improving the lives of pets outdoors

This sweet little face belongs to Panda! Panda lives in a rural community in Northwest Alaska. Panda had no dog house at all and lived mostly outside on the family's porch; she does get to spend some time inside especially when it is really cold.

We sent Panda’s house out as an emergency rush since it was February and very cold when her family applied for help…Posting now because we recently got her after picture.

Thank you to the ALASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION and the JOHN AND CAROL TEETER AMINAL CARE FUND for sponsoring this insulated dog house and straw for Panda. Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo and BERING AIR for shipping this house all the way out to her village. The family put her house together right away and she seemed to make herself right at home.

Since Panda looks a little smaller than many ‘outside’ dogs we will reach out to the family to see if there are any inside supplies we could provide that would help to allow Miss Panda to spend more time inside with her people for companionship.

If you have or know of a dog who lives outside in Alaska and needs an insulated dog house and straw please apply for help at www.strawfordogs.org

We don’t want any furries living outside without shelter!

2 more cutie patooties from our River Project with their new insulated houses! Sitka and Rosie actually seem to be posing for our picture!

Thank you to Lotto Alaska for funding our River Project 3 for 3 years now. Thank you to Ruby Marine for shipping these houses out to the dogs who need them free of charge!

These houses came with a 35 pound bag of Royal Canin dog food donated by our friends at VCA Charities!

Time is running out for the river project. If you live on the Tanana or Yukon Rivers and you have a dog who lives outside and needs an insulated dog house and straw please go to www.strawfordogs.org to apply. You only have about 10 days left!

We made a "quick trip" down to Ruby Marine yesterday to label and package 8 pallets of donated doggies food!

This job took a lot longer than we thought it would (as usual) and I WAS PERSONALLY ATTACKED BY 4 PINCHER BUGS during the process. That was almost enough for me to throw in the towel. I felt like I was in a horror movie...every time I turned around there was another disgusting bug coming for me....Thankfully Nick is not afraid of them and saved me!

Thank you to VCA Charities, and Royal Canin for sending this doggies food all the way to Nenana to help feed the dogs who live along the Tanana and Yukon Rivers.

Thank you to Ruby Marine for putting up with us yesterday on one of their busiest days...and of course for shipping ALL of this food out to the rural communities free of charge!

Here are some of our River Project houses with their new residents!

These puppies have a new neighborhood. Their insulated houses arrived way up the Yukon last week courtesy of Ruby Marine and each one had a bale of straw as always and a 35 bag of food donated by VCA Charities!

Their family said they love the new houses and seem very happy.....and they have already sampled the food! The puppy was the most curious and unsure about the new set up but they saw him napping in the straw after he was finished eating, so he must have decided the house was okay.

Thank you David Lambert and Lotto Alaska for funding our River Project! These dog have new insulated houses and straw because of Ruby Marine, David Lambert, and Lotto Alaska and we are so grateful for that support!

Time is running out for our 2026 River Project so if you have a dog who needs an insulated house please go to www.strawfordogs.org to apply!

Thank you Fashion Pact and FP shoppers for all of your support. We are so grateful to all of you for helping us help the doggies who need it!