A dog for a grouch, a chance for Sugar, spay/neuter at the Lake and Nuts in Carrollton...

Let’s see, if it’s Tuesday, we may need a note about spay/neuter and a perfect dog for an old grouch.
BIRTHIN’ OUT AT THE LAKE: We got a barrage of notes yesterday about  puppies and soon-to-be puppies at the Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake shelter at Tool, Texas, and one of those notes had a photo of a bundle of puppies and a note from Sydney Busch of Friends of the Animals at Cedar Creek Lake.
As you may know, those Friends run the world’s most successful spay/neuter clinic at Gun Barrel City, Texas. Never once had a relapse after surgery, I’m told.
Sydney’s note with the photo of the puppies reads “And what is that excuse again for not spaying/neutering your pets?”
She knows that so many puppies and kittens wind up in shelters – they are born just to die. And, of course, spaying and neutering stops the unwanted births before the cat is out of the bag, so to speak.
In the case of these puppies, Krista Mc Anally, the manager of the Humane Society shelter, reports that a small terrier mom with 9 pups – yes, NINE – less than two weeks old came to the shelter via Kaufman County Animal Control. She immediately began looking for a foster home for the whole family.
While that was going on, Krista went to the shelter for a check night before last and found a pit girl about to domino and she also has a pregnant heeler on the verge.
To help with any of these animals and situations, call Krista at the shelter at 903-432-3422. E-mail [email protected].
A DOG FOR A GROUCH: I wouldn’t use that as a lead-in if it weren’t for the fact that Roberta Womack is desperate to find a home for Trooper. After being tipped to his story I got in touch with Roberta who loves the dog but he just doesn’t fit into a rescue household with all the other critters.
“I have done everything I can, but this guy needs to go into a home as an only pet. He bit me against tonight [Monday night} and I can no longer keep him.”
If nobody claims Trooper, she says she’s going to be forced to have him put to sleep.
She told me this morning, “My goal is to save, not kill rescues. He's not really a bad dog and the fight was over a chew stick.”
Since bringing Trooper into her home – her foster spot for Lucy’s Lost Love Ones Chihuahua Rescue in Fort Worth – she says, “I have spent over $300 in vet bills to make sure his skin, eyes and ears are all OK, but I’m not at my wit’s end and cannot do anymore.”
Roberta cautions that 22-pound Trooper is “not a lap dog – never will be. He just wants to be fed once a day, enjoys baths, loves to ride in the car and enjoys walking on a leash. But he cannot go into a home with small children He would make some old grouch a great pet.”
If you’re an old grouch or have if you are in touch with your grouch side and want to help Roberta save Trooper, call her at 817-714-0990 or e-mail [email protected].
FROM A GROUCH TO SUGAR: This little girl is Sugar and she’s in a fix in East Texas. Darcy Hall of Athens has sent out a plea for help in placing this pup. We spoke with Darcy this morning and it’s the usual story: Sweet, cute dog and no takers so far.
Sugar is a “very loving dog” who became homeless because her human died a week ago and, as Darcy wrote, “she is now orphaned and in need of a good home.”
Sugar is 7 years old, spayed, “very good with children and other dogs,” says Darcy.
To offer a home to this pup, described as “15-poundish,” e-mail  [email protected] or call 903-675-9269 or 903-729-5545.
AT SEAGOVILLE: You may recall that last week the folks at the Seagoville Animal Shelter were being hard-pressed to find homes or rescue groups to take two dozen animals that were scheduled to be euthanized Monday. That euthanasia didn’t happen, so Sgt. Karl Bailey and the volunteers at the shelter are still no-kill since last year.
Volunteer Johnna Bigley reports, “Our dreams came true and everyone's safe now. We held four adoption events in three days starting Friday evening.  We started with over 60 dogs and now we're down to 8!!! Thank you so much for helping us the way you did!” Well, it was probably really the story Channel 8 ran, though we did mention Seagoville’s plight repeatedly on Readlarrypowell.com.
FYI: These folks are demonstrating what can happen when a shelter and citizens work together.
COCKRELL HILL’S VOLUNTEERS: Just as volunteers brought attention to the Seagoville shelter’s situation, volunteers are working to increase foot traffic to the small Cockrell Hill Animal Shelter.
It’s at 4125 W. Clarendon Drive, south of I-20 in the city of Cockrell Hill which is a city within Dallas. The shelter is within 4 miles of both the Dallas Animal Services Shelter and the SPCA of Texas but might as well be on Mars for all the visitors who come through.
Volunteer Renata Korzeniewska asks, “Please remember Cockrell Hill is very small  animal shelter with almost no adoptions. They need our help.”
Among the available animals at the Cockrell Hill shelter are these two:
The little blue-eyed, no-tail guy is some kind of mix – “adorable, adorable,” says Renata. “The pictures don’t do him justice.” She says he has a cold like that of a Golden Retriever and he has very tiny teeth, so I’m assuming this means he is very young. H is calm and loves to cuddle in your arms.”
And, no matter the size of the shelter, you can’t have a bona fide shelter without a pit mix. Renata says this one is “very submissive and could care less about other dogs. He did not bark the entire time I was there and he just wanted to give me kisses.  He has a nice clean coat and pretty white teeth.  I would guess him to be 1 or 2 years old. He weighs about 50 pounds and is very stout and strong (but I don't think he knows he is.”
The shelter manager is David Hernandez at 214 697 6216.
NUTS AT CARROLLTON: Oh, come on, this isn’t the first individual who’s been nuts in Carrollton, only this one is named Nuts. He came into the shelter with another cat, Bolts, but Bolts has been adopted and Nuts is left waiting for the needle with a number of other dogs and cats on Wednesday. Yep, on the clock.
Nuts and Bolts were warehouse cats and, at some point, either they nailed every rat and mouse in the place or they ticked off the warehouse owner and they wound up surrendered at Carrollton Animal Services.
To offer to save Nuts and any other animals in the Carrollton Shelter, call 972-466-420 or e-mail [email protected].
 VIZSLA IN BURNS FLAT: Our resilient Oklahoma tipster, Terry Lynn Fisher, is trying to help a dog get out of burns Flat – she’s believed to be a purebred Vizsla. She’s young, about 6 months, and “very skinny,” Terry Lynn says. “She eats like she is afraid it will be her last meal.”
The dog is currently in the city shelter and appears to get along well with other dogs and kids. She’s been there since Thursday.
“I really thought someone would come get her, but no calls as of yet,” Terry Lynn says.
To ask about acquiring this dog, e-mail [email protected] or call 580-330-1459.
More evidence, apparently, that no matter how expensive the breed, someone is always willing to toss the dog away.
FLYING OFF TO NEW JERSEY, MAYBE: Tawana Couch of Society for Companion Animals reports, “We are planning a shipment to New Jersey this week. We are needing volunteers that can take two small dogs on Wednesday afternoon. Then drop them off at the airport Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m.
“The crate size is an issue so anyone that volunteers their auto will have to be able to fit a 27-inch high crate. So they would have to be at least 29 inches tall height of the vehicle to work the load.
“We have been working really hard to work out a new shelter. We need at least be able to take 3 big crates. The dogs will be small and two small dogs per large crate.
“This is a little different than a small crate per small dog but the place and airline we are using this time works this way..”
To volunteer to help Tawana move these endangered Dallas dogs to safer havens, e-mail [email protected].”
FYI: Earlier in the summer, a bunch of Dallas Animal Services dogs were flown off to The Hamptons where, the report is, they’re living happily ever after.
HANNA IN AUSTIN: We got this note from the rescuer/organizer Nancy Underwood who forwarded it from Anna Tacka. It’s demonstrative of the power of networking so I've included some of Anna’s note to Nancy. She wrote, “My aunt, Elaine Tacka, gave me your e-mail address and she said you might be able to help spread the word on a few dogs that I am working with at the Town Lake Animal Shelter.  I have been volunteering at the shelter, and I got involved in a new program called the Hard Luck Hounds.  The HLH Program is volunteer driven and we try to promote the 10 longest stay dogs at the shelter.  There is one in particular that I have a sweet spot for. Her name is Hanna.”
That’s Hanna’s photo.
She’s a 4-year-old pit mix who is spayed and is, Anna writes, “a volunteer favorite. I actually gave her a bath today and she loved it!  I have never seen aggression in Hanna and I have taken her out of her kennel at least 20 times.”
The official record shows that a foster had to return Hanna to the shelter because she and the “resident dog” had a fight over who was going to be boss. So, if you know the dog’s ways, you can work around them. The foster, Anna writes, “kept stressing that she is a terrific, friendly, easy-going dog but the stress between her and his dog had become too much to manage. Most other dogs she meets, she ignores and has had no issues with other foster dogs.”
To ask about helping Hanna, the Hard Luck Hound, e-mail [email protected] or you can call – I’m not kidding – “the Hard Luck Hound concierge service” at 512-731-1942.
CONTEMPLATIONS: Is this week odder than usual? Is odder a word? I know adder and otter are words. Platter and plodder. Mapper and mopper. Enough. Stop. ... We hear that longtime business columnist Bob Miller was honored with a reception at the big paper in Dallas this week – been there 60 years. Our Sweet Charity pal (and also former colleague at the Big Paper when we were both in elementary school) Jean Prejean has the story HERE.  As a former columnist myself, I can tell you that one of the most frequently asked questions in my career was “Do you know Bob Miller?” He’s an icon – and great company at afternoon coffee, though I’m not sure there’s anyone still there to perpetuate the 3 p.m. coffee tradition since the company has been resolutely emptying the parking lot in such a grandly consistent fashion. ... Life is good—but I’m still buying lottery tickets in hopes of making it a little bit better.
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