A visit to the cathouse
More than two dozen cats have come to Rolling Dog Ranch with blindness, neurological disorders and other disablities -- but this isn't one of them.
This is Ash, (to the left) one of the cats that moved to the ranch with Steve and Alayne.
Recently he showed up with a broken leg, possibly the result of getting stepped on by a blind horse.
Now, he's recuperating in the cathouse, a 300-square-foot building with an attached outdoor enclosure that's also known as "Hoedad’s House," named for a cat Smith had found starving in Sri Lanka.
Its other occupants include Blind Bobby from Billings, a big orange and white cat who has memorized his way around the building; Wobbles, who has cerebellar hypoplasia, but doesn't let that stop him from playing with other cats, and the dogs; and Lulu, a one eyed black cat from Helena.
“A one-eyed black cat doesn’t stand a great chance to get adopted," Smith said.
Together, the cats spend their days playing, or lolling in the sunshine.
Though Alayne is allergic to them, the ranch now houses about 10 cats, including these two, who don't let having little use of their rear legs stop them from having some fun. The video (below, click it twice) is from the Rolling Dog Ranch webswite -- via Youtube.
(Tomorrow: The humans behind the haven)





