AT ANIMAL ANGELS SANCTUARY, THE SLEEPING DOGS CAN SAFELY LIE... LAY?

Ultra-cute Porche and I wanted to start this edition of Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap with an upbeat announcement that we’re focusing on legendary Animal Angels Sanctuary. 
But it wasn’t a sleeping dog that got our attention first. It was a traveling dog.

See that pup casually riding in the back seat? The folks with Animal Angels, the sanctuary near Jacksboro northwest of the Metrosprawl, posted her photo on Facebook. They included this story on June 22: 
“Today we picked up Winks, from the vet after some unknown Jackwagon (nicest language I can use) threw her from a moving vehicle, causing one of her rear legs to be so badly damaged it needed to be amputated. Her poor nose was badly road-rashed (it’s much better now) and she had a bad eye infection. 

“All that is in the past for Winks as she is on the road to recovery and is in great spirits and is a spitfire...Anyone wanting to help with Winks’ medical bills and recovery, please call our President Beth Kelley 469-386-1020, or visit our website animalangelstexas.org and click on the donate button… Thank you, for your compassion and mercy for this sweet ol’ girl.”
[LARRY FYI: I've included other Animal Angels photos in this report, for example Coco on the left. Read on, please. Captions are below.]
So I called President Beth to ask about Winks and learned that the girl is probably somewhere between 11 and 13 and is coming along nicely with healing.  [LARRY NOTE: Wink’s had to have a lot of medical work and medicine, so if you want to help replenish the Animal Angels' medical funds, go to animalangels.org. As veteran rescuers know, the animals don’t always arrive at the peak of great health!]
Yes, if you are a really responsible person with a thorough understand of and unrelenting affection for an older dog, it’s possible you may pass the test to adopt Winks. [LARRY NOTE: No slacker creeps need apply. That's my phrasing, not President Beth's. She's nicer.]
Now, that “throw the dog out of the truck” is a pretty traditional story in some areas of Texas — even my beloved East Texas has animal tossers, as do the more metropolitan areas of the Lone Star State. Why is that? It’s because we have more than our fair share of Free-Roaming Village Idiots. 

Back to the point: I never see a mention of Animal Animals that I don’t think of its founder Carole Sanders and the wonderful animal mission she accomplished every darned day! Her spirit has worked beyond that day in 2018 when she fell victim to a brain aneurysm. People who loved and admired her picked up the torch. Animal Angels Sanctuary continues with the honorable mission.
So, I went to the Animal Angels Facebook page to see what I could find and we have some sleeping dogs, a calf and some redbirds. Here we go, thanks to President Beth and the Animal Angels.
PHOTO 2: From April 26, this post: “Meet Coco. She is today’s new addition to the sanctuary. This beautiful blonde couldn’t move with her owner. Her feisty demeanor will fit right in…” Clearly, she is a sleeping dog who enjoys being allowed to lie!
PHOTO 3: From April 14, this post (and this is no sleeping dog!): “Meet Flash Gordon, our newest bottle calf rescue…. Please consider donating, he drinks a lot of formula… Thanks Moooocho.”

PHOTO 4: Remember all that “winter” that hit North Texas in early February? This photo is from Feb. 4 and it may actually show — in keeping with our theme — a snoozing bird, a North Texas cardinal fluffed up and napping on a limb! The caption in the Feb. 4 post read, “Cardinals out pickin up dog food, not sure exactly who we are feeding here… LoL. Challenge…. How many Cardinals do you see(pic on right)?" [LARRY PROBABLY NEEDLESS NOTE: Click on the picture to make it grow like a well-fed puppy.]

PHOTO 5: As you can see in this January 31 post, there was sunshine before that winter weather rolled through within a few days. The post reads, “Meet Miss Sally Mae, laying atop one of many picnic tables at the sanctuary soaking up the sun…”

There you have it. All of these dogs, a few cats who have official cat duties at the sanctuaries, Longhorns, calves, goats and … well, the Animal Angels try to help whoever needs help. And if you’re a breed rescue group, now and then they find a purebred that needs help and under- standing! Get in touch. And may you rescuers always have room. [LARRY PERSONAL CONFESSION: That's a prayerful sentence in this awful time of crowding and euthanasia.]
Dear Readers, you can see the Animal Angels’ through the camera lenses by going to the sanctuary’s Facebook page HERE.
It’ll also lead you to the website with the donation connections HERE.

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When humans are working hard to save animal lives, we know that it is much easier in America to “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap.”
PHOTO 6? My office cat William Powell was absent as this was being typed, so Porche Noel and Dudley The Angel (the Border Collie/Lab mix) took over Porche’s Psychedelic Rug of Transcendental Slumber while Wendy Louise Wagstaff Arden walked in and nodded off. Wendy likes to sleep near the Notre Dame trash can I bought when I took my kids to South Bend in hopes of encouraging them to attend the university. The trash can proved to not be a lure for the Texas teens. Wendy likes to nod off near the Leprechaun picture on the can because it helps her recall her days of playing wide-receiver for the Fighting Irish. That’s what I’m told, anyway. In a helmet and shoulder pads on old coaching film, all the receivers look alike. That's her lounging awake -- she's a beaut', ain't she! Free dog, you know. My bigheartspouse Martha rescued her.
[DEAR READERS, Please send photos of your slumbering critters and a note explaining how you got them and why they mean so much to you to [email protected] We’ll feature them in Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap and you may just be helping someone decide to open their home to a rescued animal. Also, you may be helping an insomniac have faith that sleep is possible if you can just find the right table in the right amount of sun on a day with the perfect temperature for restful sleep. Insomniacs are picky — blame lack of sleep.]
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