Straw For Dogs

10/23/2026

EVERYONE PLEASE BE SAFE AND PLEASE KEEP THOSE DOGS SAFE!

There is some bad weather headed toward the west coast of Alaska. They are calling for potential flooding and dangerous winds.

If you live in one of the areas along the coast that is expecting high winds, please screw down the roofs of your doghouses (put screws at the top of the walls; this will hold the roof on without putting holes in the top).

Please move the doghouses and dogs to high/protected ground. OR BETTER YET, PLEASE BRING YOUR DOGS INSIDE AND KEEP THEM WITH YOU!

PLEASE BE SAFE EVERYONE... AND KEEP THOSE PUPPIES SAFE!

Please share with your friends and family in Western Alaska!
A powerful Bering Sea storm will hit Western Alaska Friday. This storm has the potential to bring hurricane force wind gusts, heavy snow to the north, a rain snow mix to the south, and coastal flooding from the Bering Strait to Bristol Bay.
Prepare Thursday before the storm hits on Friday.

10/22/2026

Thank you to these families for sending in the pictures of their puppies with their new insulated houses!

The first cute little fuzzy face is Eskimo. He did not have a house at all, but now he has an insulated house and straw in time for winter. We have also sent a 16 ft rope tie-out with clips on each end to replace the tie-out he is using now...it has been ordered and is currently on the way to Eskimo.

The second cute little fuzzy face is Rocket! Rocket didn't have a house either. Rocket's family said he loves his new house and he shares it with the neighbor dog who comes over to visit (shown in picture 4). Is that not the sweetest thing ever? Rocket also enjoys standing on his house to get a better view of everything going on around him (picture 5).

Thank you families for caring enough to get houses for your dogs and for sending the pictures in to Straw For Dogs! We appreciate you!

Thank you to ASPCA for funding these dog houses for Eskimo and Rocket. Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo and BERING AIR for shipping these houses out for us! We could not help as many dogs without their support! They are saving lives!

10/21/2026

Attention people on the rivers who got doghouses and straw from Straw For Dogs!

We need pictures of your dogs with their new houses! Please help us thank the organizations who made it possible for you to get doghouses ,straw, and food free of charge...so we can continue to get more help from them next year. Your pictures will help your neighbors, your family, and maybe even yourself get assistance from Straw For Dogs next summer.

We do keep records, so we know who does and does not send pictures...just saying...You may want to do your part to keep the program going in case you need more help next year.

Thank you to the wonderful families who HAVE sent us pictures of their dogs with their new houses from our 2026 River Project. We appreciate you making the effort to help us continue helping more dogs in the future.

One family sent 3 after pictures, and we loved them all and could not decide, so we are using all 3 here!

These cutie pies got insulated houses and straw thanks to Lotto Alaska and Ruby Marine. Since starting our River Project in 2024 Straw For Dogs has provided 340 insulated doghouses, 369 bales of straw, and hundreds of pounds of food (donated by Royal Canin and the Fairbanks Community Food Bank) to the dogs living along the rivers that Ruby Marine serves. Thank you all for making this mission possible!

10/18/2026

https://givebutter.com/sponsors-needed-for-pippen-420-dq88ja

Funds raised! Thank you everyone! We will get Pippen’s house sent out next week!

Sponsors needed to move little Pippen out of the pipe he lives in and into an insulated doghouse. Please click the link below to read more about Pippen!

10/16/2026

Last year we sent a house out for Rufus! This year we sent a house out for his brother, Southpaw!

Their mom sent me this picture and said both puppies prefer the new house, and neither of them wants to use the old house!

What the heck guys!

But they do look so cute snuggled up in there together...it is much warmer if 2 dogs can share....and it's always nice to have company, everything‘s better with a friend!.... so we get it!

10/14/2026

Sorry we have been quiet for a bit. Both Nick and I have been SO SICK (at the same time 😩) with whatever this horrible flu is that’s going around. Finally feeling better now though…..Don't worry, our wonderful builders still shipped houses and everything continued on for Straw For Dogs (except social media).....We just did not have the energy.

So we wanted to share some photos of 2 puppies in their new houses! Neither of these 2 cutie pies had houses at all so their families reached out to us to get them insulated houses and straw.

Thank you to ASPCA, Lynden Air Cargo, and Ryan Air, INC. for making it possible for these puppies to have new insulated houses just in time for....ugh....winter!

We still have over 100 dogs on our list. Every week we send 10-13 houses out, we get 10+ more requests for houses, so we are not making much progress.

IT WILL TAKE US MONTHS TO GET ALL OF THE HOUSES SHIPPED....MANY/MOST OF THESE HOUSES WILL NOT ARRIVE BEFORE WINTER!

WE CANNOT SAY THIS ENOUGH.....PLEASE DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO KEEP YOUR DOGS WARM, DRY, AND SAFE WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THEIR HOUSE! Bring them inside, set them up in a corner of the house or entryway, or somewhere that protects them from the weather. It is only temporary and could save your dogs life.

09/22/2026

8 year old Spike needed a house upgrade! His old doghouse had seen better days, and he needed something more comfy for his 8-year-old body... so his family reached out to Straw For Dogs for a new insulated house and straw, and he recently GOT IT!

His mom said he was so happy for his new house, and they sent us a nice thank-you email with several pictures of Spike checking out his house...so we gave him his own post! Please see sweet, handsome Spike going in, coming out, and relaxing in his new house!

Thank you to Lotto Alaska for funding our 2026 River Project! Thank you to Ruby Marine for shipping all of these doghouses out for us!

Without Lotto Alaska and Ruby Marine we would not be able to help as many dogs living outside in Alaska.

The barge season is over but we can still fly houses out by air. If you know a dog who lives outside and needs an insulated house and straw or if you would like to donate to help us help more dogs please go to www.strawfordogs.org

09/21/2026

Princess! You have to WARCH TO THE END where she jumps around to each person like she is thanking everyone who helped her. 🥰

09/17/2026

Good News!

Our builders just got back, so we should be able to start shipping houses 10 at a time. Let's pray for good weather and NO SHIPPING DELAYS so we can get caught up as fast as possible.

JUST A REMINDER, IT IS GOING TO TAKE WEEKS/MONTHS FOR US TO GET CAUGHT UP, SO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO KEEP YOUR DOGS SAFE AND WARM.

We need a favor from the dog house recipients. When your house ships, you will get a tracking number that will track it to the nearest hub (Kotzebue, Nome, Emmonak, St. Mary's, Bethel). From there, it will transfer to Bering Air or Ryan Air. WE NEED YOU TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR HOUSES.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS!

We recently "found" 2 houses that were shipped in June and were sitting at one of the air carriers (they had just been forgotten). We email people to ask if you have received your house or not, and many people DO NOT RESPOND....We need to know this so we can tell whether it might be stuck somewhere. If you track your house to the hub and still don't have it in your village within 10 days, please let us know.

We won't have time to track every house; we are sending out too many. WE NEED YOU to help us. Let us know if you have not received your house within 3 weeks of shipping from Anchorage.

It is much easier to track a house after a few weeks than it is after a few months.

Pictures of some of our ASPCA dog houses! Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo, Ryan Air, INC., and BERING AIR for sending these houses out for us. Thank you to ASPCA for funding these insulated dog houses that you can see were so desperately needed by these sweet puppies!