An Earhound, shelter pressure, Hope, a Missing Doxie named Breezy, a lakeside pair and some '60s contemplations

EDITION OF TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 (PetPowellPress) -- Welcome to Tuesday, March 15, which, of course, is yet another election day in the United States. And according to several holiday sites it is, appropriately, also National Dumbstruck Day and National Everything You Think Is Wrong Day. How’s that for irony here on the Ides of March. Let’s move along to animals in need such as Breezy the missing Doxie in Carrollton. Read on:

A DALLAS EARHOUND

Obviously this shelterdog is a genuine Earhound.
This is Danny (A925020), a blue merle and white Aussie Cattle Dog that the Dallas Animal Services Facebook page was pitching Monday evening.
“He's about 2-years-old and we don't know why he's still here. He LOVES people and other dogs.”

Here’s the important sentence: “Danny’s adoption fee is waived.”

He’s at the DAS shelter at I-30 and 1818 N. Westmoreland. The DAS website is dallasanimalservices.org. 
[LARRY FYI: Not sure that PetFinder button on the gloriously revised DAS website is working right -- can find dogs, but not separate out the cats. There must be a trick that’s evading your veteran newshound.]
OH, MY LOOK AT THE MESQUITE DOGS
A Monday afternoon note from LoneStarTreasures@live.com says “The Mesquite Shelter is completely full!. Many Code Reds for 7 a.m. on 3/15.”
To tag, rescuers should email rescues@cityofmesquite.com. Include the ID number on your note. 
Mesquite Animal Services is at 1650 Gross Road in Mesquite. Call 972-216-6283.
And you can see the whole bunch of animals up close HERE.






HOPE’S AHEAD FOR OPERATION KINDNESS
Jordan Lee, a volunteer at Operation Kindness, reminded us Monday that the 8th Annual Hope Gala is scheduled from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at Sambuca Restaurant in Uptown Dallas, 2120 McKinney Ave., in Dallas. 



The past seven Hope Galas have raised more than a million dollars to help the animals at North Texas’ oldest no-kill shelter. 

This year’s featured act is a team of Border Collies trained to walk on their hind legs and deliver shrimp cocktails. I’m kidding. I’m kidding. But that might sell a lot of tickets.

In reality, there’ll be dining and dancing and music by Ricki Derek and the Vegas Six. 
Explore the assorted ticket sales and support opportunities on the Operation Kindness’  HOPE GALA SITE HERE.
LOOKING FOR BREEZY
Stephanie Oberg has been doing all the right stuff trying to find the family dog Breezy ever since the Dachshund “got out of her hardness” about 3 p.m. on Saturday. Breezy has lived in the North Carrollton 75007 neighborhood for only about four months, so it's not exactly like she knows the turf. Could be that someone in the neighborhood is hosting a wandering Dachshund. If you know of such a circumstance, make a call and help a finder get a dog back home.
Click on the poster art to make it even larger.
The contact number is 972-713-0645. Breezy was last nseen near E. Rosemead Parkway and Furneau Lane. She's an older black and tan beloved dog.


FROM OUT AT THE LAKE


 Sydney Busch of Friends of the Animals at Cedar Creek Lake tipped us to this astounding find in Gun Barrel City.
They’re beautiful, aren’t they.
Marsha Bourne reports they “were captured on Highway 334 at Harbor Point Road (near the Gun Barrel City Hall) on Saturday night.
The theory is the black-and-white looks like a Papillon. The other, Marsha wrote, “appears to be a Yellow Lab puppy -- still has razor-sharp baby teeth.
“They are adorable, took to been in a crate very well are house-broken and lovely little ones.”
They either belong to someone or someone dumped them. 
If you know them or want to get in line to adopt them, email marsha@marshabourne.com or call 903-880-3722.
CONTEMPLATIONS: This will be a quick exercise. Quick: Name a fun rich guy private eye TV series from the ‘60s. Right. Burke’s Law. ... Quick: Name a fun movie from the 1960s. Suggestions: The Graduate & The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. All those James Bond films. Barbarella vs. The Sound of Music? Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid vs. The Odd Couple? The Wild Bunch vs. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?  Read a long '60s movies list HERE. ... Quick: Literacy Check. Name three best-selling books from the 1960s not including To Kill a Mockingbird. Hmmm, let’s see, some of you were not even old enough to read in the ‘60s but that doesn’t mean you should ignore the rich literature of the decade, i.e., Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Clockwork Orange, The Graduate, The Godfather (Hooray for Mario Puzo!) and The Last Picture Show by that Texas boy, Larry McMurtry, and, of course, True Grit by the literary hero of Arkansas, Charles Portis.
Click HERE to see a great list of literature. The ‘60s were remarkable for writing and writers. An air of American freedom at the keyboard, perhaps. We’ll entertain conflicting theories right here. And, of course, it’s too bad so many of these are now known merely as movies, not as genuine works of literature. Schools are probably still teaching Nathaniel Hawthorne and the hip dudes of that era.
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