Over the past few years we’ve had lots of blog readers and supporters tell us, "You guys should write a book!"  Honestly, the thought makes me groan, because writing a book is a huge undertaking and takes tons of time … and that’s if you can get it published.  And we are so swamped, seven…

If you’ve followed the blog for the past year, you probably remember our little blind foal — now a yearling — named Brynn.  She’s the one with more medical strikes against her than any animal on the ranch.  In addition to being blind, she has a hole in her heart, she only has one functioning…

It was starting to feel a bit crowded under my desk yesterday evening.  I kept feeling Ellie May nudging my feet and the wheels of the desk chair, and bit by bit I edged my chair over to the right to give her more room.  Finally, I felt like I was getting elbowed out of…

This is what our living room looks like on a good day.  Soft chew toys lying on the floor, small piles of fluff scattered about.  I was getting ready to head outside this afternoon and start dragging the pastures again when I saw Bailey sitting in the middle of the living room, surrounded by the…

Our small animal vet, Dr. Brenda Culver at Montana Veterinary Specialists in Helena, examined Popeye the cat today.  Exactly what is going on with his eyes is a bit of a mystery.  The photo above was taken when Popeye was first found by the rescue group BETA in Lebanon in May.  You can see the…

Our farrier, Rich Boyle of Simms, Montana, was out here last week trimming the horses’ hooves.  That meant lots of hoof trimmings lying about in the pastures and corrals.  There’s something about these hoof trimmings that dogs just love as chew toys.  Now, most of the dogs stay in our fenced dog yards and don’t…

Here’s a photo I took this afternoon in our living room of Ellie May, the little blind-and-deaf Cocker Spaniel who came to us a couple of weeks ago.  Her eyes were chronically painful and we had to have them removed, but she has recovered just fine from the surgery.  The sutures are still in and…

Blind Lena has taken to doing this ridiculous thing when she’s finished with her grain.  She stands in her feed bucket, both feet firmly planted in the center.  She does this to signal to us that a) "I’m done, thank you," and b) "it’s time to untie me."  There’s really no mistaking this look, is…

One of our supporters, Steffanie G., had seen an appeal from an animal rescue group in Beirut, Lebanon.  The group, called Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or BETA, was planning to fly a dozen or so cats to the U.S. for placement in mid-October, and they were looking for homes for them.  (Best…

I hauled a trio of blind horses into Missoula today to see Dr. Erin Taylor at Blue Mountain Veterinary Hospital.  Laddie, shown above, was one of the horses making the trip.  He needed to see Erin for a couple of reasons.  He has a lingering lameness problem in his front left leg from an arthritic…