We were taking photos a couple of days ago for our summer newsletter of Noodle and Soba, who are going to be our "cover models" on this next issue.  After getting these two very wobbly, high-energy girls to lie quietly on their cots for the photo shoot (no small task, mind you), they decided they’d…

I took this photo of our newest arrival, Kasha, and Alayne this afternoon.  Kasha arrived late Thursday night.  Alison James, our new development director, was planning to head to Spokane last week on personal business, and kindly offered to pick up Kasha and bring her out to the ranch for us.  (Alison starts her new…

Here’s blind Brody enjoying a roll in the green grass yesterday.  He’s a natural-born "roller" — he’ll roll over for a belly rub as soon as he hears you approaching — but he really loves rolling in the green grass on these nice June days.  And if you just happen to walk by while he’s…

I got this shot of wobbly Noodle and three-legged Cody sharing a cot yesterday afternoon.  What’s interesting about this is that Cody is really not big on sharing space, let alone with a wobbly pup like Noodle who might at any moment flop over on him like a wave crashing on shore.  But here he…

Alayne got this photo yesterday of blind Willie the Beagle and blind Nevada the puppy sharing a new dog house we recently put out in the yard.  Yes, I know that sticker says "Bonus! Dog House Door Included!" and it would appear that … ahem … someone forgot to install the door.  But if we…

Dr. Joe Harari of Veterinary Surgical Specialists in Spokane called me this morning after examining Kasha, the Shepherd mix puppy from the county shelter.  Dr. Harari found that Kasha’s leg had been severed just below the hock — he called it "a clean cut of the bones" — and said that it looked as if…

Last week our friends at Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Services in Washington contacted us about a young Shepherd mix puppy at the shelter who was missing her left rear foot.  This is her in the photo … and yikes, look at that leg.  Her name is Kasha, and they think she’s about 4 or…

I drove into Missoula today to pick up blind Hannah and Cash the blind foal from our equine vet clinic.  I took this photo of Alayne with Hannah and Cash after we unloaded them back at the ranch late this afternoon.  (Hannah is a BIG girl, as you can see!) Hannah had her second eye…

This was another scene outside our front door … that’s blind Nevada the puppy sleeping on, under and around her friend, wobbly Soba.  (Kind of a 360-degree sleep-a-thon.)  Nevada loves to wrestle with Soba and her sister Noodle.  I suspect they were going all out with some roughhousing until Nevada got tired and simply quit…

I looked out the front door after feeding the dogs breakfast the other morning and saw this scene … blind Willie keeled over, the empty food dish not far from where the body lay sprawled on the ground. I assume he was sleeping off breakfast, but since I can’t bay and he can’t speak English,…