Yes, it's official — the ranch won the Shelter Challenge Grand Prize and will get $20,000 for the animals!  This is truly one of the most humbling things that has ever happened to us.  Wow — what a phenomenal Christmas present!  For a small sanctuary in a remote part of Montana to win out over…

I picked up blind Helen from the vet clinic on Thursday afternoon after several days there following her gastrointestinal hemorrhaging last Sunday, and she was happy to get back to the ranch.  Our internal medicine specialist in Helena, Dr. Britt Culver, did an abdominal ultrasound as well, and like the X-rays, the scan showed no…

Only TWO Days Left — Still No. 1 — Every Vote Counts! Please keep voting for the ranch this weekend in The Animal Rescue Site/PetFinder's Shelter Challenge.  You can see how fast the rankings can change, so we really need an extra push right now to hold the No. 1 spot.  The contest ends at…

Only the two blind Huskies, Dusty and Mitch, weren't complaining about the 32° below zero temperature this morning.  But even they, like the rest of us — animals and humans alike — were anxiously waiting for the sun to rise over the ridge to the east and begin warming things up a little.   Here's what…

Blind-and-deaf Spinner has decided she really likes the IKEA lounge chairs in the living room, and that's become her favorite spot for napping.  Daisy, on the other hand, long ago claimed those chairs as her own, and she always bares her teeth and growls at any dog that happens to even approach the chair she's…

For the third year in a row, the Love of Dog Bakery in Maryland has selected the ranch to be their Charity of the Month for December.  That means they will kindly donate 5% of their sales during the month to the animals here.  So if you're looking for some very tasty and nutritious treats…

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7353207&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 This weekend on the Internet I stumbled across the ASPCA video on the ranch that they showed at the ASPCA 2009 Humane Awards event Alayne attended back in October.  The ASPCA had told us we couldn’t post the video on the Web because of licensing issues of some sort (and we don’t even have…

Here's another installment in our "resourceful dogs" series.  Alayne had noticed in recent weeks that Daisy had started dragging one of the dog beds all the way across the living room floor and over to another bed she had been lying on, and was using the second bed for a chin rest.  No kidding.  So…

I was taking photos recently for both our winter newsletter and accompanying Web site updates when I got this shot of blind Patti with her boyfriend blind Buddy.  I just loved Patti's earnest expression in that photo.  As I think I mentioned quite a while ago, we had to move blind Cedar out from the…

Jack Hanna's Into The Wild show featuring the ranch will air beginning this Friday, November 6.  Depending on where you are, the program may air on Saturday or Sunday, rather than Friday, and at different times on different networks.  To find out the exact schedule, please check the Into The Wild Web site here.  It…