ONCE UPON A TIME, CINDER NEEDED A HOME, THEN SHE NEEDED ONE AGAIN -- (PLUS, OTHER DOGS & CONTEMPLATIONS)

EDITION OF MAY 6, 2020 [Pet- PowellPress] Is that not a great dog face? That is the face of Cinder. 
The reason Cinder is getting the headliner treatment is she’s got a life story that deserves a happy ending right now and for good! Needs a home.
Six years ago — yes, in May 2014 — Cinder and the rest of her litter were dumped near Flag Pole Hill at White Rock Lake. That's little Cinder six years ago in the photo on the left below. Animal advocate Kimberly Jones rescued all the dogs. But that wasn’t the end of the Cinder story.
We’ve been monitoring Cinder via our pal Kimberly. She posts photos of Cinder “all the time” —not really an exaggeration— on her Facebook page. 
One of the photos shows Cinder with a “Beware the Dog” sign and, explains Kimberly, “She will smother you with kisses!!! ….She is a PERFECT dog!”
The mission now is to find the right adoptive home for the sweet dog. 
Kimberly saved Cinder, her two sisters and her brother after they’d been thrown out into the neighborhood “by a breeder, I believe,” Kimberly says. 
They were around a year or a year-and-a-half old. “I got them all vetted at that time and spayed/microchipped and adopted them out.”
 Sometimes what you think is the “end” of a story isn’t really the end. Kimberly says, “Cinder was in her adoptive home for the last almost 5 years... I keep up with my rescues and last summer I found out that her adopters allowed her to get heartworms and were neglecting her…”
Seeing that the original adoptors could not properly tend to Cinder, she took Cinder back in September. Vet exams produced unhappy news in addition to the heartworm diagnoses. Kimberly launched a campaign to get the heartworm problem fixed (Cinder’s heartworm-free now). Then, last September, Cinder had TPLO surgery to repair a painful leg/ligament condition by reshaping the interior of a joint. (FYI: Special thanks to Karen Lee and the non-profit barkleyworld.com which focuses on helping acquire medical care for tough cases.)

So, here you see many photographs of Cinder, a dog whose been through being dumped, being neglected, being moved, being “still” for heartworm treatment and being operated on for the leg surgery.

How has this affected Cinder? 
Could it have led this baby to be even sweeter? Says Kimberly (with the pup), “Cinder is very very sweet. She loves attention and she loves to cuddle. She is pretty laid back but she loves to play as well. 
“She is obsessed with balls and loves for you to throw a ball for her and she brings it back to you for you to throw again. She also likes stuffies and chewies.” (That's her happiness in that photo with the ball below!)
The praise phrase “Good dog” comes to mind.
Good Dog Cinder is 7 years old, weighs 65 pounds, loves to be loved and is described by Kimberly as a “squatty Pibble.” 
Cinder is a dog who exhibits great happiness at being a dog. 
And she’s also capable of exhibiting happiness while wearing a tutu. Turn your speakers up, because when you click HERE — you’ll get to see Cinder prancing around in her pink tutu.
Kimber ly says, “She is some- what of a Velcro dog as she likes to be with you and will want to be near you. … She will always try to please you.”
Yep, even if it means slipping into a pink tutu for a casual romp through the neighborhood. Probably made every other dog in the neighborhood envious.  Look at that happy face!
To ask about adopting this sweet, patient pup, email Kimberly Jones at kimberlyaj4@gmail.com or go to her Facebook page and message her.
THREE NEEDING A WAY OUT
OF THE LANCASTER SHELTER
Our tipster Laura Macias of 4-Legged Helpers sent bios for three dogs that are on the “get out of Lancaster quickly” list. The Lancaster Animal Shelter is on the southern side of I-20 across from Dallas. To help them by fostering or adopting, text or call Laura at 214-949-2726 or email cat_girl_71@yahoo.com. 

This boy in the neckerchief is Brendan, a 2-year-old “sweet as can be” dog. His bio reads: “Sadly, he was at a home with a couple of other dogs and the owners were no longer able to care for any of them. All were Pyr mix, and interestingly, although this adorable guy looks more Heeler, we believe he is part Pyr, too. He has been very loved, you can tell. This guy loves to ride in the car and adores giving kisses.”
Sadie is that gray female “Bully” who is, yes, “extremely pregnant and needs out of the shelter immediately” Her bio reads, “Very beautiful. Look at that cute smile and those adorable floppy ears. She is precious. Looks purebred Staffordshire Terrier in all likelihood.” The hope is to get her out of the shelter so her babies can be born in a nice, quiet dog-safe home.
Then, there’s Ryan, a young boy who is “Hound or Whippet/Irish Terrier Mix.” Why is he “extremely urgent” and at the top of the euthanasia list”?
His bio tells an ugly tale.
 It reads: “This poor guy has been out on the go all by himself, probably for awhile.  A homeowner apparently kept seeing him in his backyard and, this is awful but we were told this is what happened. When Ryan went into the doghouse to take a nap, the homeowner  put a board in front and nailed him in.  The ACO came and got him but he is extremely scared and what we would probably call a semi-feral dog.  He does seem to really like other dogs.  We are sure his experience has been better with dogs than people after hearing this and seeing how people have failed him.  it is heartbreaking.  He is very afraid in the shelter situation and we would like to see if anyone has any ideas for him. … The ACO has expressed urgency for this dog since right now they do not feel they can even walk him. Just too afraid to come out of the kennel.” (Again, call or text Laura at 214-949-2726.)
CONTEMPLATIONS
MESSAGE TO PUPPY DUMPER; THE HEADACHE CURE; THE CAT’S MISSION
Before we leave this edition, I have a message regarding the dumping of Cinder and siblings six years ago near Flag Pole Hill in Dallas. Pardon my French, of course, but I'm going to say "shame on you" to the villainous jackass who dumped the litter. I hope he's had constant car trouble since that day -- how's that for a curse on somebody! King’s X on the karma of that curse, by the way. I can’t afford car trouble every day. ...

ON A TV COMMERCIAL I head a “medicine’s promise” that it could give a person a relief from a migraine headache within two hours. Here’s your pill; take it and wait two hours. Is that possible with a migraine? Not exactly instant relief, but maybe it works. I used to have terrible, terrible headaches. I quit eating meat about 30 years ago — I came to believe there’s been enough killing on this planet. Still, when I quite eating meat, those horrific headaches vanished. No scientific study. Just anecdotal. But no headache is no headache. And no animals have been killed because I needed lunch. ….
You might ask, “What in the heck is that photo?” That is a result photo. Tuesday morning I had my laptop on the table and was reading the latest edition of The New Yorker while trying to take my blood pressure. An open magazine is a magnet to The Senator, my feline advisor. Before my blood pressure could register, he left the comfort of Martha’s office (top foto), walked about 25 feet into the dining room, jumped up on the table and flopped down, covering my laptop, my blood pressure machine and the bulk of The New Yorker. I take this as a sign to remind you, Dear Readers, that we need photos of sleeping dogs, napping cats or any other slumbering beast or in-law for this weekend’s edition of Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap. Email me at dallrp@aol.com. My BP? 123/77. Might have been lower if The Senator hadn’t covered up The New Yorker cartoons.
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