Straydog UPDATE posted SATURDAY 9/6/03 at ~7:14 p.m. CT

Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 2003

Adoption Day Reports

Volunteer Consuelo Murry, M.D. with Benny on her lap at PetsMart's adoption area.

Rudy gets attention from Volunteer Angela as he shows off his "ADOPT ME" scarf.

 

Pierce finds his forever home!

   Report from my daughter, Erin, who made two of the home visits today ...

     Piercy went to a wonderful home today! The family has three other dogs and three cats! Pierce wasn't concerned at all when he saw the cats, and all the dogs got along wonderfully.

     Pierce will have to learn how to use a doggie door! The doggies sleep inside the house, and Piercy will be an extra special companion for a 16-year-old young man who simply loves animals. (His mother was very taken with Pierce too.)

Pierce checks out the new back yard with Susan Devers watching Pierce.

Pierce meets the resident family dogs and all is well.

 

Today was Pepsi's lucky day!

     We took Pepsi to adoption day because Veronica was feeling under the weather. It was Pepsi's lucky day. Annah Marie was there with her two Airedales, getting them groomed, and she fell in love with sweet Pepsi. When I told her that we had to make a home visit before finalizing the adoption, she got the dogs out of the groomer's (they hadn't started on the grooming yet), and off we went.

Pepsi meets his soon-to-be new guardian, Annah Marie, at PetsMart.

     Again all went fine at the family's home, and Pepsi will have two new friends to play with. Pepsi also will learn to use a doggie door.

     The families promised to update us on Pepsi and Pierce's progress!

Tinkerbell was returned today, but she was soon adopted by another family!

     Tinkerbell was returned by Natalie's family because she moped and whined and wouldn't eat!

   Report from Volunteer Susan Devers, who made this home visit ...

     Tinkerbell's adoption seems perfect. I met Tinkerbell's forever dad, Bob, and his wife at their apartment. Bob will be a stay-at-home dad to Tinkerbell, and his wife works at the hospital just behind their apartment. They were both very happy to have Tinkerbell come to live with them. The adoption was official except for some of the paperwork, which I had forgotten at PetsMart, so I left Tinkerbell at the apartment with Bob while I went back to PetsMart. When I returned with the paperwork, Bob said Tinkerbell was doing great. She had had a drink of water and had eaten. She followed him everywhere. She was stretched out on the living room floor relaxing when I got there, and she looked like she planned to stay. Tinkerbell had been returned from the last home because she seemed sad and wouldn't eat. She appears to have changed her mind with this person, as she has already eaten and seems quite comfortable.

   Bob calls Bill Sunday afternoon with an update ...

     Bob says everything is going great with Tinkerbell, and she seems as happy as can be. Bob will report more on Tinkerbell's progress as time goes by.