EDITION OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2019 (PetPowellPress) In hopes of encouraging a warming trend, we’re focusing on positive stories and opportunities. You know: animals saved, people helping, donations made, readlarrypowell.com wins the big lotto and creates a dog park next to the new Amazon headquarters -- wait, I’m getting ahead on that Amazon thing and the lotto, too. Ignore that flight of fancy and read on.
FOLLOWING UP: DRAINAGE DITCH
DOGS ARE AVAILABLE IN MESQUITE
Yep, when we first met these two young dogs, this was the photograph that grabbed our hearts and punched our anger button -- what kind of creep would leave these two dogs in a cage in a watery ditch? A local creep. And we’ve got plenty. In the meantime, the dogs were saved by a Mesquite Animal Services employee who waded in and got them.
Now they’re available for adoption.
Jack is the outgoing boy -- 49 energetic and curious pounds, reports our Mesquite shelter tipster Judi Brown. “He was into checking out everything in the yard with his nose. He’s also highly motivated by toys. He’s friendly and when getting attention his body wiggles all over. If you sit down, he tries to get on your lap. He gives kisses. He appears to be house-trained. He wagged his tail when meeting other dogs in the bay even when they barked at him!” Jack is #37571696.
Jill (37571690) was in the cage with Jack. Judi says that the 55-pound dog has “scabs on her nose -- possibly from trying to get out of the cage. Her irises are partly white, but she appears to have good vision. She’s a real sweetheart! She’s friendly and affectionate. She is generous with kisses. She’s energetic and frisky but at the same time she’s very gentle. She’s well mannered. She sits and gives you her paw.”
To ask about tagging or adopting these two, call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email [email protected]
THREE CHARITABLE NOTES:
IN CASE YOU WONDERED...Yesterday we mentioned the assorted grants Artists For Animals has awarded area rescue groups -- those amounts ranged from $500 to $1,500. And if you group wants to apply, you can see how by going to Artists for Animals HERE. Start gathering facts right now -- the apps are due in October.
STILL WORKING FOR THE BIG CATS ... Back in December (seems so long ago!), Corby Bryant and her big cat lovin’ pals at Venable Royalty, Ltd.,, and Venable Oil, Ltd., LLP, staged their annual bake and crafts sale benefiting In-Sync Exotics . How’d they do with the sale in the lobby of the Premier Place Building (5910 N. Central)?
They’re still anticipatin’, Corby told us Thursday. “I’m hoping we may still have one large donation on the way, but as of now our total is $18,000. We set an ambitious goal of $30,000 but we are thrilled with our donation to the wild ones. We certainly did everything we possibly could to maximize our sales, so I’m VERY proud of our team.”
Then she optimistically added, “We are always looking for ways to leverage what we are already doing, so if you run across any animal-obsessed philanthropists who might like to partner with us, please send them my way!” Venable, for whom Corby is Director of Accounting and Mineral Management, "matches dollar for dollar, but 10 cents, 25 cents or 50 cents on the dollar would also be awesome,” she says.
So, they’re still taking donations for their 2017 drive. Corby says that “the easiest thing is to send a check made payable to In-Sync Exotics to my attention at the office address which is 5910 North Central Expressway, Suite 1470, Dallas 75206. Always happy to get a check for the kitties. ^..^”
[LARRY ASIDE: That tiger is Sultan, one of the InSync residents. We think he’s contemplating a try-out with the Dallas Cowboys -- thinks a brown pointed ball will be easier to handle than a round red one. But, then, many Cowboys have mistakenly thought that.]
MEANWHILE AT MARSHALL GRAIN....Joyce Connelley, the noted animal fan at Marshall Grain in Grapevine, reports success. Her news release read, “In a year filled with disasters, Marshall Grain and its co-sponsor, Sharon McMilion (of Coldwell Banker Realty), raised over $830 with their Holiday Giving Tree benefiting the Humane Society of North Texas (HSNT).”
Third year for the tree. Joyce, Marshall’s VP of Marketing, says, “As part of our annual giving program, Marshall Grain supports HSNT, DFW Pug Rescue, Mid-Cities Cats, North Texas Bassett Hound Rescue, and other animal welfare groups throughout the year by hosting pet adoptions, food collections and special fundraising events like our Holiday Giving Tree. This was a year of especially heavy needs due to multiple hurricanes and other natural disasters but our customers continued to give generously and adopt many animals displaced by these events....
“We’re grateful to Sharon McMilion [that’s her with the tree] for providing the tree and organizing the donations. She donated a significant amount of her time and effort into making our tree a success. We look forward to working with her again next year.”
SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT, three reasons to applaud good hearts.
DAXXIE -- THE CLOCK IS TICKING
This news arrived Friday morning from the noted Denton McNatt Animal Shelter monitor Amy Poskey. “Well, I just got the dreaded news that Daxxie’s days are numbered cuz she’s been at the shelter for three months. She was an owner-surrender and now her life is on the line, so PLEASE consider saving Daxxie before it’s too late! This is breaking my heart.”
We‘ve mentioned this young Golden Retriever and Sharpei mix before. She’s healthy, housetrained and available RIGHT NOW.
You may remember this earlier note from her fun last weekend: “DAXXIE had the opportunity to experience life outside the shelter last weekend when a wonderful shelter volunteer took her for an outing! She enjoyed a double meat burger at Whattaburger, a car ride to Petco where she browsed toys and took a treat back to the shelter to enjoy! She was SO happy to get out!”
Call the shelter 940-349-7594. Email: [email protected], paul.o’[email protected], [email protected], and/or [email protected]
FOUND IN WISE COUNTY
[A SATURDAY MORNING REPORT: Amy Poskey, who has been working on behalf of this dog and her rescuer sends this pre-dawn note: "I'm very happy to report that Great Pyrenees Rescue Society is taking this beauty on Monday! As soon as she is spayed and fully vetted she will go to her furever home!!! Amy Browder and I want to thank everyone for networking her and to other rescues who offered to take her, as well!" Here's the previous report.]
The theory is this dog is a Great Pyrenees. The fact is she needs a home.
Here’s the story from her current caregiver Amy Browder:
“This sweet girl showed up on our front porch [week before last]. We live in a very rural part of Wise County with very few houses around. I posted to Facebook to the two closest communities that I found a lost dog and if someone is missing their dog to Private Message me, but I got no responses.
“So I took her to our Vet to see if she had a chip but she did not. She got treated for fleas and a rabies shot. Vet thinks she is between 4-6 years old and has had at least one litter of puppies.
“We do not have a fenced in yard and she kept running off and onto County Road. We are keeping her safe temporarily but feels she needs to be with a family that is very familiar with the needs of this breed or a Rescue Group for this breed.”
To help this dog, call 940-368-8388 or email [email protected]
CONTEMPLATIONS:
Our dogs have been enduring cabin fever. You can tell. They’re not interested in staying awake. And, when they are awake they continually ask, “Come on, you moved us out of Texas, didn’t you? This is Canada, right?” Weeks ago I got to the biggest point of blasphemy a native Texan can express: I said out loud, “I really miss August.” ... Newspapers needed? I was reading a note about A Different Breed’s noon to 5 p.m. adoption event Saturday at Pet Supplies Plus in Lewisville and ran across some needs for the group. First, it needs volunteers -- that’s a tradition in animal rescue. Second, “We ALWAYS need NEWSPAPERS.” And that brings to mind this question: What’s going to happen when newspapers are all ONLINE!? Oh, my, oh, my. Surely some enterprising paper company will create a product called NOT FAKE NEWS (BUT TWICE AS ABSORBENT). ...
Is there a term “Cat Sympathy”? I was preparing for an MRI on my lower back Thursday and the tech ask me to hold my arm out so he could put the ID and info bracelets on. I quickly apologized for the shredded appearance of my flesh, explaining that our little kitten Simon is just now learning to be gentle with the claws he’s gleefully discovered. And my tech stopped and rolled up his sleeve to show a lovely array of cat scars. “My cat thinks I’m something to climb up. I’ll be standing in the kitchen and he’ll just climb up my leg and side and get on my shoulder and sit there. He’s a shoulder cat.” I mention this because it’s time to form a support group. “Hello. My name is Larry and I am a cat lover.” I knew I wasn’t the only one. Isn’t really a 12-step program, more like a Dozen Ways To Be Clawed by a Cat Program.
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