After our brief outbreak of sub-zero temperatures a few days ago, we're back in the 20s during the day … and yesterday morning was bright and sunny, adding to the warmth.  Alayne got this shot of two of our barn cats, Smoke and his sister Skitter, soaking in the sun on the hay.  I'm not…

Early on Saturday morning when we let the dogs out, Alayne noticed Briggs, our blind and wobbly Beagle, kept falling over after he did his business.  He'd been standing up normally at first, but he was suddenly struggling.  Briggs was unsteady at the best of times, but he could always get up and stand again,…

This might look like an ice-sculpture gone bad, but it's actually our Chevy Silverado pick-up sporting a new look after a snowstorm yesterday.  I've never seen a drift quite that convoluted before, and can't figure out exactly how it happened.  Here's another view … that's a load of hay bales in the back of the…

Wow!  The official announcement is out and our humble little Rolling Dog Ranch came in second nationwide in the Shelter Challenge, winning $5,000 for the animals!  Awesome!  Alayne and I are so grateful to each and every one of you who kept voting for the ranch, day after day for all those months.  THANK YOU!!!…

I took these photos today after we turned the horses out for some exercise in the paddocks.  That usually means one thing:  Cash, our blind 4-year old, spends the first part of every session pestering his two pasture mates, the much older and much bigger Bridger and Hawk.  Somehow the little squirt ended up as…

As I think everyone knows, one of the nice features of this property is a beautiful pond below the house and dog yards.  It's roughly 100' x 100' in size (30 m x 30 m), is spring fed, and water circulates from the spring, through the pond and out through a pipe even in winter. …

One of the reasons we wanted to move to this property in New Hampshire was to have our own woodlot.  Because we heat the buildings with wood, providing firewood for ourselves was an important step towards becoming more self-sufficient.  Since we moved mid-year, we didn't have the time to put up our own firewood, let…

I almost forgot!  Alayne taped a radio interview with the NPR station in Washington, D.C. — WAMU 88.5 — a couple of weeks ago and it is going to air on the station's Animal House program this Saturday, Nov. 27, at 12 noon Eastern time.  The show's producer told me this morning that the audio…

When we first said we were moving the sanctuary to New Hampshire, one of the many reasons we cited for the change was wanting a milder climate than we had in Montana.  That raised some eyebrows back here in the north end of New Hampshire, where they don't consider this a "milder climate" by any…

Once again, Julie and Rob at Love of Dog Bakery in Maryland have kindly chosen the ranch as their charity of the month — this time for November.  A portion of their sales during November will be donated to the sanctuary.  Orders need to be in before the end of the month.  Love of Dog…