EDITION OF MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 [PetPowellPress] This is being written as I listen to the Dallas Cowboys/New Orleans Saints game. Why? Old habit. In the 1960s I learned to translate Latin while listening to rock ’n’ roll -- writing while football is on is not much different. Not sure Latin is helpful on a website dealing with canum et felium. My Latin grades? This is a phrase that best demonstrates the situation: Sic friat crustulum. Idiomatically, "That’s the way the cookie crumbles." That photo? That’s my friend The Senator surprising me by nodding off next to the sink — I was looking for him in his usual haunts and found him in this new space. Why? (Translations come from research, not my memory.) The Senator also speaks Latin and says he was demonstrating “dormientes feles,” i.e., translates as “sleeping cat.” Oh, and “descendo” is Latin for “Get down!”
THE ROSCOE SITUATION:
TIME FOR A DOG TO GET A HOME
We’ve written about this guy Roscoe several times. He’s kind of a shelter legend at Fort Worth Animal Care and Control. Tami Kukla, on the behalf of the shelter, explained things this way: “Daily Communication from Roscoe as he waits for his forever home. Hopefully he only has to wait till tomorrow. Today we did a training session with Rachel and boy is he smart and a quick learner. He is motivated by you giving him a hug or rubbing his back. Oh and did we mention he would be perfect to sit with on your deck and have coffee and do a crossword puzzle. Help us help him get a forever home. He is available for a meet and greet.”
The photo has his vital statistics. And, as you know, email the shelter at fwacctag@fortworthtexas.gov or visit FWACC's Chuck Silcox Adoption Center, 4900 Martin St., in southeastern Fort Worth.
GALT AND ART
FOR DOGS’ SAKE
Greyhound Adoption League of Texas is “kicking off a series of online mini-auctions” to raise money to support the non-profit’s habit of saving lives and getting the “Greyt” rescued dogs healthy.
Bidding has begun already. You can see the whole inventory and the bidding rules HERE. Plus you’ll see photos of the items available in the auction.
We’re citing two. One is “Bewitched” by Kent Roberts. The other is “Reading Greyhound” — no artist listed. Might be somebody famous — or maybe the dog is famous.
Whichever the case, it’s a conversation-starter with a Greyhound!
MEANWHILE, CAN IT BE TIME FOR THE 26TH DOG DAYS OF DENTON?
Holy smoke — 26 years. That’s a year longer than Globe Life Park as a Major League Stadium.
Yes, indeed, it is the Dogs’ Day 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 5, at the North Texas State Fair Grounds. We learned of this because the people from Greyhound Adoption League of Texas are going to be there with their beloved breed representatives.
Learn more at dentondogdays.com.
And, FYI, the 2019 Dog Days of Denton Spokesdog is this Bichon Frisse Jazz. He’s a rescued dog who “loves attention…has many costumes and his favorite hobby is traveling with his mom.” The Fair Grounds are at 2217 N. Carroll Blvd. in Denton.
AN OLDER GENTLEMAN
IN THE CARE OF DAS
As you know, or maybe you don’t, Dallas Animal Services is filled with kittens. But the population also includes some older cats including this guy Pedro (A1075255), thought to be “about 15 years old” and a “shelter cat” since August 29. A month. A MONTH! Currently, Pedro, a neutered Orange Tabby, is at the PetSmart Everday Adoption Center at 16821 N. Coit Road, in Dallas. See him online at dallasanimalservices.org or drop by the adoption center.
[LARRY ASIDE: At readlarrypowell.com, we endorse adopting older cats — well, we endorse adopting kittens, too — but getting an older cat is a pretty rewarding act. The older cats we’ve taken in have become genuine household partners — you know, of course, how I love and trust The Senator, my sometimes editor. He may be 15 or 20 even. Older guy who wandered up and swapped comfort and sage advice for steady meals and a selection of places to sleep. Pedro probably has the same laid back attitude. If you’re 15, you’re a pretty cool cat.]
CONTEMPLATIONS
SEPTEMBER, LOTTO AND WAIT ’TIL NEXT YEAR
As I was typing madly -- on something that’ll never see print -- around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, I looked out the front window and saw that the sky was already dark. Clearly, I miss the long days of summer already. I report this for the edition of the final day of September, 2019, because I am determined to enjoy one more day of this month. There were some I didn’t enjoy, so I’m trying to make up for lost time. … Hang on, let me check my Saturday night lotto numbers. OK, stop celebrating. I bought 4 chances and out of 24 numbers drawn, I picked one. Disappointed? No, I’ve merely become amused at my number-pickin futility. …Oh, my, the Texas Rangers closed out their time at Globe Life Park by taking two out of three from the New York Yankees. And, just like that, on a Sunday afternoon the 2019 Rangers season is suddenly over and the excitement builds for opening the domed Globe Life Field next season. Like a good baseball fan, I’m still excited about winning the American League pennant and then the World Series next year. I don’t care if they’re playing on a freshly mowed pasture near the big airport. Just play ball. And sign some pitchers.
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