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From: Cathy Baird Blanton
Subject: Thank you Juana (StrayDog)
To: straydog147@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 11:59 AM

Hello Juana (and the rest of the StrayDog staff),

I just wanted to send a quick note to say "Thank You" for allowing us to visit the StrayDog compound this past weekend.  Lisa, Maddie, and I were truly moved (and yes, sometimes to tears) by what you all are accomplishing there.  It was such a pleasure meeting you, Sherri, and all of the dogs!!!  Maddie especially loved throwing the ball with "Blondie" in the park.  I am amazed at what a beautiful place you are running, and the love and kindness that you give each and every dog is so evident.  Every one of them are well cared for and they all seem so happy with so much room to romp and play!  I know it must be a thankless job, but please know that we want to help in anyway we can!  

I will continue to send donations, as a matter of fact our family has made a decision to change our monthly pledge of $200.00 from the Humane Society of the United States, to StrayDog Inc.  We love the idea of supporting you on an ongoing basis - and we believe in "supporting local" when we can.  I will get with you separately on that.

We also want to help out by volunteering our time as we discussed with you on Saturday.  We will start out with once a month and see if we can add more days when the summer gets here.

My friend Pam Iwanski and her granddaughter Ivy will be there this weekend and I would love to come by sometime this Saturday and show them around with you.  Pam has mentioned she would be interested in helping too.

And, on Saturday February 25th, we will plan to come and volunteer for as many hours and you need us, if that works well with your schedule.  It would be Lisa, Maddie, Pam, Ivy, and me.  Please let me know what time we should be there and how long you would like us to work.  Also, I mentioned to you that Maddie has a project coming up where she wants to run 3 different dogs to time who is the fastest.  Maybe we could pick 3 dogs (Blondie being first) and 2 others that we could run in the park for a little while...  Please let me know if that would be OK.

You and I also talked about your ongoing "needs".  If you could please send me a list of items you currently need, we can try to bring some things with us this weekend.  I can also post on my Facebook and see if some of my friends can donate items as well.  Please let me know.

Thanks for everything you do Juana!  StrayDog is a Blessing to all of those doggies who otherwise... well, you already know about otherwise... so Thank You for saving every one of those sweet little souls.

Talk to you soon!

Cathy +:-)

 

 

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Straydog Saturday Adoption Day Results (2.4.12)
We were at Petsmart Plano East on Central at Parker from 11 - 3 p.m.,
and on the roster were:
(1) Soulie (2) Darlin' (3) Coco (4-5) Two remaining 15-week-old pups + Foster Dogs
David reports: Very busy day; Darlin' adopted; Coco has adoption app.

 

 

Straydog Saturday Adoption Day Results (1.28.12)
We were at Petsmart Plano East on Central at Parker from 11 - 3 p.m.,
and on the roster were:
(1) Big Pup David (2) Darling (3-5) Three 14-week-old pups + Foster Dogs
Erin reports: Medium busy day; Puppy Cooper (one of the 3 pups)
adopted into a great home!

 

Alvin J. Bart & Sons Inc., the printing company in New York that has so generously contributed the printing of color newsletters for us in the past, has again printed this newsletter, and the printed newsletters have arrived, and we've got all of them in the mail. (1/28/12)

 

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Straydog Inc., The Arnold Family's Happy Home for Strays, a No-Kill Dog Shelter and
           A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION with 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status from the IRS

             MAIL: P.O. Box 1465, Gun Barrel City, Texas 75147 * PHONE: (903) 479-3497
                  EMAIL: straydog147@yahoo.com

LEFT Aerial photo from May '02, when Pat Arnold still had another whole year of life ahead of her.
RIGHT: Pat at the Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center with Emily, May 30, 2003, the day before Pat suffered a fatal brain aneurysm.

From: Joanne Pollard
To: straydog147@yahoo.com
Sent: Fri, June 10, 2011 3:51:03 PM
Subject: Today's Visit

Juana and Bill,
 
Just a brief note to let you know how very much Nancy and I enjoyed today's visit.  As I had heard, the dog runs are all so clean, and the dogs are all so well-taken-care-of and so happy.  What a blessing you both are to these wonderful beings that God created.  Nancy said that your shelter truly set the standard; she mentioned to me several times on our way back how impressed she was, and how happy and clean all the dogs were.  She said they truly were part of a big family, and, of course, I agreed. 
 
Thanks again for letting us visit; Straydog is a wonderful place.  I was glad to see the doggies I had seen before (Rosita has always had a spot in my hear) and glad to see the ones that I had only heard of or read about in the newsletter -- I can't start naming them -- I was thrilled to see them all.
 
Thanks again,
 
Joanne Pollard