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)

Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7 2003

Lots more mixing and matching of kennel mates after yesterday's two (new) adoptions

     With Puppy Pierce gone Veronica was alone in a kennel. With Big Puppy Dog Pepsi gone his mother, Crissy, was alone in a kennel. Boomer, who has very bad hips, is constantly playing too rough with his kennel mate, Heather, so we wanted to change her out for a smaller, gentler dog to live with Boomer. And last evening Foxy Yatzee attacked sweet little Purdis for no reason at all, so Purdis (who luckily wasn't hurt) spent the night inside the "hospital trailer" in Bobby's kitchen kennel. Purdis now needed an outside kennel spot. (Bobby's been spending most of his days and nights in the little puppy kennel next to the park. He prefers the outside accommodations. He's an "outpatient," whose leg is still not healed enough to put much weight on it, so we're taking him back to Dallas Tuesday to see Dr. McDonald again.)

     When we started the mixing and matching early this morning, we had no idea how it would all work out, but somehow it did.

     First we tried Boomer with Rosie, the mother of Rudy and Benny. The family of three have been living together in Rosie's kennel since Rosie's other puppies were adopted out. After a few unsure moments, Rosie and Boomer started to get along, so we put Boomer back in his kennel again with Heather (temporarily), and we put Rosie (temporarily) back in her own kennel with her two sons.

     Next we introduced Purdis to Crissy, Pepsi's mom, but for some reason Crissy didn't like the little fella.

*Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

LAST WEEK

SUNDAY August 31 2003:

* A rainy, gray day, making temperatures much cooler - 77 degrees at six p.m. [PHOTOS]

* Before the rain started, Angel let us know she would prefer her outside kennel [PHOTOS]

* Max, who just got shaved, received a nice email from his old buddy, Tommy Tootles [PHOTOS].

MONDAY September 1 2003:

* Labor Day, and we labored as usual;

* Progress report on the newsletter;

TUESDAY September 2 2003:

* I caught Rudy trying to dig out again this morning a little after seven o'clock [PHOTOS];

* Julie's blood sugar level too low;

* Julie (the hospital dog with diabetes) goes to the park with Toby and Blackie, Pat's long-time house dog [PHOTOS];

* Purdis goes to the vet clinic with Julie, and he's hookworm-free and out of quarantine [PHOTOS].

WEDNESDAY September 3 2003:

* Blind Chocolate Lab Chubs and his Black Lab sister, Cassie, have visitors - Jana and Charlie Harris [PHOTO];

* Buster goes to the vet for red spots on his chest [PHOTOS];

* Penny gets groomed, again thanks to Ofelia's generous grooming donation [PHOTOS].

THURSDAY September 4 2003:

* Angel's diagnosis came back: the tumor was cancerous but is unlikely to spread [PHOTO];

* Two more rescued puppy dogs will join us tomorrow;

* It was Scooter's turn to be groomed today [PHOTOS]

* A GOOD PHOTO OF CHUBS SITTING WITH A TOY IN HIS MOUTH.

FRIDAY September 5 2003:

* New puppy dogs, Spike and Bella, come home from the clinic;

* We had to do some "mixing and matching," as Pat used to call it, to make room for the new arrivals because we have zero empty kennels [PHOTOS];

* Last option: Bella and Spike must be compatible and reside in Purdis's former kennel [PHOTOS]

SATURDAY September 6 2003:

* Pierce finds his forever home [PHOTOS TO COME]!

* Today was Pepsi's lucky day!

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

 

 

WEEK BEFORE LAST

SUNDAY August 24 2003:

* Aggressive Dog Jack's mom comes to take him back to their home [PHOTOS].

MONDAY August 25 2003:

* An email to Erin from Willie's new mom;

* Four dogs accompany Juana to the vet clinic this morning [PHOTOS];

* Park ranger brings Purdis to us [PHOTOS];

TUESDAY August 26 2003:

* Fritz goes to the vet clinic for a raw spot on his tail [PHOTOS];

* It was Molly's turn to go to the groomer today [PHOTOS].

WEDNESDAY August 27 2003:

* Finally got some good photos of little Purdis [PHOTOS];

* An email to us about Wade & Willie and Lauren & Jack;

* Another email about aggressive dogs;

* Rosie and her son, Rudy, dig into two neighboring kennels [PHOTOS OF REPAIR WORK];

* Rosie's other son, Benny, moves in with Foxy Yatzee [PHOTOS];

* Foxy Yatzee has heartworms - a vet report from Erin;

* Lots of vet visits tomorrow morning.

THURSDAY August 28 2003:

* Dr. Morton didn't get to Angel's surgery till late this afternoon;

* Big Boy and Foxy Yatzee had blood drawn for analysis, and they came back home [PHOTO];

* Max went to groomer [PHOTOS];

* Anthony hugs Tina [PHOTO].

FRIDAY August 29 2003:

* Angel's back home and will stay in one of the living room kennels for a couple of days [PHOTOS];

* Blood test on Foxy Yatzee not back yet; Big Boy's test shows no liver problems from the anti-seizure medicines;

* Pokey is the next recipient of the Ofelia Gipson Grooming Award; [PHOTO TO COME]

* Veronica & Pierce have learned how to get up on their shelter top [PHOTO].

SATURDAY August 30 2003:

* Tinkerbell adopted today [PHOTOS TO COME];

* Photos of the unadopted dogs arriving back home;

* Old Jed came in to PetsMart with Larry and Larry's two other dogs.

 

 

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