I drove to Burlington, Vermont yesterday — about two hours from here — for vet appointments at our internal medicine specialist and for a run to Costco to stock up on supplies. Blind Widget was in for an abdominal ultrasound screening and echocardiogram, part of her routine check-up now that she's an older girl, and…

I took these photos of Daisy the other day, after I had finished getting shots of the horses when we first put them out on pasture. I was walking into the house with the camera and looked over to see Daisy rolling and rolling, back and forth, enjoying the warm sunshine and green grass. Our…

Like many across the country this week, we're seeing unseasonably (soon to become normal?) warm temperatures here in New Hampshire. One of our sighted horses, Blueberry, has taken to enjoying the pond as a way to cool off. We've had Blueberry for a decade now — I think we introduced her in our very first…

For the sixth year in a row (!), quiltmaker Barbara Edwards from Seeley Lake, Montana, has made another gorgeous quilt to raffle off as a benefit for the animals here. 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the farm. Barbara emailed us photos of the 2011 quilt last week. As you can see, this…

I was out spreading manure this past weekend, and on one of my last runs late Sunday evening, the beaters (or paddles) on the back of the spreader started flinging all kinds of wet poo towards the cab. I was looking back through the rear window, keeping an eye on the manure load as it…

The apple trees are all bursting with blossoms now — a truly gorgeous sight. We have probably about two dozen apple trees in three different orchards on the property, all producing delicious fruit. The trees have been "let go" for at least a couple of decades and are in need of substantial pruning, and the…

We just rolled out our updated website with our new Rolling Dog Farm name.  It's at RollingDogFarm.org. Our existing RollingDogRanch.org website will automatically "roll over" or re-direct to the new site. Alayne and I will still be able to receive emails addressed to our old RDR email accounts, but we now also have email accounts…

I meant to mention this a week or so ago, but we have posted our spring/summer 2011 newsletter on the website as a PDF. It went out in the mail in mid-April to our donors, and as nonprofit bulk rate mailings go, it can take the Post Office up to three weeks to deliver them. …

No, that's not a new arrival on the left there, that's … Fuzzy!  Without the fuzz!  Our wonderful groomer Lori Fillion from Littleton was here yesterday, doing Molly and Priscilla and the two blind terriers, Fuzzy and Clyde.  With warmer weather finally upon us, Lori thought Fuzzy could do with a much lighter, summer-ish cut. …

Alayne got this shot the other day of another set of morning visitors — deer that wander through early, before we let the dogs out.  One of the many things we love about this new location is the abundance of wildlife on the property.  A couple of evenings ago, when it was warm enough to…