Ah, winter has returned – so, let’s see, that makes about 4 days of winter-like weather in North Texas since Jan. 1. No complaints. Let’s remember to bank these sensations of “chill” for use in July and August when the only time you get a chill is when you open your electric bill.
Now, moving along:
JUST FOUND: Traveling on the highway between Royce City and Caddo Mills this morning, vet tech Jana Snow of Town East Animal Hospital in Mesquite found a friendly black and white possible rat terrier mix that is a little chubby. Yep, found a dog on the side of the road in the Greater Puptroplex. Imagine that!
We don’t have a photo yet, but someone may be missing a dog that matches that description. If you are, call 972-270-5404. (Our tipster is our longtime rescue pal Evelyn Hoover of Schnauzer Rescue. Funny thing about rescue people – they may be breed specific, but they’re not rescue specific! Sometimes they even help people.)
SAVING SOME BOXERS: The folks at Legacy Boxer Rescue are in a bit of a bind and need foster homes to help several boxers. The dogs are in kill shelters, but could be saved if they had a place to stay. Among them is this fellow. If you can help, e-mail
Just fyi, Laura says Sheba was one of those “keep trying” dogs from Operation Kindness. She’d been at the no-kill shelter in Carrollton a couple of times, Laura says, and the folks at the shelter just knew that she’d eventually find the right home. All are relieved to have Sheba back at home.
UPDATE ON LITTLE JOE: Our sources over in Jack County tell us that Little Joe, the mutilated rottie in the care of Animal Angels, has gone to live with a family in Jacksboro while he recuperates.
No definite word yet on whether there’ll be an actual cruelty case but, says our source, the guy who confessed to committing the disgusting docking job on the dog’s ears is in jail – turns out he’s an undocumented alien. We’ll have to adopt a patient wait-and-see attitude on this.
(Based on comments from some of you kind animal folks, jail may be the safest place for this guy. It’s not his ears that folks want to trim.)
Little Joe’s foster mom says the pup is becoming more social and, in fact, was described as a being “very Velcro.” He’s needy and wants to be a lap dog. He’ll probably grow to be more than 60 pounds. That’s a perfectly huggable lap dog.
He may need surgery on what’s left of his ears – perhaps reconstructive surgery, if possible, to help him ward off infections.
Take time to go to www.anmlangls.org.
A PLEA FROM THE HEART: This is a gentle reminder to all you wonderful folks who work hard on behalf of animals. When you send an animal-related e-mail to readlarrypowell.com or anybody else who is helping critters, make sure the e-mail has all of the who, what, where stuff.
Many times recently people have simply sent information that amounts to not much more than “Here is a dog.”
Remember, before you forward that desperate email, make sure it includes where the dog or cat is being “sheltered,” a phone number or e-mail and tell us if you are with a rescue group or working alone on saving animals. If you have a photo of the animal, make it either a simple attachment or a cut-and-paste jpg so we don’t have to go through the ordeal of registering at some exotic “Photos from Mars” site that requires a far more sophisticated brain than yours truly has developed in his decades of pounding a keyboard.
We get so many e-mails that it really helps when we can simply open the e-mail, see the need and get to work on it without having to bring in a detective agency to track down the details.
I mention this on behalf of all my wonderful rescue friends who work so hard to help animals but are often bewildered and frustrated by e-mails that are woefully uninformative.
Bless your hearts for helping to streamline the efforts to save the animals. Thank you.
Sheba was, folks told the family, “cruising the neighborhood.” A woman had also called the Carrollton Animal Shelter and when Sheba’s family called the shelter to see if she’d turned up there, the connection was made. Eileen writes, “We went to the house and there she was.” Six blocks away from home – that’s where she was. The family that had her wouldn’t take a reward, bless their hearts.
SHEBA HAS COME BACK: A few days ago we mentioned that Sheba, an older pit bull, had vanished from her home. Laura Dapkus, our reliable pitbull source, sent us a note from Eileen Ellington who reported, “We found her!”
