The Dancing Donkey

For all my readers who have been with me from the start; through Ramsey's birth, his surgery and two week stay at Cornell.  Through all ...

If you stand under the apple tree long enough.... Your patience will eventually be rewarded.

Back in January, when Ben was so sick with the latest tick-borne disease to plague us, there was one day in particular that I came very clos...

The black flies are really brutal this time of year and they just love donkey ears - all that acreage with a lovely blood supply, its just w...

We hit the 24 hour mark in antibiotic treatment this morning and Ben started to show some improvement. A rare bit of sunshine didn't...

Ben added a few more grey hairs to my head this morning because he decided to do this for several hours rather than get up and act like a no...

Ben is sound and healthy and seems very happy and content these days.  He was a bit aloof when he first came here and somewhat wary in a qui...

I've had several requests for an update on Ben's foot.  In truth, I am not entirely certain what to think about the canker.  The foo...

Several have wondered what Mr. Himself thinks about having Ben around.  There was even the suggestion (gasp!) that I might have forgotten ab...

I wrote about our big canker adventure in my last post . I have been doing daily bandage changes/medicating since last Thursday and this i...

A friend of mine loaned me a harness and cart for Ben.  The Harness needs to go to the harness maker for some adjustments to make it fit a d...

Important negotiations always take place over food... and they do say that the family that breaks bread together, stays together. Ev...