READ ABOUT DOGS, CATS, PEOPLE, ETC., IN THE COLD SNAP OF 2019

EDITION OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019 [PetPowellPress] Relax. Nobody had to drive through rush hour traffic to produce this edition. Did have to walk to the kitchen for more coffee. My Caffeine IV was empty. And not a 100 degree day? That’s the prediction. We’ll see. I’m not getting the snowchains out of the garage.
THE LANCASTER SHELTER’S
GOT A ROTTIE  IN CRISIS
This is a dog who needs some human help. We got his story from Laura Macias, the small shelter advocate who tries to help get some attention for the low visitor shelter in Lancaster, just across I-20 from southern Dallas.
BJ, this purebred Rottweiler, “is not doing well at the shelter and his time is extremely limited,” Laura’s note read. “He does not want anyone touching his left cheek/neck area and this behavior is not normal and is sadly worsening the longer he is there.  It's possible he is in pain, since it seems to be around the left side of his face and neck. We have discussed possible ear infection, ruptured eardrum, impacted tooth, injured jaw. He DESPERATELY NEEDS A VET before everyone completely gives up on this poor guy. We intend to have him fixed and checked over well.

“We are trying to get funds together this week - PLEASE - THIS DOG NEEDS YOUR HELP - we made a vet appt for Wednesday, 8/28,  and it is a full service vet (which means expensive - we were quoted close to $700 so they can give him anesthesia and do EVERYTHING - including the neutering right after he comes in, and anything else needed such as x-rays to rule out an injury).  It had to be a vet close enough that the shelter staff could take him in and it took some time to find this one willing to work with him so there are not many options. … This shelter has no vet on staff and just cannot afford things like this. Please help, let's rule out an injury and see if getting him fixed at same time will help.  Please ... please ... he seems to have had such a terrible life so far.  He was an owner release and we heard that his previous owner apparently treated he and the dog that was his sister (now safe) very differently.  Some of these poor dogs go through such hell ... please, let's try for this boy ...it may not work but it's why we all try to help shelter dogs - dogs like this that deserve better ... if you can donate, any amount at all, please - call or text Laura at 214-949-2726 or email her at [email protected]."

This brown dog? That is Sophie, a Lancaster shelter resident for five months — said to be “longer than any other dog” at the shelter. Laura’s note describes Sophie’s situation as “heartbreaking,” and adds, “Everyone is in love with this sweet calm, gentle girl.  Most well behaved, calm, loving girl you can imagine.  Extremely well behaved.” Use the Laura connections above to offer to help or to ask to be put on the mailing list for the Lancaster shelter animals that Laura and her colleagues are trying to help.

SEASONS: BASEBALL, FOOTBALL? NO!

PUPPY/KITTEN SEASON IN THE FERTILITYPLEX
Yeah, it’s true. In North Texas the Puppy and Kitten Seasons last longer than the NBA plus playoffs.
Here’s a batch of puppies from Fort Worth and according to the post by Fort Worth Animal Care & Control’s Ginger Leach, the puppies are “flea-infested and in need of rescue and TLC.”
First thing when they came into the shelter, they were bathed and getting anti-flea treatments.
Here’s who they are by the numbers (though you may name a puppy when you adopt the little rascal): 42564998 Female tri; 42564976 Female b/w largest not eating as much; 42564988 Female white runt; 42565004 Male.
A dopt, foster or rescue them. Get involved by emailing [email protected]. Don't call. Email. The FWACC shelter is at 4900 Martin St. in Fort Worth.
AND IN DALLAS...
We have this girl. Stunned! This kitten has just learned that Dallas temps are not forecast to reach 100 on Tuesday. Stunned she was. She’s Marla (1072840), one of nearly 200 cats and kittens listed on the www.dallasanimalservices.org site where, also, there are displays for more than 250 dogs. Marla’s about 14 weeks old and described as a brown tabby. Ask about her by emailing [email protected].
OUT AT THE LAKE
THEY’RE ABOUT TO STRUT


That’s a photo of someone in Texas Strut Boots (well, just boots, really) — but maybe all ready for the September 7 Strut Your Mutt “out at the lake.” And the dog is Baxter, a year-old Lab mix boy who has no human to strut with him. He “loves to run and jump around in the play yard. He is in search of a home to call his own,” his bio reads.
We spotted Baxter after we got another reminder about the Strut Your Mutt benefiting the Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake. Thought we’d see who is waiting at the HSCCL shelter. There was Baxter. (FYI: You can make the artwork of the poster expand by clicking on it — you’ll see details of the big Strut Your Mutt event.)

In our perusal of the population, we also found two varieties of Heeler mixes awaiting adoption at the HSCCL shelter in Tool.
The black and white variety of Heeler Mix is Hunter *(#1713) a year-old fellow who “is fun to play with and likes his kisses. He is ready to have a yard of his own…”

And the Sitting Heeler is Cutie Pie (#1909), a year-and-a-half-old girl.

The cat? Not a Heeler Mix. She is, however, Momma (#1028), a 2-year-old.
 See more HSCCL animals HERE .
That big white dog? Year-old Great Pyrenees mix (#1789) named, what else,
Sara Jessica Barker.

CONTEMPLATIONS
CAT FACT, SCARY DRILLING, THE FALCON?
This is what it looks like when you’re typing at my keyboard and Deputy Chief Kittie Leigh Johnson is sharpening her investigative skills by staging a faux investigation of a tip she heard. Sometimes she doesn’t just look — she takes action, slapping the lightning-fast fingers moving across the keyboard. Funny girl. Nine years old and adorable every day. What? Oh, sure. She was a free Dallas cat. … I’m for science as much as the next guy but this “world’s deepest hole” project gives me the creeps. We can’t control volcanos, why should we be able to control a shaft dug toward the earth’s core? I’m sure I don’t understand. Like, I don’t understand why measles keeps making a comeback. … 
I’ve been typing this while TCM has been presenting The Maltese Falcon. Not a single CGI scene in that 1941 film — and some of the scenes are longer than a split-second. How in the world did they manage to win audiences with a film like that? Must have been a quirk in the space/time/cartoon continuum and humans of that era were persuaded to enjoy movies you could think about as you watched them. Things change. Look at the ticket prices.
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