Here's our latest installment of scenes from "Rainbow Flat."  Alayne got this shot the other evening of another beautiful rainbow spanning the animal cottages next to our house.  We'd just had a rainstorm move through, going from west to east, and it was still shrouding the mountain range to the east of us behind those…

One of the ASPCA's media relations people was kind enough to email me late today this photo of Alayne at the event in New York with the award.  Alayne said the luncheon was very nice and everything went well.  Prior to presenting the award, the ASPCA showed a video they had produced about the ranch,…

There's a wonderful story on the ranch and the ASPCA's Henry Bergh Award in USA Today's Pet Talk column today.  It's a beautifully written piece by Sharon Peters, who first wrote about us for USA Today in 2007.  The headline is:  Pair's wonderful way with disabled animals is rewarded.  You can read the story here.

It's that time of year again — getting the compost spread on the pastures.  We try to wait as late as possible in the fall, after we've moved animals out of the pastures but before the first heavy snow arrives.  And once or twice, we've been surprised by an earlier-than-usual 'season-ender' snowfall, forcing us to…

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or ASPCA, announced the winners of their 2009 Humane Awards today in a news release.  Alayne and I were honored to win their Henry Bergh Award, named for the ASPCA's founder.  As of this afternoon the ASPCA had not posted the 2009 award winners on…

Barely a week ago we were still in the 80s.  This week, winter.  Now, we always seem to run into an early cold snap in the fall, but we kind of like to ease into it.  You know, after a few weeks of being in the 60s and 50s.  But after a long, dry summer…

Since I've been on the road for two days, I am way behind and trying to catch up both in the office and with animal chores … so I won't have a regular post for today.  And I don't know how to top Charlie's news in any case!  I'll resume posting for Monday.  In the…

Yes, the Animal Rescue Site just kicked off a new round of its Shelter Challenge online contest.  This is the same contest in which we won 3rd place and a $3,000 grant back in July. The new one started today and runs until — egads — December 20th.  Enter "Rolling Dog Ranch" and our state…

One of the things we do is provide help and counsel to people who are dealing with a disabled animal for the first time.  More often than I initially expected, we are in touch with people in other countries who have asked for our advice.  A few years ago, I had an email from Cecilia…

Teddy is finally home again, after a week in the hospital where he managed to baffle all of us with a quick rebound and no apparent explanation for what sent him back to our vets in the first place last Sunday.  Long-time friends of the ranch, Janet and Hal H. from Helena, were kind enough…