EDITION OF THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 [PetPowellPress] —Had enough of Winter? Yeah, me, too. Ah, but in case you wondered, the season doesn’t arrive until 10:19 p.m. CST on Saturday, December 21.
Now, since the temps are warming up around North Texas and since we’ve all found our winter clothes a month early and some of us made a note to buy some, I'll keep typing.
(LARRY NOTE: I'm "going to press" early, as we ink-stained wretches used to say. Why? Too cold to type. I think I'll read the winter scenes in Dr. Zhivago ...)
Speaking of winter, thanks to a posting by Furbabies of Lancaster, I spotted this posting from Lone Star Doberman Rescue and it is funny and it also fits my feelings about people who think the family dog and cat really love to be outside in either 100-degree weather or an 18-degree windchill. Idiots, and I say that with great love in hopes of enhancing the understanding of the difference between right and wrong. Idiots. Darn. That time it just slipped out.
Oh, and there’s this: CONTEMPLATIONS has a cruelty note today —two of ‘em if you have a theory about Congress.
LEAVING FOR RESCUE: IT’S TOUGH
FOR A CATAHOULA NAMED ROSY
In the category of “You Never Know,” we cite the case of Rosy. We learned about her from Amy Poskey, our tipster on the moving of animals from I Am Dog Rescue, currently reshaping after the death of one of the organization’s guiding lights.
Rosy was supposed to be among around two dozen dogs making a road trip to a rescue.
Didn’t happen. Why? Amy says, “Rosy, the Catahoula mix, was too terrified to make a road trip to the rescue who offered to take her. There for we are asking for DFW-area rescues only for sweet Rosy. She is not aggressive —she is just terrified and will simply need a little time, patience and love.”
She’s among 26 dogs (Labs, Pitties, Pointers, Goldens, Doxies, etc.) needing a rescue group’s help. To offer to help with Rosy or any dog, email info@iamdogrescue.org or call 940-202-0951.
AH, THE DOG WILL NEED
A PERMANENT NAME
So, on Dallas Animal Services Facebook page, I spotted this photo of a handsome, lively DAS dog named “Skarface” and featured as a Tuesday adoption special.
Here’s the text: “Every dog has his day... Skarface (A1067719) is hoping this #TongueOutTuesday will be his! Come meet this goofy grin and adopt him today. He'll be waiting in Kennel #VIP07. #AdoptDAS #BeDallas90."
So, then, while looking through the dallasanimalservices.org dog photos for a better view of “Skarface” I found this DAS posting for “Joker.” Yep, same dog. The shelter ID numbers match. Doesn’t matter to me what he’s called right now — I just want him to find a home that’ll give him a good name, a good life and a reason to come when he’s called by that name!
[LARRY ASIDE: How these good dogs wind up in a shelter instead of on the living room couch must surely be because of the failing of a human heart.]
THE WILMER CHALLENGE:
SAVE THE HIDDEN DOGS
Our latest email from Laura Macias of 4 Legged Helpers, the new non-profit that focuses on smaller shelters, pinpoints a problem in towns that just don’t pitch in enough tax money to make a shelter a shelter rather than a warehouse for the doomed.
In fact, Laura included this paragraph in her email with photos of three dogs currently in the Wilmer Animal Shelter. “Doomed to die in this hell hole!,” she wrote. “Doomed to be just another who cares castoff of Dallas County. Just Bullies — who cares about them! After trying to help and save them for so long maybe it is easier just to let this place kill them all again.”
Their time is almost up, she says. And she also writes, “Wilmer Shelter is one of those storage-type metal buildings on property no one can even enter with a huge locked gate. So dogs here stand ZERO chance. None. No one sees them. There are NO public adoptions.”
Who are these dogs? Kimmie is the Shepherd/Boxer mix we posted in Wednesday’s edition. She’s a “very, very sweet” dog, according to Laura’s note. The dog with the blue/green eyes is Blue, described as “honestly one of the most beautiful bullies in person we have seen. The third dog is Autumn who has a collar but nobody has come to look for her. She’s described as a “silly, lovable, precious little girl.”
Save their lives by calling or texting Laura at 214-949-2726 or EMAIL cat_girl_71@yahoo.com.
CONTEMPLATIONS
D.C. CRUELTY & THE LAW; BETTING ON A PHRASE; WHAT ABOUT THAT UFO?
On Wednesday I ran across a story on The Hill’s website about therapy dogs visiting Capitol Hill. That’ll challenge the dogs’ training. Also, I’m wondering if bringing dogs to Capitol Hill right now is some kind of animal cruelty — it’s cruel enough for humans. But, coincidentally, there’s a bill approved by both Houses of Congress currently awaiting the President’s signature that would make animal cruelty a violation of federal law. We’ve mentioned it before and you’re probably aware of it. [LARRY FYI: The Senator, my friend to the right who swears he hasn't had plugs, long ago endorsed this bill. He also endorses cat adoptions as a way to make America a more pleasant nation.] Read about it the pending law HERE and, maybe, you could even Tweet the president and remind him to sign the bill real soon. He can't sign it TOO SOON! … Do you think someone in Washington has set up a pool betting on how many times “quid pro quo” will be said by a public official this month? … As long as we’re talking about Washington, this is a good time for a UFO story from the venerable magazine Popular Mechanics. Click HERE and keep watching the skies. Cue the spooky music HERE. Sorry about the advert -- profiteers from Mars.
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