Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 29 2004

Becky loses half her ear, and we're not sure how

     Caregiver/dog walker, Bobby, yells over the radio: "Becky's covered with blood. Somebody come quick!"

     The blood was coming from the outer edges of what was left of Becky's ear, which had been torn half off. There hadn't been the sound of a dog fight or any yelps, and she and her kennel mate, Bear II, weren't fighting now, so we're not sure what could have happened. These two kennel mates usually get along well, though they tussle a lot. We're leaning toward believing that she must have caught her ear on the protruding end of a fence wire and ripped it by pulling away from the fence, but we haven't been able to find the missing piece of her ear, which must have been about an inch wide.

     We finally got the bleeding stopped by putting flour on her ear and by squeezing the torn edge with paper towels. Then Juana bandaged the ear and taped it to the top of Becky's head. After that we put an E-collar on the dog, and left her in one of the hospital kennels, where she didn't behave very well because she doesn't get along with any of the other dogs who are in the hospital.

     While all the above was going on, I was trying to reach a vet who would be available to help us. Three different vets didn't answer.

     We finally got ahold of the Tyler Animal Emergency Clinic, and the vet said to bring the dog in, so Tina left at about 10:00 on the hour-long drive to Tyler. At 11:30 Tina called and said the vet had said we'd done a good job stopping the bleeding. The doctor dressed the wounded ear again and told us to use one of the antibiotics we have in supply here at Straydog and to keep the dog in one of our hospital kennels for at least a week. Tina paid the $107 bill and is now on her way back to Straydog.

No adoptions yesterday but a few possible adoptions for next week

     We took lots of photos and will be posting them this afternoon (if there are no more emergencies).

Also we just had a very heavy rainstorm, which lasted about 15 minutes

     That was all the rain we got. Later in the afternoon the sun came out.

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 22 2004:

* Puppy William shows up out of nowhere [PHOTOS];

* Update on Dewey, the paraplegic dog SJ's caring for;

* Remember the two-hour video Pat made several years ago?

* Only the two pugs were adopted Saturday [PHOTO].

MONDAY February 23 2004:

* Puppy William goes to the vet clinic for his new arrivals checkup [PHOTO];

* Shawna's back from her spay surgery and has to be separated from Scottie again [PHOTOS];

* Katie's not ready yet for her trip across Rainbow Bridge;

* Rocky's been eating well and seems to be completely over his intestinal upset.

TUESDAY February 24 2004:

* Puppy William has recovered from yesterday's illness [PHOTOS];

* Email from Adoption Day Volunteer Melissa about having to move out of Mesquite because of being over the Mesquite limit on dogs [PHOTO].

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

WEDNESDAY February 25 2004:

* ERIN'S VET VISIT REPORT:

* Katie, Rudy and Toby went to see Dr. Reeves in Tyler Tuesday afternoon;

* Jasper, an old dog with very bad hind legs is also visiting Dr. Reeves;

* A medium-size dog is found out front scavenging through our trash [PHOTOS];

* Caregiver/Kennel Team Member Bobby wants to adopt this new dog.

THURSDAY February 26 2004:

* Jack spends his big play yard time sniffing the birds in the big park tree [PHOTOS & VIDEO];

* Hopefully yesterday was our last rain day for a while [PHOTO].

FRIDAY February 27 2004:

* Katie went to vet for her second treatment; Sandy went for a bad cough;

* Tina took our newly donated microscope along with her to show Dr. Reeves.

SATURDAY February 28 2004:

* A dog named Copper joins us temporarily [PHOTOS];

* We try Copper with Boomer [PHOTO];

* Adoption Day doggie van left for PetsMart at 8:50 this morning [PHOTOS];

* Today would have been Pat's 64th birthday.

 

 

WEEK BEFORE LAST

SUNDAY February 15 2004:

* The snow's melting fast in the sun and warmer temperatures (PHOTOS);

* Email from Blind Stevie about the Kroger and Tom Thumb "share cards" and about his buddy, Little Pete's knee replacement surgery.

MONDAY February 16 2004:

* Dr. Morton called at nine a.m. to report on the results of Molly's blood work and to ask about Rocky [PHOTOS];

* Rudy's been eating five or six BIG meals per day, and he's gaining weight!

TUESDAY February 17 2004:

* Rudy is up to 52 pounds now [PHOTOS]!

* Rocky ate his breakfast this morning and passed brown stools during his outing in the park;

* The weather has changed from winter (last weekend) to spring today.

WEDNESDAY February 18 2004:

* Sassy Old Katie is slipping [PHOTOS];

* Molly's going to the eye specialist this afternoon;

* Rocky ate his entire breakfast this morning;

* A woman calls saying her neighbors moved away and left their dogs behind;

* Rudy weighs 58 pounds this morning!

THURSDAY February 19 2004:

* Katie made a comeback in the nice weather yesterday;

* Eye specialist confirms Molly is blind in her left eye and thinks she probably has been for some time [PHOTOS];

* Did we rescue the wrong abandoned mother and pups? [PHOTOS].

FRIDAY February 20 2004:

* Somehow kennel mates Scottie and Shawna mated this morning!

* We thought early this morning that today would be Katie's last day, but ...

* Jasmine and her two babies are doing fine.

SATURDAY February 21 2004:

* Our Adoption Day van left at eight this morning for a home visit on the way to Plano;

* Shawna had NOT been spayed, but now she has been spayed!

* CONCEPTION CONTROL!

* Katie is still with us and will be at least until Monday.

 

PREVIOUS WEEKS (TABLE OF CONTENTS of Previous Updates)

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