EDITION OF THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 2015 (PetPowellPress) -- It’s Theory Thursday here at readlarrypowell.com. And, frankly, it is high time someone came up with a, so to speak, rock-unsolid hypothesis regarding the swarm of earthquakes afflicting the area. We’ll get to that in Contemplations. Meanwhile, here’s a hint: Ponder the concept “Ski Grand Prairie.” Here are some animal stories.
THE CHAMPION EARHOUND SO FAR
Wow.
What else can you say when you look at this dog but “Wow!”?
She is Jingle (just one Jingle), a stray -- possibly Rhodesian Ridgeback/Retriever mix who came into the Carrollton Animal Services Shelter and is believed to be as old as 13 or 14. She is described as “a very good girl, full of spunk and smart, too.” Somebody’s good dog without a home -- that’s the story.
Why does Readlarrypowell.com cite this dog? Well, for one thing, she’s an obvious Earhound with magnificent communications potential and, for another thing, she’s got a great face to go with those ears. How could someone not be missing a dog like this?
We were also inspired by the note sent by the Carrollton Animal Rescue Enterprise folks at the shelter. It reads, “We have not had to put out an Urgent List since before Christmas, but now unfortunately we are at a point with these great dogs and cats that we need to get them somewhere else with a different adoption clientele or a different venue that the may finally find their own forever home.”
There are other Christmas leftovers on the “urgents” list, including that black cat Nutcracker and, with some minorly-naughty gender-based humor, a girl cat named Jewels. She’s got a severely injured right eye and the shelter says she’s available to a 501c3 rescue group. (Nutcracker and Jewells -- cracks me up in a junior high boy way.)
That handsome big dog is 70-pound, less than middle-aged Good Will, also known as G.W.), but since he came in on Dec. 5, it’s the “peace on Earth, good will to men” theme his warm countenance presents.
That gray cat? Silver Bell. And she has no tail. There’s a discussion over whether that’s naturally occurring or if she lost it somehow.
So, in summation, there is still time to arrange for these Carrollton animals to have a Merry Christmas. Just get in touch with Carrollton Animal Rescue Enterprise at 972-455-3420 or email [email protected]. You can read about the URGENTS BY CLICKING HERE.
AN IRVING UPDATE
Someone in Irving surrendered this 6-year-old, 76-pound healthy fellow named Rocky to the Irving Animal Services Shelter on January 15. On January 20 he was euthanized. Why was he in the shelter? The owner turned him over and said the dog was being surrendered because “not enough time.” As it turns out, the being with “not enough time” was Rocky. Nobody claimed the big guy so he got the needle.
Readlarrypowell.com believes that it is just as important to know that the statistics have faces as it is to know the dogs still waiting have faces.
Thanks to hard-working shelter walker Russell Posch, you can see the current “urgents” list HERE. These are the animals “most likely to be next in line for euthanasia.”
The rescue hotline number is 972-721-3597 -- followup a call with an email to [email protected] and [email protected]. The shelter phone is 972-721-2256 and 57. Call, adopt an animal and save a life.
WHERE TO FIND CATS OR TIRE NEEDS A HOME
As veteran rescuers know, cats can be found anywhere. Who knows why? Because cats are cats and sometimes they want to be dry, sometimes they want to be warm, sometimes they just don’t want to be bothered.
Sydney Busch of Friends of the Animals at Cedar Creek Lake forwarded this note to us from this cat’s foster.
The note explains the cat’s rescue -- the cat, as you can see, is perfectly at home now. Ah, but there was a time, as the note says: “She was found on the tire of a car and trapped by the Mabank Police Department. She's sweet and playful and uses the litter box with no problems. We are calling her ‘Tire' but can be renamed. She is great with my little girl and loves to sleep with her at night. She doesn't do too well with dogs, but seems to not have a problem with my other cats.” To ask about adopting Tire, email [email protected].
CONTEMPLATIONS
Back in the fall, the City of Grand Prairie began working with people who are planning to build an indoor ski slope, the Grand Alps Resort, at I-30 and Belt Line. That is not too far from the epicenter of the quakes at the old Texas Stadium site.
From these facts one may theorize that the sympathetic North Texas earth has begun buckling in order to create a friendly mountain range running from the edge of southeastern Irving to northeastern Grand Prairie. Once the slope is up and skiing -- and the movement of the earth has stopped -- instead of referring to ourselves as living on the “other side of the Trinity,” we’ll be able to say we live on either “the Eastern Slope” or “the Western Slope.”
And, of course, the envious Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will hire someone to design a bobsled run that starts at the top of AT&T Stadium and runs around the giant building, then he will make a bid and become the first individual to be awarded the Winter Olympics.
Dallas will, naturally, counter by adopting a marketing campaign themed either “Big Things Happen Near Here” or “Ski Near Dallas; It’s Closer Than Aspen.”
So, with winter bearing down on us as schussing history appears on the brink in the Metroslopeplex, and in honor of the most talked about movement in North Texas since Tommy Vandergriff organized the campaign to get a big league baseball franchise, here’s an APPROPRIATE SONG.
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