Straydog UPDATE posted SUNDAY 9/28/03 at ~8:30 p.m. CT
Purdis officially
adopted Saturday
&
Our readership is
up since Neal
Fort article in Canadian newspapers
"All
Stray Dogs to Lucky Dogs ... NOW!"
Pat Arnold's
w w w . S t r a y d o g .
o r g
Straydog Inc., Pat &
Bill Arnold'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
Since Pat's
death 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
Pat's and my 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
28 2003
I spent the day working
on the abbreviated newsletter
We
still don't have the new mailing labels merged with the old mailing
labels, but my son-in-law, Dana, is working on that right now,
volunteering his time to Straydog Inc.
The
first pieces should go into the mail tomorrow, and none too soon.
We are literally almost out of money.
Sassy Old Katie has a very
good day
Tina
called me on her walkie-talkie this morning, suggesting I get
the camera quickly and come out to the park to get some photos
of Katie, who usually does nothing but walk around slowly till
she does her business and then goes back to her kennel. Today
Katie was running and even chased a toy that Tina threw for her.
By the time I'd pulled myself away from the newsletter and gotten
outside with the camera, Katie was done playing and on her way
back to her kennel, but this afternoon I got a few new photos
of Katie during her second outing. She wasn't playful, but she
was having a grand time walking around sniffing the grass, enjoying
the cooler weather. All the dogs are really loving the cooler
weather!
Sassy Ol' Katie,
enjoying her second outing of the day in the park.
Katie almost pranced
a little as she wandered around searching for new aromas.
Then suddenly
Katie started running, charging the fence where Boomer was trying
to act tough.
Article on Neal
Fort & Helen
(published in the
Montreal Gazette 9/20/03)
*Email
from Neal Fort's wife, Darla, received Thursday, the 18th and
published here Friday, the 19th.
*Article
in newspapers across Canada (9/20/03) about the Montreal Alouettes'
Neal Fort and his Great Dane, Helen, whom the Forts adopted from
Straydog.
*Bill Arnold's Daily
Straydog Log
CURRENT WEEK
LAST WEEK
SUNDAY
September 21 2003:
*
Today it's been raining a slow rain most of the day;
*
Erin's report from yesterday on the adoption of Bella [PHOTOS];
*
Email from Bella's adoptive mom;
*
More photos from Saturday Adoption Day;
*
Photos of Jack, totally deaf and totally blind "looking"
at birds.
MONDAY
September 22 2003:
*
Our upcoming (and very short) newsletter is almost ready to go
to the printer;
*
Some of today's PHOTOS.
TUESDAY
September 23 2003:
*
Teddy went to the vet clinic to have his ears checked [PHOTOS];
*
My email's been down for a couple of days;
*
Email from Darla (and Neal) Fort about the newspaper articles
and about what they said on television, including mentioning
"www.straydog.org";
*
Email from Pat Seward about Bella;
*
Email from Carol, a regular reader/viewer of Straydog.org.
WEDNESDAY
September 24 2003:
*
Ofelia Gipson came to volunteer again today [PHOTOS];
*
Rudy escapes from "The Julie Kennel" [PHOTO].
THURSDAY
September 25 2003:
*
Chubs, Julie and Misty go to the vet clinic [PHOTOS];
*
Champ's blood work came back: something abnormal with his thyroid;
*
Teddy's blood work came back showing he does have an infection;
*
Our general outside supervisor, Juana, brought her dog, Buddy,
with her to work today to meet Purdis [PHOTOS].
FRIDAY
September 26 2003:
*
Champ goes to the clinic for more blood work [PHOTO];
*
Adoption Day plug;
*
Electric Co. came out and put up four more security lights [PHOTOS];
*
PHOTO of Jack and Jill giving Mandi a hard time as she tries
to pick up poop;
*
PHOTO of Julie and Blackie with Juana.
SATURDAY
September 27 2003:
*
The new guardians ("mom and dad") of Tinkerbell (who's
now Angel-Girl) came into PetsMart today;
*
Amigo goes on a fun home visit, but comes back to PetsMart unadopted;
*
Purdis was officially adopted by Juana at the end of her workday
at Straydog.
WEEK BEFORE
LAST
SUNDAY
September 14 2003:
*
Heather, Sally & Alice, plus Amigo (formerly Spike) go the
the second Adoption Day of the weekend [PHOTOS].
MONDAY
September 15 2003:
*
With Veronica's adoption Saturday Amigo is left alone in their
kennel;
*
Scotty and Daisy spend Scotty's park playtime together [PHOTOS];
*
Julie's blood sugar level is high again;
*
Mid afternoon we find that Daisy has a small opening in her stitched
incision;
*
More photos from today (9/15/03).
TUESDAY
September 16 2003:
*
Heartworm Pill Day [PHOTOS];
*
Newsletter still in the works;
*
Julie's begun scratching the place on her eyelid from where the
tumor was removed;
*
Bobby has his (hopefully) final checkup Thursday at Dallas Veterinary
Surgical Center.
WEDNESDAY
September 17 2003:
*
Julie goes to the eye specialist in Arlington [PHOTOS];
*
Bear comes back from the groomer; Juany had taken him early this
morning [PHOTOS];
*
Buster and Dixie (siblings who have been together for a few years)
fight too hard and too much so we separate them [PHOTOS];
*
Tomorrow I take Bobby to the the Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center
[PHOTO].
THURSDAY
September 18 2003:
*
Bobby goes to the Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center for his final
checkup [PHOTOS]
FRIDAY
September 19 2003:
*
Email from Darla Fort, wife of Neal Fort (offensive right tackle
for the Montreal Alouettes), who adopted Helen (the nearly blind
and totally deaf white Great Dane) last December [PHOTOS];
*
Today was another big vet visit day for Straydog--Heather, Julie,
Daisy and Angel;
*
PHOTO of Bella and Purdis on their shelter roof.
SATURDAY
September 20 2003:
*
At least two versions of the newspaper article on Neal Fort and
his Great Dane, Helen, were published today [PHOTO];
*
A man with a French accent calls;
*
Bella was adopted at Saturday Adoption Day at PetsMart.
THREE WEEKS
AGO
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.
PREVIOUS
WEEKS
*SUNDAY
UPDATES: Headlines Linking to the Last 212 Consecutive
Sunday Updates of our Straydog website, which is also updated
nightly before ~9:00 Central Time U.S.A.
*Adoption Day Saturday,
October 4th - 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)
Pat's last Dog Log update, written
Friday evening, 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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