Hello, Monday. Everybody say “Healllll-theee.”
And that concludes our start-of-the-week anti-flu cheer.
My funspouse Martha fought symptoms all weekend and last night, as things were still up in the air in the Cowboys game, red-faced Martha took her temperature and announced, “101.7. I’m a radio station.”
Now, as we dodge the germs of matrimony, here’s our daily report.
LAKE THOUGHTS: Before we get to helping a few critters, here’s a note we spotted in the invitation to the upcoming Friends of the Animals at Cedar Creek Lake Christmas party. Partiers can bring an unwrapped new toy to the party. Why? “The Red Cross will give these toys to the children of deployed servicemen and women.”
Thought I’d mention that in case some of you wanted to add that aspect to your own parties.
Now, in the meantime, we’ve gotten some animal tales from our reliable tipster Sydney Busch of the Friends of the Animals at Cedar Creek Lake.
This little guy is Nemo and he’s not only fixed, he’s in a fix. He’s a registered Maltese, and he was caught in the middle of a divorce. The custodial human let him go to seed, so to speak. When foster mom Sheree Hallum picked up the little guy, he was flea-ridden, he’d chewed off the hair on his legs and backside and he was starving. Now, he’s up to six pounds, his hair is returning to its natural Maltese luster and he’s ready for a permanent home. To ask about auditioning to adopt Nemo, e-mail sheree_h@sbcglobal.net.
Then, there’s the case of these two 4-year-old spayed/neutered and front-end declawed cats, Chief and Emmy. Adopt them and you also get their food, dishes, litter, litter box, toys, carrier and a cat tree.
Mary Render has had them for a few months after claiming them from a couple who unloaded them when their second baby was due and their first began having allergy problems. Mary says the cats are loving, but need more attention than she can give them with her new work-related travel schedule. To ask about adopting these cats, e-mail mrender@me.com or call 214-695-8343.
DOGHOUSES NEEDED: Bad weather means bad situations for dogs in West Dallas, where “chain” is a way of life. For years, Angie Manriquez, who earned the nickname “Fairy Dogmother of West Dallas,” has made it a personal mission to protect these dogs when their rotten owners won’t. Angie is looking for doghouses now to distribute to these dogs. To donate, call Angie at 214-688-5585 or her fellow-angelic rescuer Beverly Fyfe at 972-690-9260. See www.angiesfriends.org.
And, if you’ve got any cat carriers, veteran rescuer Celia Orr can use them. E-mail doprods@airmail.net.
A CHARITABLE WORKOUT: Full Throttle Athletics, 1522 King Road, Suite 601, in Frisco, and Animal Guardians of America are teaming to raise some cash for dogs. Show up for the 9:30 a.m. registration at the facility on Saturday and you can, for a $10 donation to Animal Guardians, get a one-hour workout (10 a.m.-11 a.m.) in one of Full Throttle’s Boot Camp sessions. To RSVP, e-mail stevehurst@animalguardians.com or call Full Throttle at 214-469-9717.
MONDAY’S ASSORTED NOTES: Remember Jumbo, the big hound with the great face in the Arlington Animal Services shelter? Our tipster Dianne Watson reports that Tricia Todd and Metroplex Mutts have agreed to take him. Click HERE www.metroplexmutts.org to see how to adopt Jumbo or help Metroplex Mutts help him....
--In Burns Flat, Okla., our reliable tipster and hardworking rescuer Terry Lynn Fisher reports that the quivering, terrified dog Thor is “doing a little better...He actually wagged his tail at me when I went to feed him. ...I still cannot just reach out and pet him without him shying away and he still has that sad, lost look in his eyes. But I see a glimmer of hope in there now, too.” To offer to help Thor regain his trust of humans, e-mail Terry Lynn at remembering_oddball@yahoo.com or call 580-330-1459.
--Remember Buddy? He was the big dog with the mouth tumor. Rescued from a cruelty seizure in Collin County, he was the last dog left and nobody knew what to do with him other than fix his mouth and give him some love. Mary Ann Nastro, who has been involved in Buddy’s story from the beginning, e-mailed us over the weekend that “he has been adopted and flew on an Angel flight with a cancer patient on Tuesday to Waukegan, Ill., to his new family.”
DONATIONS TAKEN TODAY: We got this great note from longtime tipster Cheryl Urban about a very special annual food drive. Her parents, Pat and Nancie Przada, who work in real estate in Plano, are conducting their annual food drive today on behalf of the Plano Food Pantry and the Second Chance SPCA (one of our favorite groups, too). FYI, they call themselves "Team Przada."
If you have things to donate, call 469-387-8111 or e-mail nprzada@kw.com.
The food pantry needs canned fruit, canned tomato products, tuna, canned dinners, jelly, pasta, macaroni and cheese and disposable diapers sizes 3 through 6.
Second Chance SPCA needs Frontline and Advantage flea preventative, clay cat litter, dog treats (soft treats for filling toys), Science Diet Adult small bites dry dog foot, Greenies pill pockets, Pedigree canned dog food, canned chicken, canned cat food, rawhides, towels ... oh, and don’t forget office and cleaning supplies: Bleach, bottled water, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, 60-wat light bulbs, paper towels, stamps, HP74 & 75 printer cartridges, printer paper, trash bags (heavy duty) and pocket folders.
Probably other shelters and rescue groups need help, too, if you want to start your own personal drive.
CONTEMPLATIONS: Over the weekend, I did some minor celebrating for having reached a certain level of life and I did it by eating things I shouldn’t eat – pastries, ice cream, cheeses. I mention this to encourage people who are dieting to stick to your plan – don’t succumb to the sins of the plate. The morning after feeling is one of, for lack of a better term, “supreme waddleness.” ... You’d think a game like last night, Dallas beating the dreaded Philadelphia Eagles, would make a fellow forget about the local big league baseball team, but, no, Texas Rangers fans are still waiting for next year, again. ... Falling leaves. Not so many in our yard this year because we had a bunch of dangerous old trees cut down. But there are still enough fluttering leaves to catch the interested of young Wendy, the lively mutt, who is living through her first autumn and tries to catch each one before it hits the ground. Quite the sight to see and, indeed, one becomes envious at the simple joy this dog exhibits. We can learn from puppies, I guess.
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