Yes, indeed.  We're moving the sanctuary to New Hampshire.  That's what the new place looks like above — 120 acres of forest and fields, with a pond, spring, a house big enough for both dogs and people, a huge barn, and a 5-bay equipment shed.  It's located in Lancaster, in the northern part of the…

Continuing on the theme from Ella's post … what a difference a year makes!  In the photo above, that's what the drive looked like this week.  A year ago this week, here's what we were doing: Here's the view south past the horse corrals today: This next one is a more typical view this time…

I like to say that "Montana is a small town," because so often you run into situations where you think, what are the odds of that happening?  More often than you'd think in Montana!  For instance, a couple of weeks ago one of our wonderful longtime volunteers, Kate W. in Missoula, was looking for another…

Back in mid-February, I had dropped off our blind colt Cash at his new boarding school — oops, boarding stable — in Missoula.  We had arranged with a trainer, Will Balis, to work with Cash and train him for riding.  Well, Will was riding Cash at the end of his very first week — even…

When Alayne and I were taking photos for the spring newsletter recently, I had to chuckle when I saw this shot after my camera finished uploading the images to my computer.  Blind-and-deaf Gabe is going to be the "cover model" for this next newsletter, though this is not the photo that will be on the…

As soon as I opened the mail yesterday and saw the cover of my March issue of DVM Newsmagazine ("The voice of veterinary news"), I knew there was going to be trouble.  A small headline said, "page 8:  AKC unveils top breeds."  Now, everyone around here knows that Labs always come in No. 1 in…

I saw blind Widget sleeping in the chair this weekend with her cone pointed up.  I wondered for a minute if she was using it for tanning purposes, like some people do with mirrors to direct the sunlight in a particular direction.  Then I thought maybe she was hoping that if dog cookies started miraculously…

After seeing some of the blog photos of our dogs having wrapped themselves completely inside blankets, Julie S. in Olympia, Washington, emailed us this photo of Charlie, our once-blind Beagle that Julie and her husband had adopted from us last fall. Julie wrote, "He got in the blanket that way himself.  It was NOT staged!" …

Last week when I took Widget in for her eye surgery, I also had our new arrival Timmy along for his initial exam with our vet, Dr. Brenda Culver.  It was clear when he first came that his front leg was a problem for him — he can't move it, and it hangs off of…

This post is probably going to get me in big trouble.  But let's take a brief break from animals and discuss a subject that is always entertaining if occasionally dangerous to bring up:  gender differences.  Now, before anyone suggests when reading this post that I might be sexist, please know that I truly believe the…