ZANE & BINGO STILL WAITING; BLACKY NEEDS A LOVING HOME; MESQUITE'S RESCUE-ONLY RICO; CONTEMPLATIONS: WILD BILL TO BASEBALL

EDITION OF MONDAY, AUG. 2, 2021 [PetPowellPress] Goodness, gracious, it’s the last month of summer and if this year moves any faster, we’ll get to 2022 by evening rush hour on Wednesday.
No matter what’s going on in your world, Holiday Insight’s, the online calendar, says August is “Admit You’re Happy Month” — Aug. 2 is “National Ice Cream Sandwich Day.” Worse days have been honored!!! Not to set off any cravings…..
Oh, yes, these two bonded dogs, Zane the German Shepherd and Bingo Not The German Shepherd, are still waiting for a one-home rescue from Fort Worth Animal Care and Control. Zane is healthy and large, Bingo is not as large, but is heartworm positive. To ask about them, email [email protected]. They’ve been in the shelter since April 13. They are "owner-surrenders." Why? “Owner moving.” They shouldn’t be euthanized just because their human moved, right?
THIS CUTE LITTLE DOG IS CAUGHT UP
IN A HEARTBREAKING SITUATION….
How about that face! This dog is Blacky. 
And he’s in a bit of a fix. His human is in a fix, too — battling dementia and wants the best for her pup.

We learned about this dog’s need from our longtime friend, the animal advocate Diane Combs. She got the news of Blacky’s situation from our friends Cindy and Al Gomez (Diane’s sister and brother-in-law), a couple of dedicated animal rescuers we’ve written about here before.
The connection is some friends of Cindy and Al are trying to find a good home for Blacky, a 13-pound fuzzy-faced pup who is 9 or 10 years old. He’s in Dallas, in good health and, like most dogs his age, needs to have a vet look at his teeth.
The bio of Blacky reads, “He's one big love bug, loves laps and loves walks and afternoon naps.  He also loves to snuggle at night.  He's up to date with shots until April 2022."
 To help Blacky find a good home, email Cindy at [email protected].
MEANWHILE, IN MESQUITE:

RICO, SUGAR AND KELLY
That’s two dogs and a cat — just three of many critters currently in the care of the folks at Mesquite Animal Services.
 We got the news of these two dogs from volunteer Mesquite Shelter dog biographer Debra Chisholm.
Rico the German Shepherd came into the shelter as a stray on the July 20 — he brought with him some kind of injury on his right foot and that got him into the category of “Rescue Only.” The seriousness of his injury hasn’t been revealed yet, but may become know early in the week. 
Debra says she wanted to get her evaluation of Rico out “with the hope that someone will step forward to tag and rescue this boy. He has already been at the shelter for a week and a half and needs to have the injury seriously looked at and treated.”

Rico is about 2, weighs 77 pounds and is neutered, she reports. She also says, “He walks very nicely on a leash; of course, favoring the leg with the injury.  He is a friendly fellow but somewhat aloof and a bit restless.  I think the injury is bothering him.  He seems calm and gentle and well-mannered, yet is lively and active.  He is a likeable boy and would make some person or family a wonderful companion.” He’s #48261769 — use that ID when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email [email protected].
That brings us to Sugar, so named by Debra because “it just seemed to fit.” Sugar’s a great Pyrenees mix who came in as a stray on July 26 — she weighs 60 pounds, isn’t spayed and is about 4 years old.
Here’s the tough part: Debra writes, “Sugar is very uneasy in the shelter environment and frightened of the other dogs.  She is so nervous that she will not walk much on a leash.  She has either not had any experience with a leash or is just so scared that she will not walk.  She had to be carried much of the way to and from her kennel.  When she got out into the shelter yard she did fine.  She is friendly and was happy to receive attention and petting. … She is a well-mannered, calm and gentle girl.  It seems obvious that Sugar has lived outside as she has fly bites on her ears and has fleas as well.” 
Sugar is #48306813 — use that number when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email at rescues@cityof mesquite.com.
Same contact points for this girl, Kelly the Cat (#48266164). She is a 5-year-old girl who is of “medium size” and has been in the Mesquite shelter since July 20 — she’s an adult cat among a score or more of kittens in the Mesquite Shelter. You can see all the dogs and all the cats by clicking on the Mesquite Animal Shelter website HERE.
WHY I’VE GOT TO QUIT READING
THE POSTS ON BULLETIN BOARDS

I’m dedicating this one to people who think they live in Mayberry and have no respect for nature and the tendencies of animals who are predators and not pets. Geezalou, how can people not see that this is something that could happen? And I feel anguish for them while also hoping that what they have learned will save the lives of the next animals they have. 
Mercifully, I have not photo to go with this.
The note read, “Our caged outdoor rabbit was attacked and eaten sometime today after 9 a.m a few blocks from Tandy Hills Natural Area. We don't know what the animal was, but think it must have been fairly large to reach her in her cage 4 feet from the ground, perhaps a coyote or bobcat. Please be careful with your outdoor pets!”
No kidding. I guess “Natural Area” wasn’t a big enough clue. Nor the predator birds circling over head. Nor the reports of coyotes and bobcats roaming the area.
Look, be careful with your indoor pets, too — when you let them out, you never know what’s waiting unless you step out and check the yard. And, dear people who have “outdoor cats” — help them survive the heat, the predators and the villains who like to shoot or run over roaming animals.

CONTEMPLATIONS

GEEZ, I JUST DON’T KNOW…
Yeah, that rabbit-in-the-cage story is upsetting. We wonder this: How can people be successfully, lovingly reminded to be careful with the lives of others? I’ve been a reporter writing about human tendencies since 1965 and, I swear, the element of common sense in the land of predators has shown few distinguishable advances in the human brain. [LARRY ASIDE: Help me off this soapbox before a slat snaps and I wind up in a fix that requires a lot of paperwork and pills.] …
How smart have people gotten about the way things are? No idea, but in a nation where pistols and bad guys go hand-in-hand, I’d like to cite one event of August 2, 1876. Research reveals that Wild Bill Hickok was playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, S.D. He had his back to the door. A guy who had a beef with him walked in and shot him in the back of the head. Wild Bill died while holding aces and eights, known afterward as the “Dead Man’s Hand.” If car lots had been invented in 1876 and roads had been paved in South Dakota, no doubt the local young studs would have been burning rubber in circles on the Deadwood’s new pothole-free asphalt. … OK, I’m going to end this with something on the upbeat side of things. How about that Jonah Heim, a Texas Ranger since February, becoming the first
rookie in Major League history to hit two walk-off home runs in a row. Can things be looking up for the home team? Yeah, well, for next year — cause Rangers fans nearly always are waiting for next year.
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