Straydog UPDATE posted SUNDAY 9/14/03 at ~9:54 p.m. CT
Veronica
was adopted Saturday;
No
adoptions today
"All
Stray Dogs to Lucky Dogs ... NOW!"
Pat Arnold's
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The Arnold Family's Happy
Home for Strays, a No-Kill Dog Shelter
P.O. Box 1465, Gun Barrel
City, Texas 75147 * (903) 479-3497 * EMAIL: straydog@straydog.org
Straydog
Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Corporation - DONATIONS
ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
Bill Arnold continues
to work (without pay) every day for Straydog Inc. Pat and Bill's
four
children (all in their 30s and 40s with full-time jobs) are also
volunteering (and two working
part time) helping Straydog continue to operate exactly as Pat
would have wanted.
(As always complete
financial records are available on request.)
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 the example of our sacrifice (and the
example of the sacrifices made by the people running 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!)
Click here to see live still pictures
from four webcams at
Straydog, our Happy Home for Strays (This
may sound elaborate, but
my and Pat's son, Joe (who's a computer technician at SMU), knows
how to hook up stuff
like this at very little expense.)
Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog
Log
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER
14 2003
Heather, Sally & Alice
plus Amigo (formerly Spike) go to the second Adoption Day of the
weekend
No
additional adoptions today, but Heather was visited and considered
for adoption by a lot of people. And she had a great time playing
with all the little children who passed by her.
Sally
and Alice just about terrorize the place, which is probably why
we hadn't taken them to Adoption Day for quite a while. They constantly
bark when any dog passes by them. Our volunteers had their hands
full with these two.
Amigo,
who was the only dog to make the trip both days this weekend,
was his usual sweet self, but no one wants to adopt him.
We're
all worn out from doing two Adoption Days in a row. Over 300 miles
on the road and no work got done on the newsletter.
Consuelo Murry,
M.D. with Amigo, whose name used to be Spike. Amigo is the sweetest,
most
docil pup in the world, in spite of his former name and the look
on his face.
Volunteers
Kathy, her sister Betsy and Betsy's children Olivia and Marco.
That's Sally in the lower left.
Volunteers
Sheri, Pat Seward and Angela with Heather
Volunteer Scott
Murphy holds Heather while some small children pet her.
*Bill Arnold's Daily
Straydog Log
CURRENT WEEK
SUNDAY
September 7 2003:
*
Lots of mixing and matching of kennel mates after yesterday's
two (new) adoptions [PHOTOS]
*
A prospective adopter comes to see Mandy [PHOTO];
*
Blackie's not feeling well today;
*
Our over-night guy, Randy Hopkins, will arrive at nine p.m.,
thank God!
MONDAY
September 8 2003:
*
Blackie got sick yesterday evening, vomiting several times [OLD
PHOTO OF BLACKIE];
*
Both Big Boy and Julie accompany Blackie to the clinic for blood
tests,
TUESDAY
September 9 2003:
*
Blackie seems totally well today, but Julie's a bit lethargic;
*
A routine day with temperatures in the high eighties;
*
I'm working on the newsletter.
WEDNESDAY
September 10 2003:
*
I took three dogs to the clinic this morning (instead of working
on the newsletter) [PHOTOS];
*
This evening Chubs and Cassie's fourth training session is scheduled
in the big play yard with Jana and Charlie Harris [LOTS OF PHOTOS].
THURSDAY
September 11 2003:
*
Last evening Charlie and Jana came as scheduled to work with
Chubs and Cassie [PHOTOS];
*
A new arrival we've named Daisy runs up to Randy in the middle
of the night;
*
Daisy goes to the vet clinic [PHOTOS];
*
Prince goes to the groomer again thanks to Ofelia's generous
donation [PHOTOS].
FRIDAY
September 12 2003:
*
It rained all night last night and half of today [PHOTOS];
*
Daisy comes home from the clinic [PHOTOS];
*
PetsMart is having a two-day Big Adoption Event in all their
stores this weekend, and we'll be there for both days.
SATURDAY
September 13 2003:
*
Veronica was adopted today [PHOTOS];
*
Pepsi, who was adopted last week, was renamed Ramsey.
*
A good Adoption Day.
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!
PREVIOUS
WEEKS
*SUNDAY
UPDATES: Headlines Linking to the Last 209 Consecutive
Sunday Updates of our Straydog website, which is also updated
nightly before ~10:00 Central Time U.S.A.
*Adoption Day Saturday,
September 20th - PetsMart
on Central at Parker in Plano (Texas)
*Our
Dogs for Adoption -
Shannon's page
*Our
Dogs for Adoption listed
on Petfinder.org, kept up to date by volunteer and member of our
Board of Directors, Susan Southerland, Esq.
*Our Mission & How We Got Started
*"Goodbye, Danny Boy."
- An
example of the only acceptable use of euthanasia
*When
a dog rescuer approaches Rainbow Bridge
Pat and Emily
(Photo taken Friday,
May 30, 2003)
The Sunday, June 1, 2003 Update announcing
the loss of Pat Arnold
Jacquielynn
Floyd's column about Pat in the June 3, 2003 Dallas Morning
News
*DONATIONS
ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
If you
would like to help with our ever-growing vet bill, donations
can be sent directly to:
Morton
Small Animal Clinic, 1404 E. Tyler St., Athens, Tx. 75751
[Please note
to the clinic that your donation is to be applied to the Straydog
Inc. account]
or
you may send a donation directly to our operations fund:
Straydog
Inc., P.O. Box 1465, Gun Barrel City, Tx. 75147
We
thank you very much for your help and continued support.
A contributor emailed us suggesting we put
the following line on our website:
"Please
turn some of your tax reduction into a tax deduction!"
Straydog
Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Corporation - DONATIONS
ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
A
Note from Pat from about a year ago ... A long-time friend and supporter of
our Happy Home for Strays called recently and suggested that we
always print the following words on our webpage and in our newsletters: "Please keep us in your prayers and remember
us in your will."
Our friend
(and supporter) pointed out that many retired contributors are
living on the limited earnings from their investments (as is he),
and they cannot afford to send very large donations but would
be able to help us by remembering Straydog Inc. in their wills,
as this friend and supporter has done.
*Click here for continuation of
our homepage with no changes
to the continuation in several weeks
Straydog
Inc.
P.O.
Box 1465
Gun
Barrel City, Texas 75147
903-479-3497
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