Here we go with our report for Thursday. Please adjust your screens to “digital supreme” and continue.
To help with the adjustment, here is our test pattern – yes, it is a merely a simulation of a test pattern performed by our staff impersonator, Inky The Cocker Laureate of the State of Texas who is favoring us with his impression of a post-election political spinmeister dashing into a TV network’s green room and spotting a buffet table with a big steaming platter of Mom’s Make-It Up As You Go Meatloaf with a ladle of “This Can’t Be Factual Gravy.” If you can see Inky’s tongue, your monitor does not need adjustment to the digital supreme format.
WHEN PUGS RULE: Well, I guess the sub-title of this cookbook just about says it all: "Recipes For Pugs and Their Servants."
We get the story of Potluck Pugs from Teresa Santos of DFW Pug Recue who reports that “just in time for Christmas” the group has created a cookbook “for you and your pets.”
The books are $15 each and you can get them by calling 817-975-8578 or e-mailing iluvpugs3@yahoo.com.
According to Teresa, the rescue club takes in “all pugs no matter what medical condition they are in. Currently we have over 90 pugs in foster care and hospice care. All monies from the sale of this book will go towards our vet bills.”
How much is that? She writes, “$125,000 so far this year.”
To learn more about the rescue group, available pugs and pug gifts, visit www.dfwpugs.com.
ANNUALLY IN RICHARDSON: Coming up Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the annual Richardson City-Wide Pet Day at Owens Spring Creek /farm, 1401 E. Lookout /Drive. There’ll be $15 microchips, “pet pampering,” rescue groups, things for kids, things for critters, a pet parade, Blessing of the Animals, etc. There should be more information at www.richardsonanimaluv.org but I couldn’t get it to open – may be my problem. Give it your best shot.
NEEDING HELP WITH A RESCUE: Buddy Loynd e-mailed us with a dog problem. Some of us have been in this situation before and understand the challenges. Possibly you may have a better solution than I had which is “lure the dog with hot dogs and patience, then slip a loop over the dog’s head and hang on.”
Buddy writes, “I have been feeding and trying to rescue a female (breed unknown), two feet high and approximately 40 lbs for the last 3 weeks. She is extremely human-shy. She will approach within 2-3 feet and that’s it. I have no earthly idea on how to progress. I feel very fearful for her because she crosses a very busy street without much heed to traffic. I see her at my work site which is Siemens in Grand Prairie. I would appreciate any advice or anyone that I could contact that could help me.” E-mail advice to bloynd@gmail.com.
AN ARLINGTON DOG: Some people are hoping to work some magic for Magic. He’s officially #9042289 in the Arlington Animal Services shelter and his “EU” date is “11/7.”
Not a lot of time to hustle up a place for a dog who is missing some fur and is very thin with skin issues.
But, from way out in the Panhandle, our Arlington tipster Dianne Watson reports that this guy has charmed people with his “inner beauty and soul” and that someone has offered to sponsor his medical work.
All that is needed is for someone to step up and say “He can stay with us.”
Magic is thin because he had been surviving on what he could find in trash during his roaming. HIs hair isn’t thin because of mange, but because of an easily defeatable skin condition, the vet says.
His demeanor is good in spite of his treatment by humans prior to being put in a shelter where he gets regular food and visits.
To see how to get Magic out of the shelter, click HERE. The shelter is at 1000 SE Green Oaks in Arlington. Call 817-459-5898.
TWO IN COLLIN COUNTY: Yesterday we got e-mails from Mary Ann Nastro, our Husky contact, and DeDe Whitcombe, our Collin County contact, about these two huskies currently in the Collin County Animal Services Shelter. They are available to
rescue groups.
DeDe sent the note about the younger one with a description of a “lost/found” dog brought to the shelter and is on the clock.
The other is described by Paige as “this precious shelter favorite – her time is up.”
To arrange a rescue claim on the pups or any animal in the Collin County shelter, click HERE.
Remember, the shelter’s adoptions are handled through the SPCA of Texas in McKinney and if the SPCA doesn’t claim them for adoption, their only way out is through a rescue group.
MEANWHILE IN THE COLONY: Well, there is a ton of available dogs and cats at The Colony Animal Control Shelter and helping to add to that tonnage is this big, year-old lad, Tink.
Tink is described as “a mountain of a dog. He is about a year old and when he’s well-nourished, he will be around 140ish pounds,” according to a note from our reliable tipster Patricia Barrington, The Colony’s Animal Control Division Manager.
To ask about Tink or any animal in The Colony’s shelter, call 972-370-9250 or e-mail pbarrington@thecolonytx.gov.
The shelter adds new animals all the time – dogs, cats, purebreds, mutts, mixes. If it’s out there, someone is dumping it or letting it roam free.
TWO CATS IN A FIX: We get the tip on these two adult cats from Sydney Busch of Friends of the Animals at Cedar Creek Lake. Two “gorgeous gray tabby brothers – declawed and neutered – are victims of this recession. Their family is being forced from their home and they can’t take these boys with them.”
Felix is a 19-pound gray and white tabby and Oscar is a 20-pound gray tabby. Both are good with dogs and “warm up to kids,” according to the scouting report. They are 5 years old and need a home by Thanksgiving (that’s Nov. 26). To ask about helping them, e-mail frandenton@embarqmail.com or call 903-286-3222 or 903-677-6022.
CONTEMPLATIONS: How about those New York Yankees – if it hadn’t been for the Texas Rangers, they wouldn’t have won the World Series. My fellow Rangers fans know what I bitterly mean. ... The days have been so beautiful lately – and the evenings, too. One is hard-pressed not to stop and admire them. But, being human, we press on like idiots. ... Adopt a turkey? OK, we’re approaching a big time of the year for turkeys. And, as someone who became a vegetarian for moral reasons, I’ve often declared that if I ever backslide it’ll be for either a double-meat with cheese Whataburger with fries and a jalapeno or for a dramatic serving of Thanksgiving turkey and dressing. I’m not going to backslide and yesterday I spotted this site which I’ll mention today on behalf of the Great American Bird: www.adoptaturkey.org.
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