Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

SUNDAY APRIL 25 2004

Rain, rain, rain!

     It rained off and on all day yesterday, all night last night (with lots of thunder and lightning), and it's been pouring down rain off and on all morning. As always our normal routine continues as long as there's no lightning.

Just before the noon posting the rain stopped, and the sun came out

     It looks like we're going to have a nice Sunday afternoon.

Erin's Adoption Day Report ...

Both Jordan and Puppy Grace were adopted Saturday

   Jordan's adoption

     Jordan's family (the Schillers) came into Petsmart after getting a crate and a kiddie swimming pool for their lucky new dog. Pat Seward (one of our regular Adoption Day Volunteers) brought gifts of toys and other doggie supplies, and both Pat and Consuelo offered to pay for Jordan's obedience training, either through the Plano Petsmart store where we've gained much trust in their positive-reinforcement trainers, Wanda and Kristi, or through tutoring Jordan and the family privately if they would like. Thank you Pat and Consuelo, and thank you to the Schiller family for giving their heart and home to very sweet Jordan!

   Grace's adoption

     Grace has a home too that we hope works out! The family wanted to try this out with the expectation it will work. They paid the fee, bought the food, borrowed a crate and took little Gracie home. One of the twin two-year-old girls is also named Gracie, so the family re-named Grace to Brittany. Brittany has a jungle gym to play in. She has a swimming pool that is gated off most of the time. She has a guardian mom who is home all day taking care of the two-year-olds, who are recently potty-trained, so our Grace will probably learn very quickly how to be potty-trained too!

     The young boys, ages seven and nine, fed the puppy, poured water in her water bowl, and wanted to walk their new puppy, so I left the happy family with good feelings that all would work out fine.

Rocky was glad to see his original rescuer, Joe, Pat's and my son

     Joe rescued Rocky and made a home for him when Rocky was a puppy back in 1992. Shortly after rescuing Rocky, Pat rescued Ginger, and Joe adopted Ginger from us (as we had no room for her) to be a companion to Rocky. Rocky and Ginger lived with Joe in Dallas until 1995 when Joe moved into an apartment on the SMU campus (where Joe works) that wouldn't allow dogs. Pat agreed to foster care Rocky and Ginger until Joe could find a place that would accept dogs, which unfortunately hasn't happened yet. That's why when I bought my small RV and moved off of Straydog property last summer after Pat died, I took Rocky and Ginger in. They are like my grandchildren.