Getting Finn’s custom-made coat is taking a little more effort than he’d bargained for. Anita mailed the first prototype of the dog coat pattern to our little man and it just doesn’t work for him at all. So they are already back at the drawing table with the pattern, making the back one piece with front leg holes. And they’re changing the velcro closures.

I can’t believe it but it has been a year since my dear, dear Finn came to live with me. The time has slipped by so quickly and Finn has become a solid part of our lives.

His little ears were popsicles, not to mention the rest of him. I had tossed his bankie into the drier to get it warm, anticipating this. I only wish I could have taken a photo of the sigh emanating from my boy when I wrapped him up.

OK, my Finn had his SECOND fitting today for his custom coat that’s being made for him. Some people here in Truchas think that’s a bit excessive—that Finn might be going a little, well, Hollywood. But what’s a guy to do?

Some wounds cut so deep they can never heal and abuse so vicious it shatters. So it is for my dear girl, Night Skye.

PupCycled. Sustainable clothing for your furry friends. You all can order custom garments from them or peruse their soon-to-be line of pet clothing.

I opened the door to him and he gleefully dashed in. But, oh no! What was that smell?! SKUNK! It was skunk! My Finn had been skunked!

Here are 20 very good reasons to rescue animals. I present 20 animals that my friends and I have rescued, many here on the High Road to Taos.

My Finn has very little fur on his chest and tummy and he didn’t have a sweater. My boy was getting cold in the night!

Kelee is a tough llano dog, Skye’s an ex-feral and Finn never knew kindness. Still each one of them seems to instinctively know that these toys are for them.

My dear, dear, Finn. Just when I think I couldn’t possibly love him more, the impossible happens and I do, indeed, love him more.

Some of you have been wanting to know whatever became of that sweet puppy my friends Barbara and Alvaro rescued from the snow last winter

Some of you have been asking about Finn, my rescue dog, so it’s time I told you how he’s doing. He was found starving on the streets of Truchas, NM

It seems Skye’s world is simply bursting at the seams. She has a new friend! (see previous posts Night Skye, A Celebration of Skye’s First Year and Rescue Dog Braves the Great Outdoors: Skye Breaks Free) My friend, Julie, came by this morning with my paper and brought her cuter-than-anyone-has-a-right-to-be white chijaujau, Scooby, with [...]

I don’t know how many of you have had the experience of sharing an extra-special bond with one of your animals. There have been three such instances in my lifetime: my first dog, as an adult, Meghann, a rescue with a fractured back and broken leg, a feral cat a friend and I brought in [...]