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Straydog Inc., The Arnolds' 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
Snow causes cancellation
of
Saturday Adoption Day
(Click on
Saturday link below.)
Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog
Log
SUNDAY FEBRUARY
15 2004
The snow's melting fast
in the sun and warmer temperatures
In
fact this little snow man the crew built on Jack and Jill's shade
roof yesterday is about the only remnant of Friday and Yesterday's
"snow events."
The sun will probably
finish this little snow guy off by the end of the day.
Jilly's enjoying
the sun even if the snowman isn't.
Everything's going smoothly
at Straydog. I'll be posting snow photos from Friday and Saturday
for the rest of the day
Click here for the first page of Friday
Snow Photos
Email from Blind Stevie
about the Kroger and Tom Thumb "share cards" and about
his buddy, Little Pete
Poppa Bill & Erin
Please send us the 2 cards
as our mom shops both places a lot. Hope all is well at your place.
Little Pete had to have a " knee-joint " replacement
last month, and he is doing great. He has to go to water
therapy twice a week for 3 weeks and then be good as new. My dad
let write this note by myself so I can think I am a big boy. Take
care and GOD bless all of you at Straydog.
Stevie Nicholson
Click on the following link
for some history on Blind Stevie and Little Pete: "Stevie
& Pete visit their future home" - Homepage of 9/24/00
Previous
Daily Updates
Bill
Arnold's Daily Straydog Log
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
OF CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS UPDATES
(Click on any day
below to see the update of that day)
LAST WEEK
SUNDAY
February 8 2004:
*
No adoptions today but lots of interest in some of the dogs [PHOTOS]
*
Fund raising via Kroger and Tom Thumb.
MONDAY
February 9 2004:
*
Erin's update on Rudy: So far all the doctors are stumped;
*
Male pug (named Jimbo) goes in to be neutered; female pug (Jimbo's
mother, whose name is Sassy) has a bad cough;
*
Jordan and Baby Girl go to the clinic for their second sarcoptic
mange dip;
*
Puppies Holly and Grace are learning to dig;
*
Old man Toby (at least 11 years old) has fun playing with Puppy
Dog Macy in the park.
TUESDAY
February 10 2004:
*
The pugs came back from the vet clinic after five o'clock last
evening [PHOTO];
*
Rudy has gained two pounds!
*
Short updates till I get caught up.
WEDNESDAY
February 11 2004:
*
Results from this morning's call to Dr. Aiken in New York are
not written up yet;
*
Emails between Marian and my daughter, Erin, concerning the location
of our shelter and why we divulge our location only to scheduled
guests.
THURSDAY
February 12 2004:
*
The microscope arrived yesterday [PHOTOS];
*
Erin's abbreviated notes from her phone consultation with Dr.
Aiken of Smith Ridge Animal Clinic in South Salem, New York;
*
Email from an admirer of Marian's emails in yesterday's update;
*
Another email in response to part of yesterday's email.
FRIDAY
February 13 2004:
*
We started weighing all the dogs yesterday, and we will continue
to do so once a month [PHOTO];
*
Rocky and Molly are not doing so well;
*
Pam B., who runs the Hematology Lab at a Dallas hospital, offers
help with our donated microscope;
*
Email asking if we know any other remedies for arthritis;
*
Bill answers: You might check out John McDougall, MD's advice
for humans with arthritis [a link to Dr. McDougall's site is
given here.]
SATURDAY
February 14 2004:
*
Adoption Day canceled due to snow [PHOTO];
*
Skeleton crew makes it to Straydog this morning.
PREVIOUS
WEEKS (TABLE OF CONTENTS of
Previous Updates)
*Adoption
Day Every Saturday
- We take a van load of dogs to PetsMart in
Plano (Texas) on Central (U.S.75) at Parker every Saturday, and
we are there from 11:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. Please contact us
via email or phone if you would like us to bring to PetsMart a
special dog you've seen on this website, or make an appointment
and come out and see the dog(s) you're interested in right here
at Straydog.
*Our
Dogs for Adoption listed
on Petfinder.org, kept up to date by volunteer and member of our
Board of Directors, Susan Southerland, Esq.
*
Click here to see several ways to make a tax-deductible donation
to Straydog
*Straydog webcam
shows live still photos.
*Click here for the PDF (ready-to-print)
version of today's draft of the front and back of the following
Introduction to Straydog "flyer." Please print it out
and give it to a friend who may not know about Straydog:
The Late
Pat Arnold's
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Straydog Inc., The Arnolds' 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, 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 Inc. is
a 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Corporation - DONATIONS ARE
TAX DEDUCTIBLE
(As always, complete
financial records are available on request.)
Since Pat's death (6/1/03)
Bill Arnold continues to work (without pay) every day for Straydog
Inc., managing
the shelter exactly as Pat would have wanted. Pat and Bill's four
children (all in their 30s and 40s
with full-time jobs) are also helping out a lot at Straydog, trying
to carry on their
mother's mission of providing decent lives for dogs who have no
one.
Straydog is a "lifeboat"
(and sanctuary) for rescued dogs. A vacant spot in a kennel is
an empty seat in our "lifeboat,"
so, if you're interested in adopting a dog, see our website "Dogs
for Adoption" link, 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" link. 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 are able to hold on
(financially). We believe that the example of our sacrifice (and
the example of
the sacrifice 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 dogs (and cats) so that homeless dog
(and cat) rescue "lifeboats" will no longer be necessary.
"All stray dogs to lucky dogs ... NOW!"
FEBRUARY 2004
Before she lost consciousness
forever after suffering a brain aneurysm, Pat Arnold spoke
these final words to her kennel team members: " Take
care of my dogs while I'm gone."
Pat and Emily
(Photo taken Friday,
May 30, 2003 and posted that night on www.straydog.org)
CLICK HERE FOR: (1) Pat's
last Dog Log update, written Friday evening, May 30, 2003
(2) The Sunday,
June 1, 2003 Update announcing the loss of Pat Arnold
(3) Jacquielynn
Floyd's column about Pat in the June 3, 2003 Dallas Morning
News
(4) "When
a dog rescuer approaches Rainbow Bridge" - emailed to us
at straydog@straydog.org
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T
h a n k s !
Thanks
so much to all of our contributors! We couldn't keep this operation
going without you. Pat always said you all would continue to support
us, and you have. And we at Straydog continue to rescue, care
for and adopt out homeless dogs exactly the way Pat would have
wanted. Thank you so much for your continuing support! ... Bill Arnold