Straw For Dogs

Straw For Dogs Provide supplies and resources to promote the welfare of and quality of life for dogs living outside in Alaska.

This handsome boy is Butch! Butch is a big 3-year-old puppy... and is one of the lucky dogs who gets to spend a good am...
08/06/2026

This handsome boy is Butch! Butch is a big 3-year-old puppy... and is one of the lucky dogs who gets to spend a good amount of time inside with his family.

He does enjoy being outside, though, and has a small house and platforms to hang out on, but his family wanted to get him an upgrade for his outdoor time.

Thank you to PetSmart Charities for sponsoring this insulated house and straw for Mr. Butch. Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo and Ryan Air, INC. for shipping this big, heavy house out to Butch's village. We have been incredibly blessed to have so many generous partners who want to help us get shelter out to the dogs who need it.

If you know of a dog who lives outside in Alaska and needs an insulated dog house and straw OR if you would like to support our mission to help these dogs, please go to www.strawfordogs.org

This sweet one-year-old girl with our favorite adorable DOT eyebrows is Spade! Spade was living outside with a makeshif...
08/02/2026

This sweet one-year-old girl with our favorite adorable DOT eyebrows is Spade!

Spade was living outside with a makeshift shelter and straw when a good friend/volunteer of ours who lives in Spade's community told her family about Straw For Dogs. Her family applied, and a few weeks later Spade was all set up!

Thank you to PetSmart Charities for sponsoring this house for Spade, and thank you to ACE AIR CARGO for donating the shipping for this doghouse!

Here are a couple of sweetie pies with their new insulated dog houses sponsored by ASPCA! Corrie and Buster!Neither of ...
08/01/2026

Here are a couple of sweetie pies with their new insulated dog houses sponsored by ASPCA! Corrie and Buster!

Neither of these puppies had an adequate dog house, BUT THEY DO NOW! Something is not quite right with the roof on Corrie's house, but we contacted the family, and they have corrected it... (after pictures are important).

Thank you to the families who contacted Straw For Dogs to get these furries proper shelter.

Thank you to ASPCA for helping us provide insulated houses and straw to dogs living outside in Alaska. Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo and Ryan Air, INC. for getting these houses out to the puppies who need them!

If you know a dog who lives outside and needs an insulated dog house and straw OR if you would like to support us in our mission to help these doggies, please go to www.strawfordogs.org

Thank you!

This load brings us to house number 303 on what looks like a beautiful day in Anchorage!In 2025, we sent out 314 doghous...
08/01/2026

This load brings us to house number 303 on what looks like a beautiful day in Anchorage!

In 2025, we sent out 314 doghouses for the entire year. As of today in 2026, we are up to 303 doghouses. To say we have been busy this year is an understatement! We can barely keep up!

Fortunately, we have wonderful builders in Arctic Chicken Coops who keep building them! We also have so many generous air carriers who donate or discount the shipping costs. This load will start out on Lynden Air Cargo, 6 will transfer to Ryan Air, INC., and 4 will transfer to BERING AIR to make it out to the doggies who are waiting for them.

We will keep sending houses out until all outside dogs have an insulated dog house and straw...or until we run out of money!

If you know a dog who lives outside and needs an insulated dog house and straw, or you would like to donate to help us help those doggies, please go to www.strawfordogs.org!

PS Building 40 more to send out on Ruby Marine next week!

Thank you!

This sweet little face belongs to Panda! Panda lives in a rural community in Northwest Alaska. Panda had no dog house a...
07/27/2026

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 posi...
07/24/2026

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 too...
07/22/2026

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!

We are starting to get pictures of our ASPCA houses coming in now! More to come as we get them....This handsome boy is ...
07/20/2026

We are starting to get pictures of our ASPCA houses coming in now! More to come as we get them....

This handsome boy is Doods and he just got his insulated dog house and straw sponsored by ASPCA. We did not get a picture of this cutie pie in the house but his family put food on top to get him to take this picture for us! Thank you to Doods and his family for making an effort to get a picture for us AND for sending us our FIRST ASPCA picture!

Thank you to ASPCA for your grant to help Straw For Dogs provide insulated dog houses and straw to dogs living outside in Alaska who live in the flooded areas affected by Typhoon Halong.

Thank you to Lynden Air Cargo for shipping this house to Doods!

Hopefully this big furry boy will go INSIDE his house when he needs to.

If you need an insulated Dog House and Straw for a dog who lives outside in Alaska please go to www.strawfordogs.org to apply. 

Here are some of our River Project houses with their new residents!These puppies have a new neighborhood. Their insulat...
07/17/2026

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 th...
07/16/2026

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!

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P. O. Box 58012
Fairbanks, AK
99711

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