*Newly posted photos from week of 11/3/02:
(1) Freckles' pups play with Jimmy, Perry & Dakota
(2) Freckles & son Leo play while others at Adoption Day
*Newly posted photos from week of 11/10/02:
(1) Helen in the park + Freckles & pups in the park
Pat Arnold's Daily Dog Log
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17 2002
Danny Boy is doing okay
Danny (who has a cancerous tumor on or near his prostate) seems to be making some improvement with his health. He is having better bowel movements, and he seems to be urinating a tiny bit when he tries, tho we still use the catheter on him twice a day.
Danny continues to enjoy his life
This rescued fellow became a house dog (see 9/3/2000 edition via the "SUNDAY UPDATES" link below) after we discovered his tremendous fear of thunder and distant (and not so distant) gunfire, which is somewhat common in remote rural areas. (At times it sounds like we're in a war zone.) Danny resides in one end of our home--the long, white, single-wide trailer in the photo above. Danny has a doggie door which opens to his kennel yard, and this kennel yard is right beside several other adjoining kennels. Danny's favorite activities are still to bark at the early morning dog feeders (Tina, Rhonda, or Randy) as they pass by his kennel to feed his neighboring dog friends. And Danny loves his turns in the big play yard and all the attention he gets from the caregivers, including the treats they slip to him through his fence (supposedly unseen by me) every time they walk by his kennel yard.
Danny still appears to be happy as he goes thru his daily routine. We're watching him very closely.
Jimmy, Dakota and Perry have their first turn in the big play yard!
These three pups are over their kennel cough now, and today was their first day to have a turn to play in the big play yard. What a hilarious sight to see them run and play. As soon as caregivers Rhonda and Michael let the little pups off their leashes, they took off running in all directions, criss-crossing all over the huge, grassy area tremendously excited to have so much room to run and play in. They often ran into each other as they whizzed around the yard grabbing at the many toys spread out on the ground and then dropping the toys to tackle their buddies as they ran by.
Krissy and her two pups are still in quarantine
Soon the newly rescued mother dog, Krissy, and her two male Shepherd mix pups, Pepsi and Pepper, will be able to run around the play yard too.
Vet visit tomorrow
Tomorrow I'm taking Lassie to the vet clinic for a checkup, and I'll be able to visit our newest arrival. Frosty the Husky, who is recovering at the clinic from surgery to repair her leg, which was shattered by a .22 caliber bullet fired by some subhuman monster.
Little Lucy would not have survived if Pat hadn't tube-fed her during the first couple of weeks of Lucy's life.
Louie climbs on Sister Lucy's back while Brother Luke (who was adopted last Saturday) looks on with Leo resting in the background. (This photo was taken six weeks ago when the pups were quite a bit smaller than they are today.)
That's Louie on the right tugging on a knotted cloth with his brother, Luke, just over a week ago. Luke, Louie, Lucy and Leo (Friday, November 8, 2002)
Pat Arnold's Daily Dog Log
YESTERDAY - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16 2002
SATURDAY EVENING ADOPTION DAY RESULTS:
Little Lucy and her twin brother, Louie, are adopted together!
Little Lucy and Louie went to Adoption Day today along with older dogs, Amber, Melissa and Dallas.
A woman came into Canine Commissary to see Lucy and Louie, intending to choose one of them to adopt, and she finally decided on Puppy Lucy. As always, when people want to adopt small puppies, we tell them that two pups will keep each other company while the new "parents" are away from home, and we always ask if they'd like to adopt the siblings together. This woman thought she wanted only Lucy, so Susan Devers, one of our volunteers, took Lucy to her new home for the home check. Susan reported that all was just perfect for this little pup and that without a doubt Lucy would be one very pampered little pooch!
A short while later as Susan was driving back to Canine Commissary, the woman called the store and asked our group to "Please hold on to Louie! We want to adopt Louie too!"
When the woman arrived back at Canine Commissary to pick up Louie, she told Susan and the rest of our volunteers that Lucy had been so happy here at the store playing with her brother, Louie, but that after they'd gotten Lucy to their home, without Louie, Lucy was so sad they decided they did not want to separate this little brother and sister pair, so they decided they wanted to adopt Louie too--and they did!
So back to the store they came with Little Lucy (who was all "decked out" with her cute new collar on) to pick up her little brother. How happy the pups were to see each other again! We're all really glad they were able to be adopted together.
Frosty the Husky continues to do okay
The update on Frosty (the stray who had been shot in the hind leg) is that she is continuing to do okay after her surgery to repair the wounds and shattered bone. We continue to pray that she won't lose her leg.
We'd like to thank all of you who have been so kind to call and email us with your kind words and donations for Frosty.
If you would like to help with Frosty's growing vet bill, which includes the surgery and her stay at the clinic for the next two weeks (while she is recovering under the watchful eye of our vet), please send your donations to:
Morton Small Animal Clinic
1404 E. Tyler Street
Athens, Tx. 75751
and please make a note on your check that the donation is for Frosty so they'll be sure to apply your donation to our Straydog account.
We thank you very, very much for your concern and your help.
* Pat Arnold's Daily Dog Log
* Pat's Dog Log + Photo Pages - Previous Weeks
*Saturday Adoption Day November 23 at the Canine Commissary on Lower Greenville in Dallas.
* Our Dogs for Adoption - Volunteer Shannon's page
* Our Dogs for Adoption listed on Petfinder.org
* Our Mission & How We Got Started
* DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
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