improving the lives of pets outdoors

Thank you to Debbie Horton for sponsoring a house for cute little Smokey.

Smokey is a 16 YEAR OLD senior puppy who lives in a rural community in Southwest Alaska. Not only is is below freezing for many months of the year (like all of Alaska) but it is also very windy at times.

Little Smokey had a house at one point but when his family reached out for help, he didn't have any shelter at all. We rushed this house out as quickly as possible for him. This senior boy definitely needed something better for his older body, and we are hoping this insulated house and a nice layer of straw gives him some comfort.

Thank you so much to Debbie Horton for sponsoring this sweet puppies house and thank you to Lynden Air Cargo and Ryan Air, INC. for flying this house out for Smokey!

If you would like to donate, sponsor a house ($420), or if you know a dog who needs a house please go to www.strawfordogs.org

All donations go to providing insulated dog houses and straw to dogs living outside in Alaska so even if you don't sponsor an entire house, you are still helping a dog get shelter with any donation you make.

Update on the dog house for Flower sponsored by Kelly Griebel REALTOR-Century 21

We received pictures from Flower's family of this beautiful girl with her new house! (We LOVE the picture of Flower getting love from her person while he is building her house).

Thank you Kelly Keating Griebel for sponsoring this sweet girls new insulated dog house and straw!

Thank you to Grant Aviation and Everts Air for flying this house out to Miss Flower!

If you would like to donate to help outside dogs get insulated dog houses and straw OR if you know an outside dog who needs shelter please go to www.strawfordogs.org

Thank you!

Spotlight on St. Michael!

We have had so many people in this little rural community reach out for houses for their dogs we thought we would do a post with SOME of the dogs and their new houses. There are still at least 4 more houses on the way right now so this is not even all of the houses AND these are just the houses from 2026. (We definitely had houses go to St. Michael in 2025 as well).

Thank you to all of the families who decided to improve their dog's situation by reaching out to Straw For Dogs for insulated dog houses and straw.

Thank you St. Michael for making the lives of your outside dogs a little more comfortable.

Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo, Ryan Air, INC., Everts Air, and BERING AIR for helping us get these houses out to the dogs in St. Michael who needed them!

We have been SO BUSY sending out houses that we have been SLACKING on making posts!

BUT THIS IS WHY...As of today so far in 2026 we have sent our 111 HOUSES and 151 BALES of straw, and it is only March! This SAME time last year we had sent out 39 houses and 49 bales of straw. Much busier this year!

This is why Facebook has had to take a backseat to processing application, shipping, tracking, and following up with requests. We are still the same small crew running Straw For Dogs so something had to give.....focusing on helping the dogs is always the priority!

Every once in a while we have to say.....We wish all dogs could live inside with their families at least some times but for many dogs this is not a reality. We provide inside resources when/if we can help facilitate dogs spending more time inside with their people.....not only to get out of the weather but because dogs need freedom from their chains and time, attention and love from their people.

An insulated dog house and straw is just one resource we can provide to offer some level of comfort to a dog living outside in Alaska with no house at all or an old broken down house....but it is only a drop in the bigger bucket of what they need to have a heathy happy life.

Thank you to everyone who donates to support our mission to help dogs living outside in Alaska. Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo, Ryan Air, INC., Everts Air, Northern Air Cargo, Grant Aviation, Alaska Airlines, Desert Air Transport, and BERING AIR for discounting or donating the shipping for these big heavy houses out to the dogs who need them!

If you would like to donate or if you know a dog who needs an insulated dog house and straw please go to www.strawfordogs.org

Pictures of 3 cutie pies from a rural community in northern Alaska ....They just got their first house and the next one has left Anchorage and is on the way.....but it looks like they are having fun sharing for now!

Update on Sponsorship Fundraiser!

This is Mr. Blackie! We recently had a fundraiser for him and he has now received his new insulated dog house and straw! His family sent us this picture of him tucked away inside his house. It's dark and he's dark, but you can see his little face in there.

Now we jsut have to hope Blackie does not find the taste of his new house very appetizing so it will last longer than his other houses.

Thank you to everyone who donated to sponsor Blackie's Give Butter fundraiser.

Thank you to ACE Air Cargo and Grant Aviation for getting this house out to Mr. Blackie! The generous Alaskan air carriers are really doing a lot for Straw For Dogs by donating the shipping to send houses out all over Alaska for the dogs who need them. We are incredibly grateful to all of them!

3 Sweet puppies, all living in rural communities in northwest Alaska, and all 3 either had inadequate shelter or no shelter at all.

Fortunately either their families or good Samaritans/volunteers reached out to Straw For Dogs to get insulated houses and straw for them.

click on the pictures for more details on each pupper!

Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo, Ryan Air, INC., and BERING AIR for helping us get these houses out to these dogs who needed them. We cannot thank the airlines enough for all they do to help us.

Thank you to everyone who donates to support us!

If you know a dog who lives outside in Alaska who needs help OR if you would like to donate to support our mission to help dogs living outside in Alaska please go to www.strawfordogs.org