Alright, people, you've worn me down.  Here she is, along with her older sister Daisy.  I have them in the same pasture I put Nikki and Lena in yesterday.  When they first arrived earlier this week, I figured Margaret and Daisy would head off into the woods at the edge of the pastures and start…

The latest phase of the move to New Hampshire is underway.  I arrived Friday evening, with a loaded pick-up truck and trailer.  I brought out seven dogs as the advance contingent — Widget, Goldie, Bailey, Dexter, Daisy, Travis and Patti.  Most of the rest are being picked up today back at the ranch in Montana,…

In recent days we noticed that blind Austin, our little Beagle, has found a new friend to roughhouse with — three-legged Ella.  Most evenings after dinner, if the weather is nice, they wrestle with each other on "the beach" by the front of our house.  I had to sneak quietly around the corner of the…

For the fifth year in a row, quiltmaker Barbara Edwards from Seeley Lake, Montana, has produced another stunning quilt to raffle off as a benefit for the animals here.  100% of the proceeds will go directly to the ranch.  Barbara and her husband Scott came by on Friday to show us her latest beautiful creation. …

The Animal Rescue Site just posted the official results of the latest Shelter Challenge and we came in fourth nationwide, just behind Best Friends, winning a $3,000 grant for the animals at the ranch!  The announcement says more than 12,000 animal rescue groups participated.  Wow. Thank you to everyone who kept voting, day after day,…

As I write this, about 2:30 p.m., it's a freakishly warm 76 degrees here.  I was watching blind Mitch, wearing his heavy Husky coat, and bet he was wishing he'd already had his summer haircut!  He has the thickest coat I've ever seen on a dog, and we've taken to getting him clipped — what…

Madison and I got back to the ranch about 4 p.m. today after a very long road trip.  We left Spearfish, South Dakota, this morning about 7 a.m.  Somehow the last leg is always the longest, you know?  Alayne's been here by herself for 10 days, which is double the workload when one of us…

Well, look who's discovered the ever-popular laundry basket bed now … blind and deaf Gabe.  Alayne got this photo a couple of days ago and emailed it to me.  This was the first time we've seen Gabe use the laundry basket, and you can appreciate how he really had to fold himself up to fit…

Well, the original lovebug himself, blind Herbie, was adopted yesterday!  Angela N. flew all the way from Michigan to pick up our-favorite-cat-ever.  She had been looking for another cat for awhile, and had been thinking about a special needs one, when she came across our Web site.  But the clincher was seeing Herbie in the…

When our wonderful, long-time volunteer Laura W. brought Timmy back from the vet hospital for us last weekend and let him out of the car, I watched in amazement as he zoomed off to check things out.  I turned to Laura and said, "Wow — what a difference!"  I could immediately see how much easier…