First, Alayne and I wanted to thank everyone for their heartfelt condolences about dear Bentley. It was a crushing loss, and one we are struggling to deal with, but we are so grateful for the outpouring of emotional support and kind words over the past few days. For every tragic outcome like Bentley's, something caught…

Washington, D.C. may have its cherry blossoms, but we've got our apple blossoms … and everywhere we look right now, it's stunning. Apple trees are blossoming across the farm. I took the photo above on Saturday evening; you can see that different trees are in different stages of blossoming. I took this next shot this…

Last fall I did a lengthy interview with a writer from The Horse magazine for a feature story on blind horses. The article ran last November but was behind a paywall on The Horse website until just recently. That's a screenshot above, and the link to read the full article is here. One of the…

This is little blind Clyde enjoying the sun coming through the solarium the other morning. He's come a long way since he first arrived, when he was more Yorkshire Terror than Terrier. Clyde would routinely — and without any provocation — attack other dogs, especially any big dogs who happened to be around. (A death…

Yes, it's another dog-fits-perfectly-in-hole shot, this being blind Jake the hound. He's been in this play yard for three years now, and it's the first time we've ever seen him choosing to sleep in the ever-widening hole. Alayne took this photo on Saturday. You can see that we're losing the battle to keep the dog…

Wendy M., who adopted blind and deaf Baron and blind Stoney from us several years ago, recently sent us this photo of Baron sunbathing. Now that is one relaxed and happy dog. (And no, he's not sunburned, that's the pinkness of his skin accentuated by the filter on the camera lens.) More proof that being…

Back in early March I had a post on how we found out that Wilbur had high blood pressure, and the implications for his health and in particular, the retina in his remaining eye. Since then things have only become more of a mystery. I recently took him back to see our internal medicine specialist…

Here in New England, it's maple sugaring season again — days above freezing (um, sometimes) and nights below freezing. Our friends at Jon Parks Tractor in Lancaster, who service our tractors and other equipment, also make maple syrup each spring. This year they asked if they could tap our sugar maples to add to their…

This may be a little hard to see (click on the photo for a larger image), but there is the first goose we've seen on the pond this year. It landed as we were eating lunch today. Another sure sign that spring is at hand, despite the wintry scene. The goose keeps swimming around this…

Last Thursday I took Bentley and Scamp back to see the ophthalmologist, Dr. Sarah Hoy, in Burlington for their two-week post-surgery exams. In the photo above, Sarah is examining Bentley while vet tech Rachel holds him still. A few minutes later, it was Scamp's turn: The verdict:  Both dogs, with three eyes between them, looked…