Doodle Owners Support Katrina Animal Rescue

The hearts of all the doodle owners and doodle breeders were aching for all the pets that were abandoned after Hurricane Katrina.

While all were watching the reports on television and posting messages on forums, one doodle owner was preparing to go to the devastated areas to do search and recovery work. Beth Line, along with several teams of K-9 trained search and recovery dogs were on stand-by. Beth was teamed up with Nina and would be working with Lex, Nina’s pit bull to help locate people. After several days of not getting the “final word” to proceed, the concern of the health of the dogs grew – as the toxic sledge grew. The search and rescue teams decided to stand down.

Since Beth and Nina were already packed and ready to go they decided to redirect their efforts to the animals. With some great effort they did get contact with one of the directors of the Lamar Dixon and made arrangements as well as creating a list of much needed items that were in short supply in the area. While Beth and Nina were working feverishly to prepare – the doodle owners through out the world were feverishly gathering money! They were determined to support the efforts of animal rescue in some way – so what better way than with the help of “one of their own”.

As Beth and Nina made their 14-hour drive, they would utilize their bathroom and food stops to also gather much-needed items. Of course, always talking to a manager to work on getting some prices down. During this time, Beth’s brother Paul started to also gather items in his area. He too started working his way down towards Louisiana with a truck full of supplies.

Arrival was at 2:00 in the morning. The sound of dogs barking was overwhelming after driving in car for so many hours. Beth pulled her large truck up to Barn 5 with thousands of dollars of supplies. Paul arrived the following day with additional supplies.

The Doodle supported team remained there for many days. They made a huge impact with coordination, organization and sheer manual labor. The doodle shirts were worn proudly (or hanging up nearby when it was too hot). Lamar Dixon processed approximately 800 dogs in one day the following days averaged 250-300.  The Doodle community donated over $3,500.00 during that time.

To the doodle community, it didn’t matter if the dog was a purebreed, a mixed breed, a mutt or a mongrel all needed help!

Emergency Doodle Preparations

A listing of items and recommendations to better prepare you in the event of an evacuation or disaster.

Two Trucks LOADED with the following

• 25 – 20-inch fans
• 30 Extension Cords
• 18 Surge Protectors
• 20 Large Buckets
• 15 Medium Water Pails
• 10 Small Water Pails
• 400 Pig Ears
• 500 Rawhide Chews
• 225 Marrow Bones
• 50 large Bones

• 900 Dried Beef Chews
• 3 Cases of jerky chews
• 5 cases of Jerky Sticks
• 4 cases of can cat food
• 3 Can openers
• 190 plastic Food Bowls
• 125 Steel Water Bowls
• 100 other Water Bowls
• 2 trucks – gas

Total monetary Donations $3.600.00

Total Hours 128 (per person)

Hours spent sleeping 26 (20%)

Hours spent traveling, showering, eating 38 (30%)

Hours spent working (breaks not included) 64 (50%)

All human supplies were 100% donated

Additional money, after all expenses and lingering donations, were sent to the LASPCA.