This is three-legged Kasha, our Shepherd pup who arrived a few months ago from Spokane Animal Control after having surgery to remove what was left of her rear leg.  Someone had chopped her foot off.  She recovered well from her surgery and has really blossomed into a beautiful girl.  (Although the ears can be a…

After little Brynn came to us as a blind 5-day old foal in the summer of 2006, we tried to buddy her up with blind Lena, our Queen Bee mare who raises the blind foals that arrive at the ranch each year.  Even though Lena would seek her out and stand next to her, trying…

Here are Tibby and Fibby, the two kittens with deformed back legs who first came to us back in August — and as you can see, they have been growing a lot!  Tibby, the little girl on the left, is still by far the smallest of the pair, but proportionately she is keeping up with…

Although I try hard to maintain a ‘professional environment’ in my office, the fact is it’s widely viewed by the dogs as simply another playroom.  Or bedroom.  Or … wrestling ring.  Not too long ago I posted a video clip of blind Widget roughhousing with blind-and-deaf Baron in my office.  Well, they went at it…

Our small animal vet, Dr. Brenda Culver, called this morning just before going into surgery on Ellie May to let me know that she was about to begin, and would call me once Ellie May was through the operation and recovered from anesthesia.  About 11:30 a.m., the phone rang again and it was Brenda, saying…

Alayne took a truck full of dogs over to our vets in Helena at Montana Veterinary Specialists today.  On board were Shiloh, for his repeat chemotherapy (it went well); blind Dusty, to have sutures removed from the surgery to resect a tumor on his lip (healed up fine); blind and deaf Blanca for a recheck…

Just when you think you’ve got an animal figured out, they start doing something new.  Take Blanca, our blind-and-deaf Great Dane puppy, for example.  Just in the past week I noticed she was beginning to sleep in ways that left her neck and head at peculiar — I would say uncomfortable — angles.  She likes…

Here’s our little old gal who arrived over the weekend … Ellie May the blind-and-deaf Cocker Spaniel.  Ellie May’s owner just died in a small town here in Montana, and Robin M., the personal representative or executor of the estate, called to ask if we could take in this sweet girl.  Given her age and…

Just in case anyone thought there couldn’t be any more wobbliness here than there already is, may we introduce … Smokey and Charlie!  These two young pups just arrived from a humane society in Lima, Ohio.  They are little things — each is about 20 pounds, with small frames and long necks.  The shelter cautioned…

Cody, our three-legged Lab with an incredible survival story, left for his new home in Missoula today.  This has actually been in the works for a while.  Elena C., who had volunteered for us this spring and then began working here in the summer (she replaced Alicia), had fallen in love with Cody and asked…