BILL ANNOUNCES: Straydog Radio Show covering the events of Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Bill and Juana here, a couple of days later, and we are going to do the Wednesday report. There was a high of 78 degrees with a 70% chance of rain, but it never rained.
JUANA: It was a very, very sad day. Here we go again. I’ve been talking about Big Foot. Big Foot had a good night, but he wouldn’t eat anything in the morning. We even cooked him some scrambled eggs and sausage and stuff with no grease and he just turned his nose. He didn’t want anything. We knew that it was the end and it was, but we’ll talk about that later. We did get some photos.
For some reason, Wolfie was coughing. He didn’t look sick and his cough wasn’t like Portia’s or Purtis’ or Bug’s. Bug has a trachea problem. Wolfie’s cough sounded like kennel cough so I gave him some Tussin.
JUANA: It was a very, very sad day. Here we go again. I’ve been talking about Big Foot. Big Foot had a good night, but he wouldn’t eat anything in the morning. We even cooked him some scrambled eggs and sausage and stuff with no grease and he just turned his nose. He didn’t want anything. We knew that it was the end and it was, but we’ll talk about that later. We did get some photos.
For some reason, Wolfie was coughing. He didn’t look sick and his cough wasn’t like Portia’s or Purtis’ or Bug’s. Bug has a trachea problem. Wolfie’s cough sounded like kennel cough so I gave him some Tussin.
Wolfie does not look sick but his cough sounded like kennel cough so Juana gave him some Tussin.
Jacob was the walker in the Pat Arnold Park. He was playing ball with Leonardo.
Leonard is ready for Jacob to kick the ball. He loves his park time.
Everybody was busy doing all kinds of things. Stephanie was in the Shirley Beemer Park throwing the ball to Wup. There he is!
She would throw the ball and Wup would go running and bring the ball back to her.
It’s just too bad that Wup and Annie can’t get along. Annie has been residing in H2, because she has cancer. It breaks my heart! She has a tumor on her breast that ruptured and she also has tumors on her tail and on her other side. She can’t have surgery and have one tumor removed, because we can’t remove the others. They can’t operate on the tumor on her tail, because the cancer has already invaded her hips. We don’t want to put her through multiple surgeries. She’s 12 years old and she doesn’t deserve to go through surgeries and go through all of that pain and suffering and have her tail removed, because she is going to die anyway. We’ve been giving her pain medicine and antibiotics and we are doctoring the ruptured tumor. It is starting to heal from the inside out. I am happy about that. It’s sad that Wup was biting her. We had to separate Annie and Wup and they can’t be together anymore. They can’t even go to the park together. She’s living inside and he’s living outside and Wup just won’t accept her.
Our old Pokey is going to outlive us all. He’s 16 or 17 years old and he’s still going. He was already a year old, when I started at Straydog in 2001. He is one of Ms. Pat’s original dogs. Pokey and Rudy are the only dogs that we still have at the shelter from Ms. Pat’s originals. Blind and deaf Double Merle Jack is still with the Blantons and he is one of Ms. Pat’s originals. Jack is 13 years old and he’s young compared to Pokey. Pokey is doing well, but he’s slowing down. He takes Tramadol, because he can’t take Rimadyl. It gave him renal problems, but the doctor said that it’s okay to keep him on Tramadol. He keeps going. He moves slowly, but he’s doing well. He seems happy.
There’s Jacob with Pokey and Bernie and Bunny. They live together and they all go to the park together. Bunny also goes to the park with Mr. Tuffy and he is another dog that we will probably lose soon.
There’s Jacob with Pokey and Bernie and Bunny. They live together and they all go to the park together. Bunny also goes to the park with Mr. Tuffy and he is another dog that we will probably lose soon.
Here's Jacob bringing the three doggies back to their kennel.
There’s Colt with Fatso and Miss B. We can’t say enough about Colt, he is blind and deaf and he is such a wonderful dog. He knows what’s going on all of the time. He’s incredible!
Colt is so incredible! He may be blind and deaf but he can smell anything and he knows what's going on all of the time.
When I got to the shelter, everybody was ready for Big Foot. It was a bad day and we had to lose Big Foot. Stephanie was trying to get him to eat. She tried all morning and he wouldn’t eat anything. She cried all morning. Like I’ve said on Facebook, Big Foot was one of everybody’s favorites. He was such a handsome, big, gentle and loving dog and he was so sweet. I can’t believe he was never adopted. We have so many black Labs and they are such good dogs. For some reason, people don’t want them. He was so beautiful and his coat was so beautiful. His feet weren’t that big but, when he was a puppy, they were huge compared to his body. When we saw him, we said, “Big Foot!” He eventually grew into his feet, but we still called him Big Foot. I remember it, like it was yesterday. I found Big Foot and Snickers about a block from Straydog. They were just walking down the road. I called them and they followed me. I kept telling them to, “Go home; go home.” They were so gorgeous and I didn’t think they were strays. They kept following me. They didn’t have microchips or collars. We tried to find their owners and we never did. We had those two beautiful dogs here at Straydog from that day on.
Here I am giving Wolfie his cough medicine.
BILL: Does he like it?
JUANA: No, I was holding his mouth open somehow, for him to swallow it.
JUANA: No, I was holding his mouth open somehow, for him to swallow it.
There’s everybody following Big Foot to the car.
BILL: It was very sad for all of the employees to have to go through this.
Snickers seemed to know. She dug herself a scoopy hole and lay in it. She was very sad.
JUANA: My son Gordie and Dr. James were at Morton Clinic and helped me help him cross. He was tired and ready to go. He went quickly. He fell asleep in my arms and he’s in a better place.
Our work must go on. We were all very sad here at Straydog, but we have many other dogs, who need us and we have to stay strong for them. We have to continue our mission.
Our work must go on. We were all very sad here at Straydog, but we have many other dogs, who need us and we have to stay strong for them. We have to continue our mission.
Here’s Miss Talena in the Beemer Park. Ronnie was holding her and Stephanie was trying to trim her nails.
There’s Wayne caregiving Big Boy, Rosita and Purtis.
There’s Jacob bringing Rudy and Spice to the park. Like we said before, Rudy is one of Ms. Pat’s original dogs.
It was a very, very difficult, sad day.
BILL: We’ll be back soon with another report from Straydog.
BILL: We’ll be back soon with another report from Straydog.
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