EDITION OF FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019 [PetPowellPress] This is Good Friday leading to Easter Sunday. Passover
begins Friday evening. In our family, as in many families, there are some who celebrate Passover and some who celebrate Easter. Same thing in our Dear Readership. From our heart, may God bless you and strengthen your faith. Believe that you can get good things done.
Our report today will include hustling for Oklahoma dogs, the Moose story, Mario’s challenge, a State Fair “first” and other notes including beards and bunnies. Here goes.
THE MOOSE SITUATION
You may recall seeing this first photo of Moose —
he’d apparently wandered up in a yard, given up and flopped down in a corner hoping not to be noticed. But he was at the home of animalfans Casey Voorhies Bonano and Bill Bonano and they got him into the care of DFW FurGotten Friends. President Stephen Foster
posted an important Moose note on the rescue Facebook page. He wrote that “as the head of DFW Furgotten Friends we stopped asking for donations for every dog we take in but I have this special dog we really need help with. Moose has been at the vet for over a week and he's ready to go to a foster. He's so terrified of going outdoors it will break your heart.”
[LARRY ASIDE:
I’ll let that soak in as we note that he’s coming up on a $600 bill for heartworm treatment, needs to gain weight and will need extra confidence-building behavioral treatment that’s expected to hit the $1,600 mark.]
Stephen says, “We’re trying to raise $2,500 for everything he needs including the food and supplies for him for the next three to four months before he'll be ready for adoption.” Go to this site and click on DONATE in the corner.
MARIO’S CHALLENGE
AFTER SURGERY
Oh, boy. Some story. We got the tip on it from veteran rescuer Kimberly Jones who sent us to the Facebook page of
Angie’s Friends where we found a Thursday morning report that said Mario is “resting comfortably but is still tough and go” after having a mangled leg amputated.
According to the Facebook page, Mario came into Angie’s Friends “after he majorly injured himself while escaping his yard. It appears he jumped a chain link fence and shredded his Achilles tendon.” Damage was so great that the folks at City Vet said he’d be better off without having the leg. [FYI: We’re trying to find someone who knows which leg is now missing.]
Angie’s Friends hasn’t won the lottery lately, either, so you can help by donating to Mario’s bills at MedVet Dallas (972-994-9110), 11333 N. Central in Dallas. Or go to Angie’s Friends website HERE.
THE BEAUTIFUL MAE
NEEDS A PLACE TO GO
Our traditional Denton tipster Amy Poskey writes,
“This cutie patootie is Mae and she’s been waiting for love for way too long just because she is HW+. Poor baby, it’s not her fault."
Mae is somewhere between 2 and 5 years old, weighs 18 pounds and is heartworm positive. She’s described by the shelter as “sweet as pie and ready to go home with you today. Please note that Denton Animal Shelter Friends will provide a $200 voucher to go toward her heartworm treatment when adopted or rescued. Her ID is 81311.
Call the shelter at 940-349-7594 or email gayla.nelsen@cityofdenton.com, Randi.Weinberg@cityofdenton.com, julien.peralta@cityofdenton.com, dentonshelterdogs@yahoo.com, and/or dentonanimalservices@yahoo.com.
THE CAMILLE CHALLENGES
This sick little kitten was tortured by just trying to live the life of a stray, mange-
stricken, ignored and unwanted kitten in Houston.
As Barbara Louis of Loving Arms Pet Placement wrote, “It breaks my heart to think what she endured," then added a truth that rescuers know all to well, "But, it is on to the next one. You know there are more out there.”
Our pal Alexandra Kelsey, who tipped us to this attempt to save the kitten’s life, wrote, “Her life ended with love and care, and that was a blessing for her. But it is heartbreaking to have lost this brave kitty.”
In the end, Camille's assorted challenges led the medical professionals to believe that she would not improve. Barbara wrote, “The kindest thing was to let her go and we did. She is running free now.” See how to help with “the next one” by going to www.lovingarmspetplacement.com.
MEANWHILE, IN BURNS FLAT,
UNWANTED CAT, UNWANTED DOG
The resilient rescuer Terry Lynn Fisher continues to be challenged by the appearance of animals other people don’t want
in and around Burns Flat, Okla., a town so far west it could pass for the Texas Panhandle. We’ll start with this cat.
Terry Lynn writes, “This precious girl was left behind when her awful owners moved away. She is timid at first, then once she realizes you aren't going to hurt her, she is very sweet and loving. She is fine with dogs and other cats.”
The challenge is Burns Flat doesn’t have a kennel for cats, so the cat, currently in a short-term foster, needs a place to go. Email Terry Lynn at remembering_oddball@yahoo.com.
There’s also this old guy Otis. Terry Lynn told us, “A couple days ago, I was sent a picture of an old dog laying on a hard cold floor in a pound in Oklahoma City. If you know me, you know the elderly, whether it be animal or human, touch my heart and soul. This old guy looked so sad and depressed. He was blind and deaf — so lost and confused.
“I have so much going on... Pound is filling up. I still have one in the boarding facility and owe thousands there still from all winter. I have the Parvo Puppies at the vet, fighting for their lives, with the bills adding up daily. I have several here in town wanting to surrender their dogs... And I have the I-40 momma Pit (Momma Blue) with her 10 babies that survived.
“Taking on a dog like this is not something I could do alone.So I sent out an email asking about him. I have had several offer help.We even had some offer to take him.”
What’s Otis’ medical condition? “He has a heart murmur and has started medicine for that. He had three teeth left, in horrible condition, so we pulled them... The are some back issues, that may cause a little pain, so he will have meds for that.He is totally blind and almost totally deaf.
“BUT he has the will to live. He wants to be touched. He wants to be held. All he wants is to be loved.”
Terry Lynn is caring for this dog. “I will continue to get the things done he needs, then he is going to a friend's home to live whatever time God allows him left to live with love and kindness.
“I love this old guy... When I picked him up the other day, I cried the entire 2 hour trip to my vet. I just wanted to pull over and hold him.”
Terry Lynn can use some funds to help with Otis, the Left Behind Cat, Momma Blue and her puppies, another litter of puppies fighting parvo, assorted other dogs who have been abandoned by others and found their ways to Terry Lynn’s heart. To ask how to help her, email remembering_oddball@yahoo.com.
BUNNY IN MESQUITE
STILL NEEDS HELP
This dog with the tall ears and the floppy left forepaw is Bunny (41243637), the German Shepherd Mix who came into Mesquite Animal Shelter after she was hit by a car on April 6. Her biggest injury may be to the nerve that controls her paw. She’s about six months old, weighs 24 pounds and is, according to our tipster, the Mesquite volunteer biographer Judi Brown, “a sweet, friendly girl who doesn’t let her injury stop her from exploring her environment. She gives lots of kisses….” [LARRY ASIDE: Hit by a car and there’s not a rescue or a big heart who’ll take this dog in and help her? If no one
does, she’ll get the needle.]
Tag Bunny by calling 972–216–6283 or emailing rescues@ cityofmesquite.com.
Also waiting for help or a home is this 2-year-old Alaskan Malamute, Sebastian — he’s deaf. Judi writes, “The owners were not willing or able to deal with this disability.” So, he was surrendered — a returned adoption on April 15. He’s got one brown eye, one blue eye and a “gentle, friendly, happy and very alert” demeanor. Fifty pounds “of love and cuddling,” Judi says. Good with kids, too.
This “Hershey-colored” Pittie mix Ethan, 67 pounds, came in as a stray on April 11. He’s “extremely sweet” and he’s sad, Judi says, “He doesn’t know why he’s at the shelter and not in a loving home. After all he’s a very good boy! Ethan is very gentle and doesn’t jump on you. He’s friendly and gives kisses. He stays close for extra attention….He’s got a very long tail!” [LARRY ASIDE: And it moves too quickly for the camera to catch, as you see in that photo.]
Then there’s 55-pound, year-and-a-half Buddy, a year-and-a-half-old Chocolate Lab Mix, surrendered on the 16th. Why? Judi says, “The reason given for surrendering him was that he plays too rough and sometimes play bites. The owner surrender form said he was mostly an outside dog. I, too, noticed this behavior; however, once he got out in the yard and played a bit he settled down. He does want to please. He knows the sit command. He is still very young and obviously intelligent. There’s no doubt that he would be transformed when given more attention and obedience training.”
To ask about any of these dogs, call the shelter at 972–216–6283 or email rescues@cityofmesquite.com. See other dogs and, also, the cats in the Mesquite Animal Shelter HERE.
CONTEMPLATIONS
STATE FAIR, EASTER EGGS AND BEARDS
The State Fair of Texas Board of Directors has its first first female chairperson, the veteran banker and civic leader Gina Armour Norris.
The Fair was chartered in 1886. FYI, Mrs. Norris was raised on a dairy farm in Illinois — so, she may also be the first dairy farm kid to serve as chairperson of the Fair’s board. The 2019 State Fair of Texas runs September 27-October 20 in Fair Park with the theme “Celebrating Texas Creativity.” The new board leader’s news release quote reads, “I believe the State Fair is the heart and soul of Texas – a diverse kaleidoscope of Texas culture and a fun gathering for all of Texas.” She also notes that funds from the fair are “invested back into Fair Park, scholarships, and our neighboring communities.” …
As Southern Baptist kids, my brothers and I were big on Easter. So were the other kids in our neighborhood in Texarkana, Texas. Our neighbor, Mrs. Fisher annually hosted an Easter Egg hunt for her descendants and the kids who lived on either side of her home. Families would contribute colorful eggs
to the event. And, annually, you could count on Mrs. Fisher’s two oldest grandsons, Walter and David, decorating raw eggs on the sly and hiding them so younger kids would have no trouble spotting them next to Mrs. Fisher’s chicken coop or in one of her magnificent flowerbeds. Walter and David have been gone for decades, but I can still hear their laughter as a younger cousin or playmate was talked into cracking an Easter egg on his own skull. That’s a photo from my days as a newspaper columnist — I was doing some kind of promotion for The Big Paper Downtown three decades ago. Clearly it didn’t work. But I didn't crack a raw egg on my head. … A lot is being made over a study that says men’s beards are dirtier than dogs. So what, I say. My dogs’ beards are immaculate. And I’ve had my beard since 1971, shampoo it daily and never had mange though I did once have (click here) a spell of lycanthropy.
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