I received these photos yesterday evening from Jen K., the 4th-year vet student at WSU's veterinary teaching hospital who is blind Callie's day-to-day case manager while she's there.  Jen has been with Callie from when I first brought her, and kindly calls me with daily updates.  In a word, Callie is doing great!  She is…

Here are some photos I got over the weekend of blind Molly and her wonderfully soft and fluffy "ear muffs."  At first I was just trying to take some stand-off photos of the "whole dog," but she kept following me everywhere and walking right up to me, so all I ended up with were close-ups. …

Late last week we were wrapping up the photos for our next print newsletter.  Our friend Cindy J. was taking the photos of the two of us for the "ranch letter" we write for each issue.  Now, this is always the hardest photo to get because we include an animal in it.  Not only is…

With the snow melting rapidly in recent days, the ground is getting saturated … and in this one low spot in front of Widget's House, we now have a nice little lake.  The dogs love tracking right through it, and that's happy Cedar standing in the water.  I took these photos yesterday afternoon.  The fluff…

I took this photo today when I was in the cat house cleaning the litterboxes.  You think that would be a straightforward enough task, except for the fact that blind Herbie loves to climb up my legs when I'm doing this.  He swirls around my ankles, then stands on his hind legs and reaches up…

I was over at Widget's House this morning, scooping after letting the dogs out, and noticed blind Brody standing on bare ground.  I thought, wow, it's been a long time coming.  Brody seemed to be enjoying the change.  Just in the past couple of days the last few inches of snow and crusty ice have…

Callie had her MRI this morning at WSU's veterinary teaching hospital, followed by a spinal tap for analysis of her cerebrospinal fluid.  I took this photo of Dr. Fidel, the oncologist, holding Callie after she had recovered from the anesthesia.  You can tell she is still pretty much out of it, bless her little heart. …

Callie and I left the ranch early this morning and headed to Pullman, Washington, to see specialists at the WSU veterinary teaching hospital for her brain tumor.  In the photo above, veterinary oncologist Dr. Janean Fidel is listening to Callie's heart during the initial exam, along with 4th year vet student Jen K.  Dr. Fidel…

The Animal Rescue Site is holding another Shelter Challenge online contest with prizes worth $100,000.  Last year, because of your votes, we won the contest for the state of Montana and a $1,000 grant.  We need your help to do it again! And remember, this is the contest where you can vote every day!  The…

Last Friday was the blind Poodle sisters' first-year anniversary since coming to the ranch, and I took Molly and Priscilla to the groomers in Missoula for their usual make-over from what we call "Montana ranch Poodle" to "Westminster diva."  (In between there's a style we call their "Tina Turner look.")  They actually needed to be…