EDITION OF MONDAY, March 29, 2021 [PetPowellPress] We’re going to take so very easy this Monday that we’re publishing the edition on Sunday. We’ll start in Oklahoma and work out way into the swamps and the weeds. No politics!
THE ALTERNATIVE, THEY SAID,
IS ‘WE’LL JUST SHOOT THE DOG’
Sounds like some areas of Texas, doesn’t it. This time it’s in Oklahoma — the town of Burns Flat where the resilient rescuer Terry Lynn Fisher works hard to save lives. Including this one.
Here’s what she wrote. “Yes, this is Oklahoma. Shooting a dog is an every-day thing in the state. And sadly, nobody seems to give a damn! But wait, there are some that do give a damn. And I happen to be one of them!
“This boy is young, under a year. He was hit by a car in a town about 35 miles north of me. He drug himself off the highway into the back of a dollar store parking lot. The people there called one of my friends and told her if he was still there tomorrow, they were going to just shoot him. She rushed to see if she could find him after calling me and me checking with my vet to bring him in.
“Blood was dripping from his nose and when they touched him he cried in pain. This poor sweetheart has a broken pelvis. He will need crate rest for up to six weeks. Right now he is on pain meds to help him, for it is very difficult for him to get up and walk and do anything at all.
“I do not have a place to keep a dog like this, so for now he is still at the vet. If there are any rescues that can take this one on, please let me know ASAP. I will get him to you somehow.”
Email Terry Lynn at remembering_oddball@yahoo.com. She says the pup needs bedding, too, and boarding money. Her PayPal is terrylynnfisher59@yahoo.com and the vet is Elk creek Clinic, 1301 Airport Industrial, Elk City, OK, 73644. Call 580-225-4863.
Terry Lynn says, “This precious young boy wants to live. He is full of kisses and love. Please help us keep him alive until he is well enough to find a home of his own!”
PETEY THE DOG IS CLOSER
TO A SAFE, HEALTHY RE-START!
We got this over the weekend from our Petey tipster, Christine Kallas. She wrote, “Remember the dog that was in danger of being euthanized?”
Indeed, we remember Petey. We posted him on the 19th. He was living in Gilmer where he’d wandered up and the guy to whom he’d wandered up has been trying to find a safe place for him to go — even enlisted the help of the Wright Animal Clinic to look for an angel for Petey.
What’s happening now? Christine sent these “cone
photos” of Petey from over the weekend.
She wrote, “Here is Petey, ready to start a new chapter in his life. He was neutered yesterday and he tested negative for heartworms. Always welcoming news in rescue.
“Petey is leaving for Illinois on Monday as John Winterringer is anxiously awaiting his arrival. When John became aware of Petey's plight, he immediately reached out to us offering to give Petey a loving home. These pictures don't do him any justice, he is a stunningly beautiful pup. John is a true advocate for the breed. As a Veteran with PTSD he can relate to their struggle to exist in this chaotic cruel world. Thank you to everyone involved paving Petey's path to a new beginning. It is your time to shine Petey!!!”
HALO, SNOOT & HATCHI:
THREE ADORABLE ADOPTABLES
(PLUS STUMPY THE CAT)
Our pal Judi Brown, the volunteer dog biographer for Mesquite Animal Services, has presented us with 3 dogs with odd names — I’m almost certain that in 20-something years and thousands of dog stories we’ve never had a Snoot or Hatchi before, and maybe not a Halo, either.
Judi says “Halo is a perfect name for this year-old, 54-pound ‘terrier pit’ that was surrendered on 3/26. She was basically abandoned. The story goes that she was dropped off at some friends/relative home and then the [humans] never returned for her. Their loss is your gain because this is one sweet, lovable, friendly, well-mannered Southern lass! She may look black-and-white in the pictures but she’s really more of a smoky gray and has beautiful hazel eyes that look up at you adoringly. She’s gentle and calm.... especially for her age. She sits, lays down, and gives her paw. When she’s anticipating a treat she sometimes gets excited and jumps but she really doesn’t jump on you, she just jumps up. The people that surrendered her said she was an outdoor dog and that she was raised with a toddler and up and gets along well with children. They also said she was raised with other dogs and is friendly with them.” Judi also adds, “She told me she wants to be an inside dog and live inside with her new family.” Halo is #46973493. Use that
number when you call the shelter at 972-216–6283 or email rescues @cityofmesquite. com.
That brings us to Snoot, a year-old Brittany Spaniel looking for an end to a streak of bad luck. Judi says she was adopted from Mesquite, then returned on the 25th “because of a conflict with one of their other dogs. Snoot got along with one of their dogs but not another one. When I walked him through the bay he did not have any problem meeting other dogs. However I would suggest further dog testing and if you do have another dog they would need to be introduced slowly. Snoot is all puppy! He’s just a happy, wiggly, friendly, energetic, fun-loving, playful guy. His tail wags constantly.” And the wiggly dog is already “fixed.” he’s #46900803. Same Mesquite contact points as for Halo.
And here we are at 7-year-old, 45-pound Yellow Lab mix Hatchi, surrendered to the shelter on the 25th. Judi writes, “He’s a mix and is very low to the ground. On the surrender form they just said they can’t take care of him anymore. He spent his whole time in the yard looking out the gate. I know he was looking for his owners! It made me so sad! I brought him inside to get pictures of him. He’s a very active boy... especially for his age. He went back-and-forth in the shelter yard. He thoroughly explored the laundry room and found some toys he liked. … He was obviously very loyal and loving to his previous owners and now needs someone else to love. Will that be you? Please come meet Hatchi. If you’re
patient with him you will see that he will warm up to you.”
Hatchi is #43209116 — use it when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email rescues@cityof mesquite.com.
See more Mesquite animals — dogs and cats — by clicking on the shelter link HERE.
Among the cats is this fascinatingly ear-accented girl, Snowball, a 5-year-old who came into the shelter on March 25. She’s listed as “large.” [LARRY ASIDE: Considering the State of Texas’ experience with snow this year, the cat may be begging someone to adopt her just so they can change her name to something like Spring or Warmfront the Cat. Not Ercot The Cat. She’s #46969657 at the shelter. Same contact points as for dogs with odd names.]
THE 2 FACES OF STUMPY
@ DOG 'N' KITTY CITY …
This guy is a medium-sized youngster, born in September, 2020, and capable of two different facial expressions — at least two!
He’s in Dog and Kitty City, the no-kill shelter run by the Humane Society of Dallas County. Read about it at dognkittycity.org and see how to adopt this guy.
Stumpy’s in Dog and Kitty City (at 2719 Manor Way in Dallas not far from Love Field) and he’s there because he was “surrendered because one of [the] owner’s dogs kept nipping” at the cat. The shelter was safer for the cat, so that’s why he’s there. Stumpy is described as “really friendly and spunky.”
CONTEMPLATIONS
A MONSTER’S VOTE; A FILM; WEED DAY
We start Contemplations with a story that is about voting but has nothing to do with politics, viruses, borders or odd objects in the sky. Nope, this one is about a monster: The one who starred in the 1972 motion picture, The Legend of Boggy Creek. It's about the mythical “Fouke Monster,” a Bigfoot-like creature said to have roamed the river bottoms and swamps near Fouke (pronounced Fowk as in “ow!”). The small Arkansas town is just south of Texarkana on U.S. Highway 71 not far from the Louisiana border and the Texas border (Hence, the area is the “Ark- La-Tex.”). Anyway, in its Sunday edition, my ol’ hometown paper, The Texarkana Gazette, reported that the film is “up for two 19th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards” — as you can see at the award site HERE Rondo Hatton was a film star/journalist — he’d been quite a handsome fellow in his youth, but acromegaly, a disorder of the pituitary gland, reshaped his face. He was in 26 films from 1927 to 1946 — not all horror films, especially in his younger years. FYI: The organizers allow one vote per person — so, to see the ballot go to
rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog (yep, that's the link) and to vote, email your choice to taraco@aol.com by midnight April 25. As research will show you, many organizations bootlegged copies of the film, but a couple of years ago, the daughter of the late director, Charles B. Pierce, acquired the rights and had the film restored and upgraded. The pre-bootleg version had beautiful music and beautiful scenes of the bayous and landscape and wildlife around Fouke. FYI: The Fort Worth Press’ legendary film critic and entertainment writer Jack Gordon told me in the early ‘70s that The Legend of Boggy Creek had sold more tickets at the Seminary South Cinema in August of 1972 than the other big film that year, a little thing called The Godfather sold in March of ’72. Of course, in those days, you could actually go to movies and fill all the seats.
And, for the curious, here’s a LINK TO A RONDO HATTON MAGAZINE STORY with photos of the actor/journalist as both young and older. Perhaps you’ll recognize him. …
And, having barely scratched the surface of The Legend of Boggy Creek, we’ll close today’s Contemplations with a note reminding those who pay no attention to botanical celebrations, that March 28 was Weed Appreciation Day.
Before you jump to conclusions, the “weed” in this appreciation refers to the actual weeds to spring up in your lawn, your garden, between the slabs of a sidewalk, etc.
Holiday Insights notes that weeds help provide oxygen for Earthlings and offer food and shelter for some wildlife. Then the site urges, “Take some time today to hug your weeds….” It’s like we time-warped back to the ‘60s, isn’t it.
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