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Straydog Inc., The Late Pat Arnold's 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

SUNDAY JULY 11 2004

10:47 A.M. UPDATE

Erin's Adoption Day Report ...

Puppy Spring was adopted Saturday at our PetsMart Adoption Day

     Puppy Spring has a new home in the country with a Chocolate Lab and a kitty cat! Her new mom will send us pictures soon. Spring played with Rico, the Lab, and sniffed the kitty. The large Lab really wanted to tussle, but Puppy Spring lay on her back because she is too small to play rough just yet! The family will keep a close eye on the dogs when they are together so the puppy won't get hurt.

     The mom got out a baby gate and put it up so that Puppy Spring would remain in the kitchen while we talked and filled out the adoption paper work, and Rico stayed on the other side. When Puppy Spring gets a little bit bigger (not too long from now), the dogs will be able to be together without such close monitoring!

     Congratulations Puppy Spring on finding your forever home!

No other adoptions Saturday

     While I (Erin) was on the home visit with Puppy Spring, Dad stopped by PetsMart and took some pictures of the dogs and volunteers:

Volunteer Angela, Patch, Jackson, Kerry, Volunteer Claire, and Puppies Autumn and Winter

Patch and Jackson enjoyed playing together.


Email from Pay Pal including message from Catherine M. regarding Toby's cart

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:39:05 -0700
From: Catherine M. via message from PayPal
To: straydog@straydog.org

You've Got Cash!
Dear Straydog Inc.,

Catherine M. just sent you money via PayPal.

Catherine's message:

It was so fun to see our email included with your Saturday posting! Isn't it amazing how technology can connect us this way?!

We are sending you $300.00 as a "down-payment" for Toby's cart. We anticipate that there will be other costs associated with the cart, and we want to cover all the costs -- so please let us know the balance. As i stated in my first email, it feels like a gift to us to be able to support you in this way.

As a final note, my husband grew up in Bethany, Oklahoma so we were excited to see that Straydog is not all that far away from his home. We are newly married and we live and work in New York City. We have two dogs, Lucas and Sooner. As I type this, they are lying outside, sunning their full bellies and dreaming about chasing rabbits and stealing socks from the hamper!

Warmly,

Catherine and Randy (and Sooner and Lucas too!)

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

And many thanks to Catherine and Randy from the Straydog Team!

Old Jed had emergency surgery early Saturday morning

Jed with Larry last August

From: Larry Buckman
To: billarnold147@yahoo.com
Subject: Jed
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:05:06 -0500

Bill, I just stopped by Petsmart to give Erin some news about Jed, and she asked me to email you about it. First, and most important, we believe he is going to be ok.

A little before 1:00 this morning, Jed began pacing around and couldn't seem to get comfortable. I was concerned immediately because this isn't normal behavior for him. A few minutes later he began making terrible wailing sounds (which I hope I never hear again) and started foaming at the mouth. I took him straight to the Emergency Animal Clinic here in Plano (which is just a few blocks from my house) where he was diagnosed with 'turned stomach'.

This is a very serious condition and required surgery to correct. It was all done by 3:00 AM and he came through in pretty good shape. The doctor was able to staple the stomach back in place and said there was minimal bruising caused by its displacement. He'll be at the clinic until at least Sunday as they monitor him for a possible relapse and keep him on fluids via IV. They'll start to give him a little real food before I can bring him home.

Please wish old Jed luck. I'll keep you updated as he recovers.

Regards,

Larry

 

Email from a 62-year-old woman who's ill and is worried about what will happen to her dog

From: Marymrgr@aol.com
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:35:50 EDT
Subject: Peace of Mind
To: straydog@straydog.org

This may or may not be something StrayDog has encountered before. I am a 62-year-old lady with some health problems. I have a 7-year-old male Golden/Chow Mix. I am looking for some type of organization that I could pay in advance to come to my home and take Montie to their no-kill shelter. I need to have a place for him to go if I am hospitalized or have a long recovery period or die. This has been worrying me a lot, and I hate the thought of what would happen to Montie if something happened to me. If you have any thoughts or suggestions I would very much appreciate your help. I live alone (renting) and the landlord would call the pound to have my dog picked up. I'm sure you know the kill numbers in the Dallas City pound. Also I have no friends. I've always been a loner, and now I'm paying the price in a way I never expected.

Thank You,

Mary Garrett (marymrgr@aol.com)

We will do what Pat would have done

     I've said before that Pat always responded to these types of near desperate (and desperate) pleas for help, and Erin is already contacting Mary, and we will do something so that she can have "Peace of Mind" (as Mary wrote in her subject line above).

*Photos of Jackson's first visit to the park (including a photo of Bill)