You have reached Friday. Pat yourself on the back and prepare for an exciting weekend or a tranquil weekend of serene beauty – pick the one you think you deserve. As you contemplate that, we’ll move on:
SEEKING A VET: A reader writes, “Please, please, please tell me where to get a recommendation for a great vet for my 10-year-old cocker in West Fort Worth. I think I must be the only person that lives over here.” Anybody have a suggestion?
ANOTHER FULL SHELTER: Every day we get notices about shelters that are bursting at the seams. Here’s another one: the Canton Animal Shelter. We hear from the folks at DFW Cocker Spaniel Rescue that the dogs in that shelter include five cockers – their owner died last week. These dogs are “said to be afraid and very dirty,” our tipster reports.
So, rescue is trying to find fosters for the cockers, plus encourage people to help empty the Canton shelter because, as we all know, Canton, bless its heart, is a hotbed of abandoned breeder dogs, dumped dogs and wandering animals.
To volunteer to foster or to help these dogs go to the shelter and adopt a dog or get in touch with DFW Cocker Spaniel Rescue (E-mail [email protected] or leave a message at 972-994-1133.)
And, if you see someone around Canton abandoning dogs, dumping them or otherwise misbehaving, report them to the authorities. Help make the world a better place – jail one lamebrain at a time if that’s all you can catch.
JACK'S MISSING: Maggie Dahl, an Oak Cliff shelter-walker with Animal Rescue of Texas, comes to us now with a case of a missing dog.
While at the Oak Cliff shelter, she ran into a woman who was searching for her son’s dog, a border collie named Jack.
The dog was last seen Monday night near the 4600 block of Fairfax in Highland Park. Signs have been posted (the cops told her to take them down) and flyers have been distributed to vet clinics, shelters, etc.
Jack was wearing collar and tags.
Because of a family medical emergency out of town, she was watching her son’s family dog and the electronic gate malfunctioned. Her dog came back, Jack kept going, Maggie says the distraught woman told her.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of Jack, call 972-743-4022.
This is a family dog and the family, already facing a heart-breaking situation, doesn’t need another burden.
MISSING MIA: This stretched-out pup is Mia the Husky who vanished in the Greenville Avenue/Ross Avenue neighborhood earlier this week when workers next door knocked down her fence.
You may have read about this in an item earlier in the week. She’s desperately missed, says mom Kathleen Hurley.
This gorgeous pup is still on the lam somewhere. Or she’s at someone’s home having a visit.
She’s about 2 years old and has never been anything but loved, so she’s sweet and submissive and the husky in her is prone to explore the open road.
If you’ve seen her or if you have her, call 214-207-9045. Or contact Hillside Veterinary Clinic at 214-887-8737.
She’s a former city of Dallas shelter dog who, two years ago, found a loving home.
THEY NEED HOMES, LIKE, NOW: Becky Haisma of Paws in the City sends word of an emergency situation for two family dogs. They’ve got to have a new home by March 30.
The family they currently have is leaving town for another state. Also, the father in the family has trouble with allergies and, after years of fighting the problem, they’ve decided the dogs need to be “re-homed.”
The new tenants are moving into the old family’s home on the 30th and the dogs need to be out, preferably both to the same home.
They are Rudy, a Chihuahua/minpin mix who is about 9 and weighs 14 pounds. And Shiloh, a Carolina hound mix , that is 3 or 4 years old and weighs about 40 pounds. And, based on that photo, Shiloh has no problem enjoying a nice wade in a friendly pond.
To foster or adopt this pair, call 214-336-8847 or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected].
The dogs come not only with impeccable credentials, but also with 3 months of Health Coverage through Banfield Hospital (at PetsMart) and a 3-month supply of Paul’s Pet Food. And they bring with them some canine affection.
BOXER SHIRTS: As I type “boxer shirts,” I wonder if Legacy Boxer Rescue could make money by selling “Boxer Shorts…”
Just a thought. For now, however, Legacy Boxer Rescue will be selling shirts – you’ve got to order them by April 3.(E-mail [email protected] to order or to get specific information about the shirts.)
This is one of the three logos that can be placed on the shirts. I don’t know who deserves credit for the logos, but I hope they become best-sellers.
The prices range from $15 to $25 – the $15 and $20 orders are for T-shirts and the $25 order is for a polo shirt.
You might remember that at www.savetheboxers.com you can also get info about the upcoming Bow Wow Luau fundraiser.
Rescuing animals, making sure they’re healthy and finding homes for them is not an inexpensive enterprise.
A POETIC JOURNEY INTO SPRINGTIME: Inky, as you may recall, is the Cocker Laureate of Texas and, as such, offers up poetry marking important occasions within the Lone Star State.
(Inky, as you may also recall, is adept at impressions. For this photo, he was asked to impersonate a starving poet stumbling through a cafeteria and spotting a plateful of meatloaf. Note the excitement in his eyes as he preparatorily licks his chops. Reminder: He is not board-certified.)
His work today will discuss the arrival of spring and its conflict with a late winter:
A Spring Walk 2006
By Inky
Texas Cocker Laureate
I have been out a-runnin’ in the yard
The icy wind made it very hard
To concentrate on the task with will
And forge ahead in the face of chill
The calendar may speak of spring
Flower blooms and birds that sing
And yet as I pad about in the grass
I’m convinced that I will freeze my
cute cocker spaniel backside.
