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Category Archives: Dogs
Living with Pigs
On December 11, 2021, a potbellied pig arrived on the sanctuary. Lilah came from a military person who was about to be deployed. I don’t typically adopt animals whose people will be sure to find them a good home, but … Continue reading
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Caerwyn Walks!
Caerwyn the goat has been on the sanctuary for a year now (as of May 4). How far he has come in that time! When he arrived at three weeks old, he was unable to walk or even sit up … Continue reading
The Arrival of Caerwyn
I often get emails asking if I can take an animal or a bird who is losing a home, whose person is moving or died, who was thought to be a hen but turned out to be a rooster and … Continue reading
Peaceable Kindom
After many rainy days in January, we have emerged from the drought, for now, anyway. (In my view, water conservation should be part of life—honoring this precious resource by not wasting it.) All the animals are spending time lying in the sun. At … Continue reading
The Arrival of Jasmine Pearl
On Thursday, April 28, at 6:45 am, a new messenger arrived on the sanctuary—Jasmine Pearl, a miniature donkey born to Lily Rose and Ferdinand. Nature is truly amazing. The little one was walking half an hour after being born. She … Continue reading
Fire!
The animals and I had to evacuate the sanctuary on 9/11 (is that date now a modern Ides of March?). When I went to bed on Thursday night, the Butte fire was burning an hour’s drive away from me. It seemed … Continue reading
A Day on the Sanctuary
People often ask me what the work on the animal sanctuary consists of every day. Here is the answer. Our day begins with morning feeding between 6 and 7 a.m. Before I go out to distribute hay to everyone, I prepare Pegasus’s … Continue reading
New Arrivals
Four new animal messengers have arrived on the sanctuary—baby messengers! Sunshine the little black lamb was the first. Her mother in a distant flock gave birth to twins and didn’t have enough milk for two. Tiny and sick, Sunshine lived in my house … Continue reading
Celebrating Green
Thanks to the rain that arrived at last to our drought-ridden land, the earth is beginning to turn green again. During the days of downpour, I stayed out in the most welcome rain long after finishing the animal chores, happy to … Continue reading
Prayer Flags Flying
In September, I put out a call for prayer flags to hang on the Ring of Protection, the new security fence, so it won’t look as much like a sanctuary gulag, as my brother calls it (there’s an oxymoron!). I am eternally grateful for … Continue reading