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P.O. Box 1465, Gun Barrel City, Texas 75147 * (903) 479-3497 * EMAIL: straydog@straydog.org

Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

SUNDAY JUNE 20 2004

NOON UPDATE

Bad storm hit us yesterday afternoon just before last feeding

     The strong winds from the west (with gusts somewhere between 50 and 100 miles per hour) blew apart a big tin shed on our neighbor's property (we think) about 500 yards from Straydog, and it carried several huge pieces of the shed onto our property. Luckily nothing was damaged and no one was hit by the flying debris. There was no other damage, but for a few minutes everyone here was afraid the whole place was going to blow away. "It was very, very bad!" Juana told me when I got back from Dallas about an hour after the storm had passed.

Two big pieces of debris landed about 50 feet from our first row of kennels.
We're not exactly sure where the debris came from.

These jagged pieces of metal could have done a lot of damage if they'd hit anything or anyone.

This big piece landed less than 30 feet from us.

     The storm lasted less than a half hour, and afterwards several of the dogs were still so scared that they wouldn't eat. But the weather turned nice for the rest of the evening.

     The main phone line barely works due to the storm, and we cannot get anyone at the phone company (Sprint) to come out and fix it on Saturday or Sunday. It's too bad you can't deduct from your phone bill the days the phone's down. When the electric power is down, the electric company comes out immediately to fix it, because they don't make any money if their customers' power is down, but the phone company could care less because they continue to charge us whether the phone works or not!

Gretchen was adopted by Pam and Gary Bollinger yesterday

     The Bollingers had already adopted two dogs from Straydog some time ago--first Maggie and then later Dallas, two of our older dogs who probably wouldn't have ever been adopted if it hadn't been for the Bollingers.

     Apparently Gretchen fit right in with the other two older dogs. Erin was at the home visit and adoption, and I'm waiting for a full report via email some time today. Erin told me when she brought Patch back to Straydog last night that she had taken a lot of photos of Gretchen's adoption, and here they are:

Gretchen's in the car on her way to her new home at the Bollingers'. (6/19/04)

Gretchen may be day dreaming of the wonderful life she's about to embark on.

*More photos of Gretchen's adoption (6/19/04)

 

Patch is back in his hospital kennel at Straydog

     Erin and her husband, Dana, brought Patch back last evening. Patch is still limping slightly, but he seems okay. He was his usual rambunctious self as he walked right into our hospital trailer and went straight to his kennel. Patch is such a good boy--most of the time.

No other adoptions yesterday

     Kerry went on a home visit, but it didn't work out.