Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9 2003

Erin reports once again for her sick but improving dad ...

Something New

     Today was our third day of giving a homeopathic treatment for dogs here with bad hips or arthritis. I had had a consultation with Dr. Loops, DVM, awhile back for my own dogs and had also mentioned the arthritic dogs here. He suggested homeopathic treatments and sent two different bottles for our dogs with hip problems. If this works it will be less expensive (and less toxic) than the Rimadyl we use often for the older dogs dealing with pain in winter months. The instructions from Dr. Loops say that we will see marked improvement within 10 days with some of the dogs, and to try the other drops for those doggies that the first bottle didn't work with.

     Tina mixed up the drops with spring water and filled 13 oral syringes (for 13 dogs) with two ccs of the water mixture. "How did you know how to do this?" I was marveling at her quickness. "Pat showed me," she smiled.

     I helped Tina the first evening we dosed the dogs when it was dark. I held the flashlight and the remedies, and again, was in awe at her finesse with working with the dogs. The dogs got a lot of sweet talk and more pets too. "Mom would be so proud of us," I said to Tina. "Yes," Tina agreed. "Mom probably didn't have time to do everything though, every dog..." I was just thinking of all the older dogs that we would need to dose, if this really worked. Wanting to do it, just wondering how... "Oh, yes, she would have," Tina corrected me firmly, bringing a picture of Pat and her spirit right to the forefront, enough to bring tears to my eyes. "That's why she taught me and Guy to do everything."

     Thanks Mom, for still leading the way.

*Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

LAST WEEK

SUNDAY November 2 2003:

* With Amigo adopted yesterday Rosie is once again alone, so we try Rosie with Colby, the gigantic Rottweiler we took from the closed-down foster home in Plano [PHOTOS];

MONDAY November 3 2003:

* Emily, who's pictured on Pat's lap in the photo above on the day Emily went in for surgery to repair the ACL of her right knee, has now hurt her other knee;

* Colby and Rosie get together once again in the park, on leash;

* Foxy Yatzee and Russell met yesterday and spent less than 24 hours together [PHOTOS].

TUESDAY November 4 2003:

* Emily's leg seems somewhat better today [PHOTO];

* Jacquielynn Floyd visited us today gathering information for a story to be published this Saturday in The Dallas Morning News [PHOTOS];

* Email from Amigo's new mom, Claire;

* No Adoption Day this Saturday.

WEDNESDAY November 5 2003:

* Juan Garcia, photographer for The Dallas Morning News, visited today [PHOTOS];

* Julie gets some exercise playing with Puppy Madison [PHOTOS].

THURSDAY November 6 2003:

* Dad is sick with the flu;

* Dogs were too excited today;

* Puppy Sadie is doing fine at her new home [PHOTO].

FRIDAY November 7 2003:

* I'm still too sick to write anything;

* Be sure to read Jacquielynn Floyd's Metro column tomorrow morning in The Dallas Morning News.

SATURDAY November 8 2003:

* Jacquielynn Floyd's column was really nice!

* We're grateful for offers to help!

* A quiet, damp, gray and cool day.

 

 

WEEK BEFORE LAST

SUNDAY October 26 2003:

* Cooler weather, and the dogs love it, and TONIGHT'S UPDATE LOST!

MONDAY October 27 2003:

* New dog Russell is having problems after his neuter surgery [PHOTOS];

* Big Boomer bites his kennel mate, Foxy Yatzee, in a rough skirmish [PHOTOS];

* Pleasant weather again today, just a little warmer than yesterday due to more sun;

* The change back to Standard Time leaves the dogs wondering where dinner is.

TUESDAY October 28 2003:

* Four dogs get together every morning in the park soon after sunrise [PHOTOS];

* New dog Russell is taken back to the clinic late this afternoon.

WEDNESDAY October 29 2003:

* Old Sassy Katie has a good day, prancing around the park like a young puppy dog [PHOTO];

* The kennel crew begins to put the shelter fronts on in preparation for winter [PHOTOS];

* Also in preparation for the coming winter we ordered 10 more bales of hay [PHOTOS].

THURSDAY October 30 2003:

* Russell comes home, and our Straydog hospital is overflowing [PHOTOS];

* Henry loves his new life here, tho he spends most of his time in his hospital kennel [PHOTO].

FRIDAY October 31 2003:

* Summer's back, and the dogs don't like it!

* The roster of dogs going to Saturday Adoption Day is still not decided, as Erin is still working on the roster of volunteers, at least one of which we have to have throughout our stay at PetsMart for each dog we take [PHOTOS]

SATURDAY November 1 2003:

* Erin's Adoption Day Report:

* Sadie's adoption [PHOTOS];

* Amigo's adoption;

* Puppy Madison's home visit--no adoption;

* Potential adopter comes to visit Jack and Jill;

* 7 pages of photos from Adoption Day

 

 

3 WEEKS AGO

SUNDAY October 19 2003:

* Erin emails to me a phone-in report from Chubs and Cassie's new dad, Charlie Harris [PHOTOS].

MONDAY October 20 2003:

* Foster home with 15 dogs in Plano must find new homes by Wednesday;

* Meanwhile our two new arrivals are on hold at the clinic [PHOTOS];

* Henry's on hold too until tomorrow;

* Tomorrow will be a big mix and match day;

* Jesse Juderman volunteers to groom our dogs [PHOTOS].

TUESDAY October 21 2003:

* The dogs from the foster home in Plano are coming Wednesday to see if any are compatible with any of our singles;

* Henry and Russell to stay another day at the clinic;

* Tomorrow's going to be some mix and match day!

WEDNESDAY October 22 2003:

* Straydog takes in six new dogs! [PHOTOS]

THURSDAY October 23 2003:

* How the new matchups are going

* Everybody barked at the new dogs today as they walked to the park;

* Henry and Russell are home [PHOTOS];

* Volunteer Jessica (and her mom, Judy) came today for a couple of hours [PHOTOS]

FRIDAY October 24 2003:

* Several people emailed offering to help out with fund raising after yesterday's bit, bold, blue headlines, which were inspired by my own panic.

 

4 WEEKS AGO

SUNDAY October 12 2003:

* Amigo's all alone now with Freddy gone, so we try him with diabetic Julie [PHOTOS];

MONDAY October 13 2003:

* Two tiny pups found in a garbage bag inside a dumpster join us [PHOTO];

* Three other people called today wanting us to take dogs they had rescued.

TUESDAY October 14 2003:

* More calls today from people who are trying to place dogs they've rescued;

* Why we don't take 40 or 50 dogs to adoption days.

WEDNESDAY October 15 2003:

* Flash! - Late rescue of a dog named Henry;

* Puppies Madison and Sadie come in the house for a bath in the bathroom sink [PHOTOS];

THURSDAY October 16 2003:

* The rescue of Henry [PHOTOS];

* So now we've got two new dogs coming (both males);

* The golden-tan Pit/Lab mix will be dropped off at Morton Small Animal Clinic tomorrow; the other new dog, Henry, will probably be released to come home tomorrow.

FRIDAY October 17 2003:

* Henry does not have a broken jaw, but an abscess, which is draining while Henry stays at the clinic;

* A large, soft lump is discovered on Misty's belly, and Juany takes her to the vet [FILE PHOTOS].

* The new golden-tan Pit/Lab mix (we've named Russell after his rescuer) is at the clinic, and we'll pick him up Monday.

SATURDAY October 18 2003:

* No adoptions today, but Straydog receives $96 from the proceeds of a raffle [PHOTOS].

 

5 WEEKS AGO

SUNDAY October 5 2003:

* It's been raining all day with temperatures in the low 70s [PHOTOS];

* Newsletter is almost ready to stuff into envelopes.

MONDAY October 6 2003:

* First hundred newsletters make it to the post office in time tonight [PHOTOS];

* Diabetic Julie went to the vet clinic for her blood sugar test, and Big Boy went for another blood test too [PHOTO].

TUESDAY October 7 2003:

* Blind Chocolate Lab Chubs and his Black Lab sister, Cassie, are officially adopted and go to their new home today! [PHOTOS WITH MORE PHOTOS TO COME]

WEDNESDAY October 8 2003:

* An email to Erin from Jana (Chubs and Cassie's new mom);

* An email to Bill from Heather's new mom (from last week) [PHOTOS];

* Several hundred mailers go to the post office every day before the 4:30 p.m. pickup;

* Thanks to Ofelia for helping out for several hours on the mailer today;

* We got diabetic Julie one of those blood sugar reading machines.

THURSDAY October 9 2003:

* The newsletters are not all in the mail yet;

*Overcast, gray day with intermittent rain;

*Julie's new glucose level machine is working great.

FRIDAY October 10 2003:

* The balance of the newsletters are in the mail;

* Late yesterday evening we decided to bring Alice in for the night. Then today we had to bring Sally over to be with Alice in Chubs and Cassie's former kennel [PHOTOS].

SATURDAY October 11 2003:

* Daisy and Freddy are adopted together at Adoption Day at PetsMart [PHOTOS];

 

6 WEEKS AGO

SUNDAY September 28 2003:

* I spent the day working on the abbreviated newsletter;

* Sassy Old Katie has a very good day [PHOTOS].

MONDAY September 29 2003:

* Heather was adopted today!

* Julie is rushed to the vet clinic at a little after one p.m.

TUESDAY September 30 2003:

* Blind Chocolate Lab Chubs and his sister, Cassie, go on a special home visit [PHOTOS];

* Julie went for another blood test this morning: normal range!

WEDNESDAY October 1 2003:

* Sally and Alice escape from their kennel this morning [PHOTO];

* Old Pup and Angel chew up an air-conditioner filter [PHOTO];

* Heather's new mom called concerned because Heather hasn't eaten very much;

* We took in two newly rescued dogs today and immediately adopted one of them out [PHOTOS].

THURSDAY October 2 2003:

* I drove to Dallas this morning and picked up the printed and folded newsletter [PHOTO];

* Freddy comes home from the clinic after his new arrivals checkup and neuter surgery [PHOTOS];

* Old Pup and Angel resumed bowel movements;

* Employee Michael reports that his new Red Pit is doing fine at his house.

FRIDAY October 3 2003:

* After a long, barky night Freddy meets Amigo in the park and moves in with him early this morning [PHOTOS];

* Julie's blood sugar is high again;

SATURDAY October 4 2003:

* Chubs and Cassie go for their second home visit;

* Adoption Day in downtown Dallas.

 

 

PREVIOUS WEEKS (TABLE OF CONTENTS of Previous Updates)

*SUNDAY UPDATES: Headlines Linking to the Last 218 Consecutive Sunday Updates of our Straydog website, which is also updated nightly before ~9:00 Central Time U.S.A.

*Adoption Day Saturday, November 15th at PetsMart in Plano (Texas) on Central (U.S.75) at Parker.

*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

  If you would like to help with our ever-growing vet bill, donations can be sent directly to:

*Email from Neal Fort's wife, Darla, received Thursday, September 18th and published here Friday, September 19th.

*Article in newspapers across Canada on September 20, 2003 about the Montreal Alouettes' Neal Fort and his Great Dane, Helen, whom the Forts adopted from Straydog. (Links to the articles are working again.)

* The Neal Fort articles upped our readership! Every bit of media exposure gives us a boost!

     We really want to thank Neal a lot for getting Straydog and our website address mentioned. Every mention on broadcast TV and radio and every mention in print is a potentially big step and always increases audience.

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