Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

SUNDAY APRIL 11 2004

No adoptions yesterday; no word on the pending adoptions from last week

     Lots of traffic and action at PetsMart, but we couldn't match up any would-be adopters with any of the sweet and wonderful dogs and pups we took to PetsMart.

All of the newsletters are ready to mail

     We'll drop them off at the post office tomorrow, and they'll go out tomorrow evening. All of our people--volunteers and employees--spent every spare moment over the past two days, and we got mailing pieces all stuffed, sealed, labeled and stamped. We'll know "our fate" in a few days. Yesterday's dog food purchase came to $400.26, which will last us one week.

We were very sorry to hear that the dog Chantal was trying to rescue was picked up by Dallas Animal Control and killed before Chantal could rescue the poor fella

     May your soul, sweet, innocent doggie, be forevermore with Pat and God. You are Home at last.

Billy Lawson and Claudia Sprowso update us on Abby and Willow

From: Clawson04@aol.com
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:48:48 EDT
Subject: Fwd: Abbster & Willow Weekend Getaway
To: straydog@straydog.org

BILL,
I RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL THIS MORNING. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD FORWARD TO YOU. IT IS FROM CLAUDIA , ONE OF THE LADIES WHO HELPED ME RESCUE A&W.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING,

BILLY LAWSON

Forwarded Message:

From: "Claudia Sprowso" <csprowso@swbell.net>
To: "Billy Lawson" <clawson04@aol.com> (plus Amy Jones, the foster mom, and other recipients)
Subject: Abbster & Willow Weekend Getaway
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 20:52:13 -0500

I've spent the day in and out of Amy's house dropping off A&W and then going back to take their rabies tags and snap more photos. Mitch (my husband) took his nail gun and tightened up her fence and fixed the latch on her gate as security insurance. (Amy, thank you for letting us sort of barge into your space.)

The girls (A&W) started out on the patio and seemed content, but as the day grew warmer, Amy brought them inside. Abby enjoys lounging on Amy's couch and Willow is making fast friends with Amy's dog, Kylie. As a matter of fact, we've decided Willow is probably a little more active playing with Kylie then she needs to be, so Amy is working on keeping things nice and calm. Abby is a
little grumpy when Kylie gets too close (NOT Kylie's fault), so Amy can't risk leaving them all together without supervision. Abby is very thin (emaciated) and doesn't have any extra energy, so she is lying down most of the time.

Amy's house is wonderful, and her patio and back yard are an outstanding setup for the dogs' comfort. At this point, this weekend is a trial period to see if Amy is comfortable fostering for a longer period. So far, she says they've been really good and their potty habits have been perfect. If Amy agrees to keep them for a few weeks, she would be grateful if we continue to search for another foster situation since she really doesn't have time to manage them any longer than necessary.

Amy and I will visit on Sunday night and see if we need to find another foster ASAP or if we have a little more time. I'll keep you all posted!

Please keep Amy's brother, Tim, in your prayers as he is a soldier in Iraq right now and a constant concern to Amy and her family.

Happy Easter,
Claudia

The recsue and rehabilitation of Abby and Willow are truly going well so far

     We need more Billy Lawsons and Claudia Sprowsos and Amy Joneses to help take some of the burden off of Straydog and other no-kill shelters when we're full and adoptions are slow and there are no vacancies in sight. With more of this kind of volunteer help we can all save a lot more dogs.

     As soon as a kennel opens up here at Straydog, we'll be contacting Billy and Claudia to see if Abby and Willow still need a home.

     If you, dear reader, have a big enough list of people to pass out (or mail out) our newsletter to, you can simply call your local copy center (a Kinko's, for example) and tell them to go to this website (www.Straydog.org) and print out as many copies as you want of the three PDF files via the above three links. Then you can have the copy shop deliver the copies to you or you can go pick them up and do your own mailing of our three-piece newsletter. (And please never worry about the copyrights to our website materials. We want as many people as possible to make copies and distribute them!)

     Special thanks to those who have called in and/or emailed in credit/debit card donations. All we have to have is:

(1) the credit card number,

(2) the name on the card,

(3) the expiration date, and

(4) the billing address.

     It is really simple, and we don't pay a very high fee for this Internet credit card service. After I go to the credit card service website, I type in my organization name and password, and once in their site, I plug in the information the contributor has given to me, and the Internet credit card people transfer the donation instantaneously into Straydog's bank account, which is Straydog's operating fund, which is Straydog's only fund. Thanks to everyone who is helping us!

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 April 4 2004:

* No adoptions yesterday but several potential adoptions pending [PHOTOS];

* Garage sale scheduled for the 17th is shaping up;

* Kroger and Tom Thumb shopping "share cards";

* Prince is staying in one of our hospital kennels and is doing okay.

MONDAY April 5 2004:

* Billy Lawson, a long-time friend and supporter of Straydog, calls with another rescue;

* Here's Billy Lawson's email [PHOTOS];

* Let's get these dogs medical attention at a vet clinic and board them till we can find a spot for them;

* Prince is at the clinic for his surgery.

TUESDAY April 6 2004:

* Billy Lawson's two rescues are safe and are recovering their health at Kindness Animal Hospital in Garland (address below);

* An earlier email from a contributor to Billy Lawson's new rescues;

* Raining and chilly this Tuesday morning [PHOTOS];

* Prince came through his surgery and is ready to come home.

WEDNESDAY April 7 2004:

* A van load of dogs and pups went to see Dr. Reeves yesterday [PHOTOS TO COME];

* No further updates yet from Billy Lawson;

* The printed newsletters and envelopes are ready to pick up.

THURSDAY April 8 2004:

* Update on Abby and Willow emailed from Billy Lawson;

* An email from Chantal about another stray needing help;

* Bill's response to Chantal;

* A short time later Chantal reported that Animal Control had picked up the dog and euthanized him before Chantal could rescue him;

* Prince is doing fine in his hospital kennel;

* Gayle, Ojay's mom, suggests we feature the older dogs on this website to try to find them homes;

* The printed materials for the mailing have been picked up.

FRIDAY April 9 2004:

* Until every piece is in the mail, I'll be stuffing, sealing, labeling and affixing stamps;

* Saturday Adoption Day as usual.

SATURDAY April 10 2004:

* We're posting early again today because I'm the designated van driver for our Adoption Day at PetsMart in Plano, and the van leaves here at nine a.m. [PHOTOS OF THE ROSTER];

* Thanks to Volunteer Ofelia Gipson 600 of the 2500 pieces made it to the post office by closing last evening.

 

 

PREVIOUS WEEKS (TABLE OF CONTENTS of Previous Updates)

     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