Here is a brief timeline of the DUR:
- November 1997 - DUR Founded by Lisa Rawlinson
- November 1997 - First dog is transported by the DUR - Sandy a female mini wheaton
wire hair.
- December 1997 - Hit fifty member mark already!
- March 1998 - 100 members strong!
- April 1998 - 25 Transports completed!
- August 1998 - 200 members in less than a year! Thank you all.
- January 1999 - 75 transporst completed.
- June 1999 - Have our first five volunteer coordinators helping relieve Lisa of
some of the details
- May 1999 - Lisa gets married :O)
- December 1999 - 400 members - unbelievable!
- January 2000 - doxie.org goes live!
- February 2000 - Lisa gets a new job - has to cut back her involvement in the
DUR
- March 2000 - T.E. takes over the majority of the day to day operations of the
DUR
- July 2000 - New coordinators volunteer after having lost our original five.
- April 2001 - Lisa has her first child - Shannon :O)
- November 2001 - Over 800 members strong!
- May 2002 - DUR store opens at
cafepress.com
- May 2002 - doxie.org gets first site overhaul in 2 years.
- November 2003 - Lisa has her second child - Emily :O)