Welcome to the first work week in November and though you still have lingering thoughts of Halloween candy, aren’t you starting to think of Thanksgiving Day, too?
Yes, time to exercise and watch the calories or what you’ll want for Christmas is a whole new wardrobe one or two sizes larger.
Now, we present today’s report
(And keep in mind that we offer the usual daily stipulation here: all shelters need people to adopt dogs and puppies, cats and kittens and other critters. Just Google the shelter of your choice and get ready for a dramatic catalog of available animals. For example, this cat Flair is a Dallas Animal Services Adoption Center Cat – someone dropped her off in one of the facility’s “night kennels.” That may mean she was a stray or a neighbor got tired of a wandering cat and clandestinely captured the cat and dropped it at the shelter. Who knows? Visit www.dallasanimalservices.org to see a ton of unwanted animals – each and every one ready for a good home.)
ASTRO: A STRAY’S FATE: Over the weekend we got a note from Erin Angelico of Carrollton about a stray that wound up in the family’s care. A friend had found the dog and asked Erin and family to take him in.
That was five weeks ago.
The Angelico dogs accepted Astro – against all odds- and the 6-month-old dog was doing fine until about a week ago when he, a puppies will do, began to play rough with the other dogs and, Erin says, “was treating my daughter Ash like she was a littermate.”
Things suddenly weren’t so swell, so the family began looking “for another foster home or rescue group to take him in, but they are all full and since he might have a little pit in him, no one was interested in helping him out.
“With a heavy heart, we had to call the city to take him. They agreed and he is with the City of Carrolton. He is set to be put down on Nov. 10 if he is not adopted. He really is a sweet dog and if he were smaller, we would keep him with us.”
And, she also writes, “I am beside myself that he is in a shelter and not with us. ... We are just not the
best home for a dog bigger than 15 pounds who also happens to be a puppy. Doug and I will pay the adoption fee for whoever agrees to take him and give him a forever home. .... We will drive him to you. We are willing to go across the country if we need to just so he gets a good home. He does need a yard or someone who is very active and likes to play with him.”
To offer to adopt this dog, e-mail angeldlynnE@gmail.com or call 469-879-9714.
DOROTHY’S SITUATION: Oh, boy, we got a great one from veteran rescuer and tipster Pat Rodriguez today. This dog is Dorothy and as Pat writes, “She’s a small dog, who desperately needs a place to be. Her most pressing issue is that she’s pregnant. I’m not sure how far along she is, just know that I have had my eye on her for 4 weeks now. She wasn’t showing 4 weeks ago, but I thought she might be pregnant, just a feeling.
“I don’t have room to keep her, and right now, she has a few days for me to find a place for her to be. I’m looking for a rescue group who can take her in and get her and her pups adopted into responsible, loving homes. If that rescue group needs any help, I will do what I can. I can also make a donation for the expenses for keeping her.
“I was alerted about Dorothy, and her then companion Twister (who is in a shelter now, but who was also pregnant, but caught 2 weeks ago, so we were able to ‘change the future’) by a man I had bought my car from. Dorothy and Twister were living on the streets, but when they realized they were getting a regular food source, they stuck around. When I was in a position to trap, I did and I caught each dog without much trouble.”
Dorothy weighs 20 pounds (with cargo for now) and is a bit scared right now and “getting used to being off the streets,” Pat says.
To offer to help this soon-to-be-momma and her pups, e-mail patrod@sbcglobal.net.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PEPPER: This dog, Pepper, is done of the dogs rescued from the perplexed City of Ferris Animal Shelter last summer, but now she’s one of those lost dogs in Dallas.
(NEWSBURST, NEWS FLASH, NEWSHOUND, ETC.: An afternoon note tells us this dog has been recovered today and has been to the vet's for a checkup. More later.)
Her human, Deborah Lamkin reports that on Sunday while the dogs Pepper and Sam were being taken to Dallas’ Katy Trail for a walk, Pepper “jumped out of the car and after chasing her for about 15 minutes I lost her.”
She was last seen about 11:30 a.m. Sunday near Knox/Henderson and the Katy Trail and this morning, Deborah got a call that “Pepper was spotted at the corner of Cole and Hester at the Gable apartments around 8 p.m. last night.”
Pepper seems to be exploring the general area of the Katy Trail. She is wearing a collar with tags and a harness. If you know her whereabouts, call 214-280-5517. (Team Pepper is on-site looking for her this morning.)
CONTEMPLATIONS: Maybe I’m slow on the uptake, but I’ve been working with words for many, many years and I’ve been aware of Halloween (spelled that way) for six decades and yet over the weekend I saw two different instances in which people wrote the word “Hallowe’en.” You wonder if someone spotted a typo in a newspaper and thought, “That’s nifty. I’ll use it.” Next up, T'hanks’giv’ing. ... Martha’s helping Paws In The City decorate a Christmas tree for display (and donations!) in the annual Deck The Halls celebration at the Old Red Courthouse Museum (of Dallas County History and Culture) in downtown Dallas and we spent Halloween afternoon shopping for Christmas decorations. Inside the stores, it was already Christmas, though in some cases the cashiers were wearing Halloween costumes – at least they appeared to be costumes. We won’t know until we go back and check. ... Spotted on AOL’s newspage over the weekend, this headline: “Simple shot may put end to snoring.” Please, they don’t mean pistol.
I'm pretty sure we both got the same AP Stylebook reference.
Halloween, I believe, was the preferred usage.
Posted by: The Other Sarah | November 02, 2009 at 01:16 PM
Larry, I believe Hallowe'en is Old English, using the abbreviation "e'en" for "evening", you know, All Hallow's Eve. Thanks for the occasional pop quizzes!
Posted by: Carol Swenson | November 02, 2009 at 03:03 PM