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New houses in Napakiak! These pups all lost their houses in Typhoon Halong, so their family reached out to Straw For Dogs for some new insulated dog houses and straw.
Their mom was so sweet she texted us each picture and described how each dog felt about their new house. If you click on each picture I will include her comments about her dogs.
We also send new rope tie outs and eyebolts to link them too as well as an inside x-pen and doggie bed for a small dog.
Thank you Everts Air and Ryan Air, INC. for discounting and donating the shipping on the houses for this little dog family!
Thank you to everyone who donates to help us provide shelter to dogs living outside in Alaska. We could not do this without all of you!
IF you need help for your dog or a neighbor dog OR if you would like to donate to support our mission. Please go to www.strawfordogs.org
We are trying to help as many dogs as we can as fast as we can but it is a bit of a process. We have not forgotten about you, more houses are being built right now, and we are hoping to ship another load early next week.
Thank you!
Their mom was so sweet she texted us each picture and described how each dog felt about their new house. If you click on each picture I will include her comments about her dogs.
We also send new rope tie outs and eyebolts to link them too as well as an inside x-pen and doggie bed for a small dog.
Thank you Everts Air and Ryan Air, INC. for discounting and donating the shipping on the houses for this little dog family!
Thank you to everyone who donates to help us provide shelter to dogs living outside in Alaska. We could not do this without all of you!
IF you need help for your dog or a neighbor dog OR if you would like to donate to support our mission. Please go to www.strawfordogs.org
We are trying to help as many dogs as we can as fast as we can but it is a bit of a process. We have not forgotten about you, more houses are being built right now, and we are hoping to ship another load early next week.
Thank you!
12 more insulated houses and straw headed out to dogs who need them! These were going to Napakiak, Bethel, Kotzebue, Pilot Station, Koyuk, Shishmaref, and Nunapitchuk!
I believe 6 of these are "Typhoon dog houses". We will continue to send out shelter to other dogs living outside in Alaska as well as families affected by the Typhoon.
Thank you to everyone who donates to Straw For Dogs to help us in our mission to provide insulated shelter to dogs living outside in Alaska.
If you need help or you want to support us in our mission to help dogs living outside in Alaska please go to www.strawfordogs.org
Thank you to Everts Air, Ryan Air, INC., BERING AIR, and LYNDEN AIR for either donating or discounting the freight on all of these houses. We have REALLY been asking a lot from the air carriers this year, especially recently. They have all been so gracious and generous. We could not help as many dogs without their support!
I believe 6 of these are "Typhoon dog houses". We will continue to send out shelter to other dogs living outside in Alaska as well as families affected by the Typhoon.
Thank you to everyone who donates to Straw For Dogs to help us in our mission to provide insulated shelter to dogs living outside in Alaska.
If you need help or you want to support us in our mission to help dogs living outside in Alaska please go to www.strawfordogs.org
Thank you to Everts Air, Ryan Air, INC., BERING AIR, and LYNDEN AIR for either donating or discounting the freight on all of these houses. We have REALLY been asking a lot from the air carriers this year, especially recently. They have all been so gracious and generous. We could not help as many dogs without their support!
We LOVE that we are getting VIDEOS from people now! They are so much fun and we really get to see the personalities of the dogs ....is this guy not the cutest!
This cutie pie is Buddy! He lives in a small rural community in the Bethel region. Buddy's house was destroyed in the typhoon so his family reached out to Straw For Dogs for an insulated house and straw.
The family made us these amazing collages of his before and after pictures. Sometimes we NEVER even get a single after picture from people but Buddy's family went above and beyond...look at how great these are.
We think Mr. Buddy seems pretty happy with his new house and we are so privileged to be able to set him up with it. Thank you to Buddy's family for reaching out to Straw For Dogs to get their sweet puppy set up with his new house!
Thank you to everyone who donates to help us send help to the dogs living outside in Alaska. Thank you to Everts Air and Ryan Air, INC. for shipping this house out to Buddy. We are so grateful to all of you, we could not help as many dogs as we do without your support!
FYI Buddy was house #239 for 2025 but we have sent more since then, we are up to #259 so far for 2025! It has been CRAZY BUSY this year. In 2024 our total for the year was 213.
This cutie pie is Buddy! He lives in a small rural community in the Bethel region. Buddy's house was destroyed in the typhoon so his family reached out to Straw For Dogs for an insulated house and straw.
The family made us these amazing collages of his before and after pictures. Sometimes we NEVER even get a single after picture from people but Buddy's family went above and beyond...look at how great these are.
We think Mr. Buddy seems pretty happy with his new house and we are so privileged to be able to set him up with it. Thank you to Buddy's family for reaching out to Straw For Dogs to get their sweet puppy set up with his new house!
Thank you to everyone who donates to help us send help to the dogs living outside in Alaska. Thank you to Everts Air and Ryan Air, INC. for shipping this house out to Buddy. We are so grateful to all of you, we could not help as many dogs as we do without your support!
FYI Buddy was house #239 for 2025 but we have sent more since then, we are up to #259 so far for 2025! It has been CRAZY BUSY this year. In 2024 our total for the year was 213.
We are sending out A LOT of houses and we are trying to follow up with people to make sure they are getting built properly.
The number ONE thing we see is that the roofs are not seated all the way down. They can be kind of tricky. The fit is tight and sometimes you have to wiggle it, lift it, jostle it to get it to fall into place. They are made this way so that they do not have to be screwed down and can be lifted off to add or change straw.
IT IS IMPORTANT to get the roof on correctly so snow and rain do not go inside, and heat from the dog does not go outside.
The roof circled in RED is not seated properly, it is not on right. It is not always the whole roof sitting up like this, sometimes it is just a corner that needs to be dropped in. There should be no space between the top of the walls and the roof.
The roof circled in GREEN is on properly. The roof should basically touch the top of the walls ALL THE WAY AROUND on all sides.
Please take a look at your dog's house and make sure the roof is on the right way! If you went to all the trouble to get your dog a a new house, we may as well make sure the house is built correctly.
Thank you 🙏🏻
The number ONE thing we see is that the roofs are not seated all the way down. They can be kind of tricky. The fit is tight and sometimes you have to wiggle it, lift it, jostle it to get it to fall into place. They are made this way so that they do not have to be screwed down and can be lifted off to add or change straw.
IT IS IMPORTANT to get the roof on correctly so snow and rain do not go inside, and heat from the dog does not go outside.
The roof circled in RED is not seated properly, it is not on right. It is not always the whole roof sitting up like this, sometimes it is just a corner that needs to be dropped in. There should be no space between the top of the walls and the roof.
The roof circled in GREEN is on properly. The roof should basically touch the top of the walls ALL THE WAY AROUND on all sides.
Please take a look at your dog's house and make sure the roof is on the right way! If you went to all the trouble to get your dog a a new house, we may as well make sure the house is built correctly.
Thank you 🙏🏻
This handsome boy is Ghost! He lives in a rural community on St. Lawrence Island. A traveling nurse reached out to Straw For Dogs to get Ghost an insulated dog house and straw, she sponsored his house and even paid for part of the shipping costs to get this sweet puppy some shelter.
We are so grateful to all the traveling medical providers who are out there right now advocating for the dogs who need help! Cute little Ghost only had a broken pallet to rest on. (his chain is under the pallet, he does have more chain than what you can see, we asked). There are just so few resources in some of these remote communities, the dogs just get what is available, which is not much.
Thank you to Everts Air and BERING AIR for helping us get this house out to Ghost....We are hoping he will be much more comfortable now. He sure looks cuddly, somebody is very lucky to have this sweet puppy in their lives, we hope he gets the love and attention he and all dogs deserve.
We are so grateful to all the traveling medical providers who are out there right now advocating for the dogs who need help! Cute little Ghost only had a broken pallet to rest on. (his chain is under the pallet, he does have more chain than what you can see, we asked). There are just so few resources in some of these remote communities, the dogs just get what is available, which is not much.
Thank you to Everts Air and BERING AIR for helping us get this house out to Ghost....We are hoping he will be much more comfortable now. He sure looks cuddly, somebody is very lucky to have this sweet puppy in their lives, we hope he gets the love and attention he and all dogs deserve.
There are still dogs in the evacuated villages who need to be rescued. Nobody seems to be working on this anymore. Please contact the legislators listed and advocate for these poor dogs who never should have been left behind to begin with. 🙏🏻
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