About Pat Arnold
In 1997, on a quiet stretch of land near Purtis Creek in East Texas, Pat and Bill Arnold made a promise to the dogs no one else would take. The abandoned ones. The ones left on roadsides, surrendered, or simply out of time at the local pound. Their answer was always the same: bring them here. No dog turned away. No dog put down for the crime of being unwanted. From that promise, Straydog was born.
Then one spring, the unthinkable. Pat passed away suddenly. Her final words weren't for herself they were for them: "Take care of my dogs while I'm gone."
Bill made that his life's promise to keep. He carried Straydog forward, and the mission never wavered: rescue, rehabilitate, rehome and for the dogs too old or too broken to ever be adopted, a true home for the rest of their lives. Every bowl filled, every vet bill paid, every frightened animal given a warm place to land.
There's no government money behind any of it. Just donations, and people who refuse to let a dog slip through the cracks. When you give to Straydog, you keep Pat's promise alive and you make sure no dog who needs us is ever turned away.