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Puppy William's okay today!

Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24 2004

Puppy William has recovered from yesterday's illness

     Throughout the afternoon Puppy William seemed to look sicker and sicker, after throwing up once at about 12:40 p.m. We called Dr. Morton, of course, and he said to keep an eye on William and to bring the little guy in this morning if he wasn't better. ... He's better!

     Jason, our overnight man, said that Puppy William (who was spending the night in one of the hospital kennels) perked up a little after midnight. Jason wrote in our hand-written log: "12:10 a.m. - William is definitely better. I took him out to potty, and he was wanting to play."

     This morning William's back out in his new little kennel, and his poop had dead worms in it, killed by the wormer given to William yesterday by Dr. Morton. Puppy William's short illness must have been caused by the vaccinations and the worm poison.

Puppy William is feeling good and he's back outside.

Puppy William stands up on the common fence between his and Toby's kennel.

 

Email from Adoption Day Volunteer Melissa about having to move out of Mesquite because of being over the Mesquite limit with dogs

Subject: Moving due to too many dogs!
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:38:34 -0500
From: Volunteer Melissa
To: straydog@straydog.org

Erin and Bill - Once again, I apologize for not being able to be at adoption days for quite a while now. I wanted to update you on the situation we have in Mesquite. We have eight rescued dogs and someone turned us in about a month ago (the City of Mesquite allows three dogs and three cats). Animal Control gave us two weeks to give away five of our dogs. Obviously, I was devastated and Bruce & I started talking about a way to get around this.

Well, after some major decision making, we decided to rent our house and try to buy one out in the Crandall area so we would have plenty of room for our eight furry, four-legged babies and it would still be convenient enough to our jobs. There were a couple of days where every door shut in our face, but God sent an angel our way, and we have found a home to purchase. We are closing on Thursday this week and moving on Friday, March 5th (the day between my daughter's 18th birthday and her senior prom). Just a few things going on here, you know.

We are quite excited about the move but, at the same time, a little overwhelmed. I've been in this house for 10 years and my daughter is three months away from graduating from high school, but everything seems to be working out just great. Whitney will be staying with a friend from drill team during the week and then coming out to the "boonies" on the weekends.

We are very thankful that all of this is working out. The City of Mesquite seems shocked that we are actually moving, and most of our co-workers think we are crazy, but we just don't care. As you know, all eight of our dogs came off the street or from shelters. When I took each of them, I promised them they would be with me until one of us died, and I meant that.

We are looking forward to being out of the city and in an area to give our dogs running room, and Bruce & I some piece of mind. So, at this point, the gentleman doing our fence will start work on Thursday and we will be ready to go by the time the movers show up next
Friday morning.

I think about you guys every day and look forward to the daily noon updates. Straydog is the best, and I'll be back with you guys soon.

Take care, Melissa

Volunteer Melissa and a puppy at an Adoption Day last October

Pat and I also had to move after our number of rescued dogs had grown to eight

    In the summer of 1994 we were living in a nice, peaceful residential community over on Cedar Creek Lake. We had (over a period of a couple of years) constructed kennels in the back, side and front yards to keep the many strays Pat was rescuing. One day Pat asked our next door neighbor if our dogs ever bothered them. We hadn't suspected a problem, because we were always very careful to keep the dogs as quiet as possible. The neighbor immediately let loose with a string of complaints, immediately after which Pat went in the house and called our daughter, Stacey, who's a real estate broker in the lake area, and soon Stacey had found the property we're on today.

     I commend Melissa and her family for their sacrifice, but I must advise that they try not to let their rescued dog population grow any larger. This mission of saving and caring for refugees from the War on Unplanned Dog (and Cat) Pregnancies can become very, very costly.