It turns out that not only is Darla a very good watch dog — she is very alert to anything in the woods beyond the front yard, and she'll stand and growl until satisfied the "threat" is gone — but she's decided certain other dogs don't belong in the house and keeps them at bay.…

I mentioned in the previous post that our Maremma livestock guardian dogs weren't in the photos of the goat barn because I had put them outside for exercise that morning. Well, many hours later I brought them in and fed them dinner, then went about feeding the goats. I looked over and saw the trio…

And now for something a wee bit different. Last winter (2012-2013) we had brought all the goats into a barn that we had converted from its original purpose as a 5-bay vehicle shed. By mid-winter we realized we had ventilation problems — the building had been designed to house vehicles, not living, breathing, pooping and…

Alayne took that photo of blind Sophie sharing a bed with Widget on January 2nd, the day after we found out Sophie is diabetic. Yes, I spent a good part of New Year's Day at the emergency vet clinic in Littleton, trying to figure out what was going on with her. A couple of days…

The dogs aren't the only ones needing to see a doctor recently. Last Friday, as our first real winter storm of the season approached, I hooked up the snowplow to the tractor. In the cab, I flicked the control switch a couple of times to move the plow left-to-right, and it dutifully angled left and…

Melissa McDaniel is offering special discounts to Rolling Dog Farm supporters for her beautiful photo books, including her latest one that you see above, Puppy Mill Survivors. Her previous book, Deaf Dogs, featured stunning portraits and short biographies of 78 deaf dogs.Thousands of deaf dogs are put to sleep each year simply because they are…

That's our new arrival Tanner with our internal medicine specialist at Peak, Dr. Marielle Goossens, who shepherded Tanner through a series of diagnostics last Tuesday. Other than the need to gain weight, his physical condition was pretty good. On ultrasound the radiologist found all his internal organs looked fine. His regular bloodwork came back as…

Back in October I had a couple of blog posts about our Maremma livestock guardian dogs, including the two puppies Joshua and Maggie playing with their uncle Aaron. The boy in the middle of the photo above is Jordan, our other Maremma puppy, and that's Joshua in the background. There in front is one of…

One of our long-time supporters recently sent me a link to this video, and I thought you might enjoy seeing it. This will make you smile and probably laugh out loud, too. It's just under 3 minutes long — stick around, because about halfway through, the tables get turned. —- Final 2013 Shelter Challenge Underway…

Okay, so maybe dressing up for Halloween as an acorn isn't the most convincing costume. But then, how many Chihuahuas have ever tried looking like they just fell out of an oak tree? Wilbur's other costume is one he's spent a lot of time trying out this year. It's the "can-you-tell-I'm-a-blanket?" one: A little hard…