There Must Be More Here Somewhere

Earlier this year in March, I had a blog post about one of our volunteers, Kate -- who had adopted blind Luke from us -- moving in with Wendy, who had adopted blind Stoney and blind and deaf Baron from us.  Well, Kate recently sent us this photo of the three roommates at the PetFest in Missoula.  The photo reminded me of the expression, "Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while."  A lady who was at PetFest with her dog had come over to feed little treats to Kate and Wendy's brood, and then left.  The three dogs were convinced she must have dropped some treats on the ground and set off to find them -- with their noses leading the search mission.

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Some readers have asked about the wood floors:  So far they actually haven't been much of a problem for the dogs.  I think that's because most of them are blind, and blind dogs tend to be very cautious and careful in their movements, and generally aware of the ground surface or texture they're on.  I can recall an occasional slip or slide the first week or two when a dog was moving too fast, but they've all adapted just fine.  They were used to linoleum floors at the ranch in Montana, so this isn't that different.

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Okay, everybody, here we go!  After taking a break from the last contest (though we still won the $1,000 prize for winning the most votes in Montana -- thank you!), we are ready to make another run at the Animal Rescue Site's new Shelter Challenge!  It begins tomorrow, Monday, September 20th, and ends on December 19th.  Grand prize this time is $10,000.  

Please note:  We are now in New Hampshire.  The state code is NH.  Use Rolling Dog Ranch for our name and NH for the state and our listing will come up.

It was thanks to all of your amazing votes that we won the $20,000 Grand Prize in the final 2009 Shelter Challenge, and the $3,000 third-place prize earlier in 2009.  So this is serious money and can really make a difference for our disabled animals!  Please help us win this round of the contest by voting every day, and by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to vote every day, too.  Thank you!

Beginning on Monday, you can vote in the Shelter Challenge here.

Comments

[Ann]

That's a great picture! Thanks for the update. I have wood floors, too and once in a while, one of my dogs will do the "slip and slide". Sometimes I think they do it for the fun value!

[Colleen & In Memory of Sweet Kitty Erin]

3 very smart doggies. You never know when a treat might still be out there. Great to see them all doing so well.

Already submitted my vote for today!!

[Laura, Levi & Timmy]

Nice picture Kate. They all look great!!

[Maree in NZ]

Yahooo!! The voting begins!!

[Lynne Parker]

Thank you for the update on the adopted dogs. We love those.
Thank you for answering the wood floor question. That makes complete sense! I didn't consider that.
Got the Shelter Challenge set as my homepage so I won't forget!
Vote early, vote often,!