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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

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Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

FRIDAY APRIL 2 2004

An email concerning Straydog Volunteers at Water Stop #12 (Mile 23) at the Texas Marathon last Sunday, March 28th and their $1000 donation

Dear Straydog,

Enclosed are pictures from Water Stop #12 (Mile 23) at the Texas Marathon. We are marathon runners who enjoy supporting other marathoners when we're not competing ourselves. So when we heard about the opportunity to host a marathon water stop and earn money for our favorite organization, we had to volunteer.

Our friends and I (all pet lovers) handed out water and snacks to more than 800 participants. We earned $400 for Straydog just for volunteering -- but then the runners voted us among their favorite water stops, and we received an additional $400 toward our donation! Of course, Barbara (my Mom) couldn't help herself, so she's donating an additional $200, which brings our total donation to $1,000!

In the summer of 2001 I adopted Princess (now Lila) from Straydog. Attached is a picture from around the time of her adoption. My family and I were Straydog fans before we ever met Lila, but since then we've tried to do everything we can to help a cause that means so much to the animals and their forever families.

I received the check today and will put it in the mail. I know it will be put to good use -- and we hope it helps.

Sincerely,

Kelli Sucher and all the volunteers at water stop #12
Richard, Michelle, Yvette, Barbara, Norma, Ellen, Kay, and Wayne (the photographer)

 

This is Lila, who was adopted from Straydog in 2001

 

 

Thanks so much, Kelli, Barbara and the rest of the Water Stop #12 volunteers!

     Your donation couldn't have come at a better time!

 

I heard from Merrill Corporation (the printer) that two of the three pieces of our April Newsletter have been printed and that everything should be ready by Monday

     The folding will commence as soon as the ink dries on the two four-pagers, and the two-pager will be xeroxed and folded probably today. They'll print the envelopes over the weekend. As soon as I get the call, I'll drive to Dallas and pick everything up. We've already output the labels, and the mailing list has grown from 2,400 to 2,580!

Old Man Rocky's making a comeback!

     Quite frankly I thought yesterday Rocky might be on his last legs, but last evening about eight o'clock he started to get his appetite back and ate half of his meal, and this morning he ate almost all of his breakfast, and his second bowel movement of the morning was normal. This medicine called Panacur seems to have done wonders!

Rocky's looking much better.

Jack and Jill need sunblock on their noses

     I was under the assumption that animals should be naturally protected from sunburn, but Caregiver John pointed out that as Jack and Jill are part albino, having been the product of special inbreeding by inhumane breeders, the two dogs have fair colored noses, and they do indeed get sunburned. We'll get some sunblock as soon as possible.

Jilly's got sunburn blisters on her nose already.

Nearly Blind Jack, whose nose is starting to blister, knows how to find shade, but he's so fair that the sun burns him during the short periods he is out in it.