Moving a dozen dogs; helping shelters and The Slide...

Everybody else enjoying tax season as much as we are here at Readlarrypowell.com?
Makes you feel good to know the White House and the Democrats and Republicans managed to keep the government open last weekend.
What’s that? Oh, that’s a photo of Inky, the Cocker Laureate of the State of Texas and our Readlarrypowell.com staff impersonator, giving us his impression of a member of Congress rushing into the House of Representatives Dining Room and spotting a big steaming platter of Mom’s Take-All-You-Want Form 10W-Bigbite Meatloaf with a side order of Federal Pork ‘n’ Beans and Mashed-Like-a-Taxpayer Taters.
OK, bitterness aside, here’s today’s report:
NELL STEEL’S CHALLENGE: Last year, after a neighborhood dispute got ugly, Nell Steel packed up a dozen rescued dogs and moved them to Camp Wolfgang, Wally Swanson’s canine sanctuary near Ennis. She's got until the end of the week to move them off the property.
Wally became ill, things changed and now Nell must move the dozen dogs again or they face an ugly fate. The property is about to be for sale and Nell said she’d love to buy it and continue using it as a canine sanctuary. But there’s simply not much chance of that happening.
So, the dozen dogs – all big, all good with people but not with other dogs, need  places to go. Nell says there are “some pits, a Black Lab, a big male Rottie who is just a huge teddy bear.”
Two of the dogs are so unsocialized that Nell calls them “wild,” though they do manage to trust a little bit now and then.
This is a pressure-packed situation that needs to be resolved by the end of the week. To offer help to Nell, call 469-254-4068. The dogs have to be off the property so it can be shopped to prospective buyers, Nell says. The kennels that once housed dogs at Camp Wolfgang are also being removed and are available for purchase, she says. Most are in good condition.
INEXPLICABLE: This is an adult male Weimaraner who was simply surrendered to the Collin County Animal Services Shelter in McKinney on Sunday.
He’s neutered and available.
(NOONTIME UPDATE: Our shelter tipster DeDe Whitcombe reports that the dog was claimed this morning by a Weimaraner rescue group  She says, "Turns out that he was one of theirs originally and the guy said he contacted them but did not. He surrendered the dog because his kids were picking on the dog while the dog was asleep and the dog would snap."
Later in this item we mention the crowded conditions at the shelter. DeDe says, "Unfortunately we lost 12 dogs and 9 cats by the time I got here this morning." Yes, a dozen dogs and nine cats have been killed today because they had no place to go.)
By claiming the weim, the rescue group helped open a kennel for the next dog. If nobody adopts or claims the new dog, then he will be put to sleep and that, also, will open a kennel for the next dog, who will...oh, you know how it works.
You can see more Collin County animals by going to the shelter’s PetFinder site HERE. Our CCAS tipster, the shelter walker DeDe Whitcombe, says the shelter has a Cocker Spaniel, other purebreds, mixes, cats, and a number of that ol’ shelter reliable: Black Labs.
To ask about any animal in the shelter, call 972-547-7292 or e-mail [email protected].
A SEAGOVILLE LONG-TIMER: This dog with the striking blue eyes is Cami, described as an ‘extremely long-timer” at the little Seagoville Animal Shelter.
As you may know, the Seagoville shelter is working hard to avoid euthanizing animals.
Johnna Bigley, one of the volunteers who is helping Sgt. Karl Bailey in his efforts to keep the animals safely moving out of the shelter, sent a note about Cami., #108 in the shelter.
She is said to be “as sweet and gentle as they come. She literally thinks she’s a lap dog.”
to ask about adopting Cami, e-mail [email protected] or call 972-287-6838 or e-mail  [email protected] or call 214-673-3844.
CONTEMPLATIONS: We’ve awakened to a day when sports radio is focused on “The Slide,” a headlong plunge toward home place that has knocked Texas Rangers all-star slugger Josh Hamilton out of the lineup for maybe two months. There hasn’t been this much concern about a dramatic slide since 1929. Suddenly, every sportscaster knows how to slide and when to send the runner. ... Here’s a suggestion: Shut off air-conditioning and heating in all Washington federal buildings and see how long it takes some of this work to get done. You might see your congressman back home a little more often. The nation would save a lot of money on the light bills. ... True or false? People are idiots.
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