AND HUMANS AND ANIMALS ALL GO TOGETHER; SOME STILL NEED HAPPY HOMES!

EDITION OF TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021 [PetPowellPress] Here we go with an edition for this particular day of the week. You’ve, perhaps, noticed that photograph. That is our quiet street at sunrise on Tuesday. Only a hint of rain — a sprinkle, or as my little boy Bret would say in his pre-school days, “It’s sparklin’!”
This looks nothing like Indian Lake in Denville, N.J., home of our stellar Eastern Seaboard Bureau and veteran journalist Andy Fisher, our Bureau Chief. He reported early Tuesday morning, “Four inches in the rain gauge and more to come, the weather gurus say.” 
So, from coast to coast to coast and border-to-border (East, Gulf, West; Canada, Mexico) may your weather turn out to be beneficial to your area and not the big scary thing all the new 21st Century weather gadgets predict.
May we have autumnal breezes; soft, generous rains; no searing or freezing temps — especially during the World Series. Go Rangers! What? Oh, yeah. Wait ’til next year or, as usual, the year after…. And why is that Greyhound smiling? Read on:
A DOG WHO HAS WON A HEART
BUT NEEDS TO WIN A HOME
Oh, boy, look at that great Rottie-style face! That is Hugo, #48327641, a 4-year-old Rottweiler mix who has been in the Mesquite Animal Shelter since July 30 and our pal Judi Brown is Hugo’s official biographer. She says he “follows you around like a little puppy dog; lavishes you with slopping kisses!” 
She wrote that, basically, Hugo deserves another “look” because he’s been in the shelter “way too long.” Judi also added, "He’s tired of waiting. He may have been passed by for a while because he had goopy eyes. He has been given several rounds of eye drops and his eyes appear to be much better. Please either tag or network Hugo. He needs out of the Shelter ASAP!”
Her original evaluation of Hugo read that he “is a handsome boy with beautiful brown and black coloring and hazel eyes. He greeted me in the kennel with wiggles and tail wags. I bent down and got my face washed with kisses! He kept his kennel clean and then did his business as soon as he got out into the yard. He explored the yard with his nose briefly, but then chose to follow me around. He literally followed me everywhere I went! When I sat down he tried to crawl on my lap.... all 64 pounds. So, he’s a lap dog wanna be! He’s gentle and calm. He wants to please. He sits for treats and takes them relatively gently. When I walked him through the bay he went nose to nose with a few dogs but some were barking at him and that agitated him. For that reason I would suggest further dog testing. He’s a sweet, loving boy that wants to hang out with you. He would like to be at your feet while you’re watching TV or reading a good book. He would also like to go for walks with you.” Use his ID, #48327641, when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email rescues@cityofmesquite.com.
LILO THE SURRENDERED CAT WAITS;
SO DO 2 BONDED ADORABLE DOGS
We’re highlighting 3 animals from the Lancaster Shelter. And the tip on them came from the folks with 4-Legged Helpers, the non-profit group. The Helpers report that this boy Lilo has a $100 donation pledged to the 501c3 non-profit that’ll rescue him from the city shelter. He’s also adoptable — you just get the handsome cat, not the donation, if you adopt him. Either way, he gets out of the shelter and it pays off for Lilo.

Described as a “young, male Gray Pastel Tabby," Lilo came into the shelter because he was an “owner-release from someone that could not care fo him.” The Helpers’ bio reads, “He is truly gorgeous and so SWEET.  Very loving and affectionate. He is not too sure about dogs being a friend so he will need either a dog-free home or someone willing to show him a nice doggie that will be friendly. He is a beautiful kitty and has such a sweet little face.  SO deserving.”
 To help save Lilo, call or text the Helpers at 214-949-2726 or email cat_girl_71@yahoo.com. 
[LARRY ASIDE: Lilo looks as if he might have show-business intentions — kind of poses for the camera in one of those shots as if he’s just finished singing the theme from Cats and is letting the applause wash across his soul!]
NOW ABOUT TWO DOGS…Zuri is that shorter female and Aiden is the larger male, both listed as “bulldogs” in their bios from 4-Legged helpers. That bio reads, “This is the SWEETEST, MOST CUDDLY, little bonded pair ever. About 3 years old.  They are complete lovebugs and adore each other and all other dogs.  LOVE PEOPLE.  Zuri is 48 pounds and Aiden is 67 pounds. They have been treated with Bravecto by the shelter in an attempt to help with what appears in all likelihood to be demodec mange. THEY ARE THE CUTEST LITTLE SHORTIES EVER … Adorable sweetie pies!” [LARRY ASIDE: And all the signs are there that whoever had them before didn’t treat ‘em quite as nicely as they deserve. This might be the right time to take in a pair of pups who appreciate being adored by someone who adores them back.]
THOSE GREYHOUND RESCUERS
ENJOYING ANOTHER BUSY WEEK
Now, we’ve mentioned these two dogs, Nick (droopy ears) and Nora (not at all droopy ears!), before. The Greyhound Adoption League of Texas acquired them when they were rescued from an animal cruelty situation in Paul’s Valley, Okla., as puppies. Such young puppies that they were labeled “Greyhound puppies” at the outset. 
As you can see, they are not. They are a pair of American Staffy/Boxer mixes who became Honorary Greyhounds with GALT. As such, they have witnessed hard work for sweet dogs by the big hearts at GALT.
While they’re still available for adoption, GALT continues to rescue other dogs, not just Greyhounds, but, in this case some Whippets, too. 
The latest story from GALT says that this week the“intake team” has been busy “welcoming 19 new hounds to the GALT family” and that raises the population to 112 dogs in the program. [LARRY CASH AND CRITTER NOTE: Yes, donations would be nice — GALT says each new arrival has a $750 veterinary/chipping/etc. bill at the outset — adds up with 19 dogs, doesn’t it! See how to donate at galtx.org. See how to adopt at the same link!]]
The 4 female Whippets, surrendered by a former breeder who “could no longer care for them, are Desi and Annie, both 8, and Chloe (5) and Sakura (4).
Then, on Tuesday, GALT got 15 former racing hounds. That added 5 more females and 10 males. GALT’s report reads, “Lulu, a four year old, just retired from racing at Southland Greyhound Park. The other hounds came to us directly from Greyhound farms. Most are young, born sometime in 2020.”

At its kennel, GALT has 50 hounds awaiting foster homes — see how to foster at galtx.org, also! And see what intake looks like when all those dogs arrive at GALT.
[LARRY ASIDE: We cribbed some of those photos from that sight because they’re just so darned adorable, these Greyhounds. You see the Greyhound in the Red Mask (I think that was an opera, right). Then there’s the Greyhound helping to fill out a medical form — see that clipboard — just like your doctor’s office, right —more paperwork fewer Band-Aids. And, lastly the dog with the happy face. Just needs someone to smile at every day! Bless those hounds and the humans who help them!]
CONTEMPLATIONS
JUST A FEW NOTES…
My pal Andy Fisher, the crackerjack, long-time print/broadcast journalist and all-round swell fellow, and I were discussing weather Tuesday morning — his New Jersey area is getting a soaking. Really smart and determined stepson Ian, working on a postgrad degree, “is going to class via video today,” Andy wrote. “I remember my high school wouldn’t cancel classes unless the headmaster couldn’t get to his office— and he lived on the property!” Ah, my fellow Texans, any of you outside of the Panhandle remember going to school in the snow because the early morning AM radio reported that the school district had declared “the roads are clear”? Yep, cheated out of a good day of storybook winter play. Darnit, had to learn something that day. Can’t remember what it was. Might have been how to diagram sentences. Lost art, I suspect…
Can’t adjust to the rapid witch-on-a-jet-broom approach of Halloween. Seems like about 20 minutes ago I was happy it was Labor Day and the State Fair of Texas would open soon. One more time: I didn’t get enough of the 2021 State Fair of Texas. The theme for the 2022 State Fair? Not announced yet. Probably won’t be “Enjoy the Texas Snow.” Not after the 2021 winter! …
See that photo of those Greyhounds in the field? It came from the newsletter of the Greyhound Adoption League of Texas this week and to show you that Greyhound people have a sense of humor, here’s how the photo description read:
 “As it is Greyhound Awareness Month, we thought we'd update you on the state of the Greyhound crop this year. These hounds are nearly done ripening in the field. If you too have Greyhounds sun-baking, be sure to check them frequently.” Yep, Greyhounds in the field! Play your cards right and GALT will make sure you have a dog with a sense of humor! Bless the rescuers of all kinds of dogs, cats and other critters — it’s a hard job to do if you don’t have a laugh now and then!
—- Offer advice or stories of happy rescuers by clicking on ‘comment’ below or by emailing dallrp@aol.com and put ‘ONLY AND IDIOT LAUGHS LIKE YOU DO’ in the subject line. I’ll cackle. —-