspaper, The Pacific Northwest Inlander, published a great story about the sanctuary in its latest edition that came out today.  We loved the headline:  "At Rolling Dog Ranch near Missoula, disabled dogs finally have their day."  The article was written by Gina Knudson, a freelance writer from Salmon, Idaho, who visited us last…

Our old blind horse Scout is continuing to act "ouchy" on his feet.  We had started treating him for Cushing’s disease, which I mentioned in a post last week.  We’ve been giving him a twice-daily anti-inflammatory called Banamine, plus his Cushing’s medication.  But he still seemed uncomfortable on his feet.  When Kathryn and I trailered…

Sweet, deaf Clancy went to a loving new home in Helena today.  Rich and Aletha M. came out to meet Clancy, fell in love with him (just as we expected!), and took him home this morning.  Rich and Aletha have had terriers for years, and recently lost their Glen of Imaal terrier Clancy (yes, same…

Every evening there’s a wonderful scene when either Kathryn or Beth go through the gate into the dog paddock in front of Widget’s House, our dog building.  There they are greeted by a pack of joyful dogs who happily follow them all the way to the door.  The dogs also know it’s dinner time and…

We just updated our Web site over the weekend with stories about several of our recent arrivals, and we also posted the PDF version of our spring quarterly print newsletter.  We’re taking the newsletter to the post office tomorrow, but you can read it on our site right now. Our cover model for the newsletter…

This is Buzz, a young Golden Retriever who came to us last fall from the Bitterroot Humane Association in Hamilton, Montana.  He had neurological damage of some sort.  Our specialist who examined Buzz determined that he didn’t suffer from any sort of disease or disorder, but had been "clocked" really hard on the head.  As…

Blind Bud is a delightful dog with some very bad table manners.  No, not the kind you may think of … he’s not food aggressive.  It’s just that when he gets done with his dinner, he has a very unique way of letting everyone know he’s finished.  It’s his own version of "Waiter, I’m done."…

Our old blind horse Scout has not been doing well in the past few days.  We found him stiff, unwilling to walk, and acting "ouchy."  Our equine vet, Dr. Bill Brown, suspects Scout has a case of laminitis, which affects a horse’s feet and makes them painful.  In Scout, the cause is not overfeeding or…