Straydog UPDATE posted SUNDAY 4/27/03 at ~9:47 p.m. CT

Pat's Daily Dog Log

SUNDAY APRIL 27 2003

A friend of Straydog, Cher, and her friends hold garage sale for Straydog

      Cher emailed me several days ago mentioning that she and several friends were going to have a big garage sale Saturday, April 26th, and the proceeds would be donated to our Happy Home for Strays. What a nice thing to do for us!

Garage sale proceeds of $265.00 are donated to our shelter, and a couple make generous contribution too

      This morning we received a happy note from Cher saying the garage sale they had yesterday was a big success and brought in $265.00 for Straydog. In addition Cher said she was really surprised that evening when a couple they had dinner with wanted to make a contribution to Straydog too, and they gave a very generous donation of $250.00!

      Thank you, Cher and friends, for helping Straydog so much, and we'd like to thank the couple who made the generous donation to our shelter too.

 

Sally and Alice have a grand time back at their Happy Home for Strays

      Alice and Sally, who were adopted on March 21st and were returned to our Happy Home for Strays yesterday, seem to have adjusted to their life back here with us without a problem. Yesterday when we brought them back to our shelter, they remembered their kennel, and all of us, and today they knew right away when it was their turn to go to the big play yard for their outing.

Alice and Sally sniff the high grass along the fence of the Big Play Yard.

* More photos of Sally and Alice's first outing since returning

      Sally and Alice had a grand time running all around the big yard, chasing each other and stirring up the dogs who reside in the kennels surrounding the park. It is nice to know that their failed adoption has not adversely affected them.

 

Little puppy Rex , who was also returned yesterday, is doing just fine too

      This little 10-week-old fellow, who was returned because the person who had adopted him thought he was too aggressive, is just as sweet, loving, affectionate, playful and mischievous as his six brothers and sisters. There is no "aggressive behavior" problem with little Rex, and he's ready to try another home.

 

Nikki continues to be watched closely

      The heartworm disease treatment is being taken much more seriously than usual for Nikki (as it is for Laura) because the disease is in an advanced stage, as is the case with Laura. Serious complications could develop because of the treatment, and the scare we had with her last Friday makes us all continue to keep a very close watch over Nikki. Dr. Morton has called us several times this weekend to see how his patient is doing, and we are very relieved that so far she has had no recurrence of the coughing episode that caused her to be rushed to the clinic Friday.