Straydog, our Happy Home for Strays
(The hexagon is the "Big Play Yard," which we usually refer to as "the park")
(Photo taken May 2002)
Straydog is a "lifeboat" (and sanctuary) for rescued dogs. A vacant spot in a kennel is an empty seat in our "lifeboat," so please, if you're interested in adopting a dog, see our "Dogs for Adoption" links below, or call to inquire about dogs you may have seen recent photos of but who may not yet be included in our "Dogs for Adoption" links. And please continue to support us. We will continue to row this "lifeboat" to shore, dropping off rescued dogs into the arms of good adopters, and we will continue to fill the space left vacant by each adopted dog with another desperate homeless dog for as long as we can hold on (financially). We believe that our example (and the example of all other no-kill shelters) must be publicized to wake people up and make them aware of the necessity to SPAY and NEUTER their pets so that homeless dog-rescue "lifeboats" will no longer be necessary. (Ditto for cats!)
Pat's Daily Dog Log
SUNDAY MAY 18 2003
Puppy Willie moves in with the girls, Amy and Annie
Little Willie has been with us for only a few days, and he has become very lonely in the small puppy kennel all by himself, so this morning we moved Willie in with other new arrivals, Amy and Annie. Had Willie been a street stray, he would have been in quarantine for the usual two weeks, but this little mangy pup had been kept by a young couple in their house for several weeks while they were trying to find him a good home. Since they had also treated Willie with dips, his mange was no longer contagious.
At first Willie tries to show that since he's the male, he should be "top dog" in this arrangement. But as you can see from the expressions on the faces of the two bigger sisters, they're not going to tolerate this little tyke's aggressiveness much longer. And they didn't.
Soon after this photo was taken, the three pups got along fine for the rest of the day, and they are staying together tonight.
Willie starts out as the "tough guy" but the girls quickly put him in his place!
As soon as I put Willie in with Amy and Annie, the little tyke tried to play "top dog" by charging at and standing over the girls to let them know that he considered himself the boss, but Amy and Annie would have nothing of this new-comer telling them what to do in their kennel, and they let the little fellow know right away that no one was going to be picking on anyone and he'd just better play nice! That straightened out the problem right away, and the three of them have been playing together with no problems ever since.
*Pat Arnold's Daily Dog Log
LAST WEEK:
* Two pups left over from an animal auction were going to be dumped on the highway!
* Betsy goes to the vet for her final checkup on her healing broken leg [PHOTOS];
* Amy and Annie, the animal auction "leftovers" come home with us from the vet clinic [PHOTOS].
* Siblings, Buddy and Betsy, are together again in their outside kennel [PHOTOS];
* New puppies, Annie and her little sister, Amy, are not so shy anymore [PHOTOS].
* Puppy Willie will arrive tomorrow;
* Eli and Jacob come to check out out shelter this afternoon [PHOTOS].
* Willie seems to be a healthy puppy;
* Willie comes from the clinic to our Happy Home for Strays [PHOTOS];
* An "instant kennel" goes up for the pup, and he gets a much needed bath [PHOTOS].
* Nikki's doing better every day [PHOTOS];
* Alice is heartworm-free at last;
* Mandy and Brigitte to be adopted today!
* Rosie meets Bear in the big play yard [PHOTOS];
* Mandy goes to her new home and is adopted!
* Alice and Sally (if not adopted) will move into Mandy and Bear's old kennel [PHOTOS];
* MANDY IS RETURNED AFTER A 3-HOUR ADOPTION.
* Post Adoption Day photos back at the shelter.
WEEK BEFORE LAST:
* More dogs get groomed by Pat:
* Max and Molly: mats and toenails [PHOTOS];
* Purebred Blind Chubs and Sister Cassie go in for spay and neuter surgery [PHOTOS];
* Kimberly goes in for vaccination and mange dip [PHOTOS];
* Emily, limping badly, goes to clinic; bad arthritis in right knee [PHOTOS].
* The work at our shelter never ends;
* We now do the mowing and weed-eating [PHOTOS];
* Caregivers/Kennel Team Members busy working [PHOTOS];
* Distant thunder causes Alice to tear a hole in her kennel fence, which Joel repairs [PHOTOS].
* Misty and Julie go to the vet clinic for regularly scheduled appointments;
* Too many unwanted dogs need homes!
* We may be taking in a mangy pup;
* Dogs we happen to rescue; Other rescued strays; owner-surrenders;
* The seven dogs we received calls on today;
* Temperatures in the 90s today;
* Military canines in Iraq, where it's a lot hotter than Texas.
# "Surrendering family pets? If it's not an emergency, please think about it first!
* We're glad we at least have room for the one puppy who desperately needs our help;
* Students from Highland Park High School raise $573+ for Straydog Inc. [PHOTOS];
* No dogs or pups adopted today at Adoption Day at PetsMart [PHOTOS].
*Adoption Day Saturday, May 24 - PetsMart on Central at Parker in Plano (Texas)
*Our Dogs for Adoption - Volunteer Shannon's page
*Our Mission & How We Got Started
*"Goodbye, Danny Boy." - An example of the only acceptable use of euthanasia
If you would like to help with our ever-growing vet bill, donations can be sent directly to:
A Note from Bill ...
We want to thank those who have already donated to Straydog after receiving (via regular U.S. mail) our April 2003 Newsletter. For those of you who are not on our mailing list (which we would be glad to add you to if you would like to receive hard copy in the future) we provide the following links:
*Click here to go to the HTML version of our April 2003 Newsletter
*Click here for continuation of our homepage with no changes to the continuation in several weeks
