Aging Dogs

Aging Dogs

I never really considered my, then seven-year-old, dog old until I took her to the vet and he made a comment about how she looked really good, “for a senior dog”. I was shocked and saddened. The thought that she could be considered a “senior”,...
Happy Day After

Happy Day After

Happy Day after Thanksgiving! I hope that all of you had an amazing holiday yesterday and that you and your fur babies are recovering from all of the food and festivities. For those of you who traveled for the holiday, you probably still have your ride home to look...
Traveling with pets

Traveling with pets

My ninety-year-old grandmother has a six year old lab/pit mix named Ruth. Ruth is a very sweet dog and is an excellent companion for my granny, but she is not a great traveler because she never really goes anywhere. Ruth isn’t afraid of traveling, she just gets...
New four-legged-loves

New four-legged-loves

I realize that this is primarily a “dog” blog, but what you need to know about me is that I have over fifty animals here consisting of seven different species: dogs, horses, goats, pigs, ducks, chickens, and cats. Many of my furry friends have been...
Injury

Injury

Last Friday, about two hours after I finished my blog, one of our Border Collies, Payton, decided to injure herself by running under a trailer to get a ball. My husband and I had been working in the horse pasture trying to rearrange some space for some of our horses....