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[SECOND EDITION TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY JULY 26-27, 2022] We have a few animal-related reports to add to the total of this day’s earlier report from Daingerfield.
 Never seen such a busy time for shelters and the animals in them waiting for adoption, rescue or … well, you know the third thing. Let’s all activate our positive thinking and stand between the animals and the awfulness. Irony? Not one of the animals in this edition is in a shelter. Determined people kept 'em in foster homes.
KATIE AND OTIE AND
CHANCES TO HELP…
These are two East Texas dogs that we learned about because Dallas-based animal advocate Mary Sullivan has connections with our pal Gail Whelan of the Companion Animal Network. Connections — that’s the key to a great many successful rescues and adoptions. 
In this case, Mary sent a note about Katie, that pointy-eared girl currently being fostered in Quitman, east of by a little more than 2 road hours.
The story of Katie is she’s a “beautiful and talented young dog” who “needs her forever home.”
Her bio reads that she is “Happy, playful, affectionate, & great with other dogs & kids – the perfect family companion.” She’s about 18 months old, weighs 45 “healthy, fully vetted” pounds and is “smart and eager to please.” She knows “many commands, can follow instructions, is very well-mannered and is leash-trained and housetrained.” 
To ask about giving Katie a home, call 903-967-3226 or email Companion Animal Network at can.adoptions@yahoo.com.

We were discussing Katie’s situation with our longtime pal Gail when she told us about “a new angel I got last week. My good friend here [East Texas] saw a man in front of a Sonic holding this boy on a leash and try8ing to give him away.. She talked him into calling me. I’ve named him Odie."
Again, call CAN at 903-967-3226. Email can.adoptions@yahoo.com.
See CAN’s adorable adoptables at www.ca-n.petfinder.com. 
There you can read about Odie. One paragraph tells us, “He is approximately one year of age, fully vetted, heartworm negative and microchipped. Currently he is 60 pounds and could stand to add a few more.”

He’s a pretty handsome dog. To echo the traditional response in my childhood, “Whut kin-a dog is thayut?” And CAN says, “We believe Odie is a mix of pointer and foxhound and will have more information when his DNA test comes in.”

MARY, SKIPPER & PIPPIN:
STILL NEED HOME/HOMES

We wrote about these three cats last Friday, but here it is days later and the three kittens are still in foster cast and waiting for someone to give them a home or homes.
Veteran rescuer/foster/animal advocate Tanja Sewell-Pattist has been work- ing with the “3 sweet, playful kittens” and they’ve visited a vet and they’re healthy. Also — and here’s a glorious sentence as catfans know! — “ They know how to use a litter box.”
(Those babies are, in order, Mary (top right), Skipper (left) and Pippen.)These kittens are around 12 weeks old. 
How did they wind up in rescue care?
 Tanja says, “These kittens and their mom were trapped down in the Dallas Fair Park, MLK Blvd area. The skittish mom was being fed by a lady who lives in the area. The three kittens are the sweetest little things; they like to be held; and are so playful."
Then Tanja added, "Sadly, the town is flooded once again with kittens.” 

To ask about helping these kittens survive tough times in Dallas, call 972-898-3156 or email tanja.pattist@tx.rr.com.

CONTEMPLATIONS
THE TIMES, DENSITY AND SHARKS

FOR THESE BULGING SHELTER TIMES: Any rescue veteran got a suggestion for re-booting a brain numbed by the animal circumstances of 2022? I usually self-prescribe a temporary fix, i.e., a giant chocolate-dipped Dairy Queen soft-serve vanilla ice cream cone. But I promised my team of doctors that I’d change my ways. And while I cannot have ice cream, the city laws keep me from adopting more puppies and kittens. When the term "city limits" comes up, that's the limit I think about. …
SPEAKING OF PUPPIES & KITTENS: When you run across the phrase “Population Density” when you’re reading about a city, do you automatically think about the don't care/so what residents who don’t spay and neuter their dogs and cats and don’t keep them from wandering and multiplying? Yes, I do. Thought I’d share that. ….
FYI: SHARKS? IN AN EAST TEXAS STOCK TANK? I’ve never been swimming in water that hosted sharks. I have, however, been swimming in ponds that had water moccasins and leeches and, standing nearby, bulls and heifers watching to see if anything interesting might be about to happen. Never did, thanks to my teenage fear of snakes and my American Red Cross swimming lessons in a city pool.
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THE MISSION OF SAVING 'EM ALL ISN'T LIMITED TO BIG CITIES....

EDITION OF TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, JULY 26-27 [PetPowellPress] We’re going to get to the pressure-packed situation in Daingerfield, Texas, in just a moment.
Here’s why I didn’t get to it sooner today. I was enchanted.
 You know what kept me from jumping right into this edition today? Martha’s dog Wendy walked up on my right side at the desk, put her head on my knee and waited to be petted. 
So I stopped writing the prelude to the novel, The Dog Who Wrote Best Sellers, and began to pet her with my right hand. After a couple of minutes, she decided to move on. I resumed typing and suddenly she appeared on my left side. I petted her with my left hand. She stared at me. Then walked down the hall toward the kitchen and to the pantry. I got the message. Treat time on the morning shift. [LARRY ASIDE: Treat time is a joy for the humans, too — no I don’t gnaw the treats, but I do enjoy seeing the bright eyes that are are happy all the way to a dog’s tummy. Same for the cats. You’re cheating yourself if you don’t get to make someone on this planet happy with a dog or cat treat! FYI: If you don’t have a dog or cat, this is the perfect time to get one — every shelter in the known universe is full to the gills, no offense to fish. Our example of a full shelter? Read on.]
DAINGERFIELD’S SHELTER
HAS PLENTY OF ADOPTABLES

& A RESCUE-ONLY NAMED KESSA
Not all the over-stuffed animal shelters are in big cities. Sometimes the small shelters in small towns hold onto animals in hopes of finding the perfect homes for them, the timely rescue, the just perfect place to save their lives. 
The City of Daingerfield (population about 2,700), is about 2 1/2 hours east of the Metrosprawl — take I-30 or I-20, it’s about the same ride. And Daingerfield has a city animal shelter that has posted this bright red notice on its Facebook page.
We learned of the current challenge of shelter animals at risk from Tami Kukla, a Dallas-based, rescue-minded animal advocate who has “adopted” the Daingerfield Shelter and its animals as a project for getting attention and saving lives. 
Tami, adopting the more personal “we’re all in this effort together,” wrote: “Real talk coming your way. The shelter is at capacity and tough decisions have to be made. We have always focused on trying to save them all. We just don't have any more room.

“Our little shelter is tucked off the highway by a baseball field. We are in need of a FIELD OF DREAMS for people to come adopt this week or for rescues that are overfull to just take one. Case for everyone of more dogs and cats coming in than going out. This constant rapid fire of emergency is making it hard keep up.  We are drowning. 
“We often get asked how people can help. There are so many ways.  Adopt if you can. Volunteer if you can. Donate if you can. Share, share and share more!  Getting these animals seen is something that everyone reading this can do. 
“We are in a crisis and as much as we try and be a positive driving force, times right now are making that very hard.  It isn’t sustainable for us to continue at the level in which we have recently been operating. The system is truly clogged and we need the community and the country to help!  We can all do something and the time is now to save a life in Daingerfield. 
“Three highlight pets if we could get help on it would make such a difference. They are our harder to place and at the greatest risk. 
“On First Base is little Tater Tot. This little pibble who is a year old never got the attention that a puppy needs as they grow. He is learning lots of cool things and is in love with his people he sees every day and with toys. Man, does he love toys. He needs a unicorn adopter. Only dog. Someone who will commit to work with him to continue his training. No kids under 12. He overstimulates and just needs someone who will give him structure And love. He will be an amazing forever friend. 
“On second base is Kessa. This gorgeous girl needs someone experienced with street dogs. She wants to learn people and the shelter team is working with her. She needs a rescue who can work with her.  
“On third base is Holly. Our 6-year-old Calico who has lived her entire life at the shelter and has some bipolar tendencies. She needs to be an only kitty. She needs a home that will let her be the queen If you know what I mean.

“Rounding out at home plate is Ezra.  This handsome 1 year old hunk is a fan of people and dogs and is the adventure dog who knows commands and just wants to give you hugs.”
Tami reported to us that Tator and Kessa are likely to be the first euthanized . And there’s this other girl, Lyra, a “long-timer” (that's her Christmas photo) who has been at the shelter since December of 2018.
Oh! One more before we add the contact info. This is Eustace, who, Tami writes, is “our senior boy! This old guy is still a puppy at heart with lots of love and play time to give!. You will find him spending his yard play time checking on the babies and watching butterflies. He came to us with very little leash training. Now he has learned that the harness isn't so bad and that it means good walks are in the his future. He still isn't a fan of collared leash walking. He is just a senior man looking for a comfy floor to live out his days with a family."
To help any of these animals call the shelter at 903-645-2120 or email animalshelter@cityofdaingerfield.com. To see more Daingerfield adoptables, click on this LINK https://www.facebook.com/DaingerfieldAnimalShelter/
COMING UP IN THE NEXT
EDITION: MORE ANIMAL
TALES…CLICK LATER TODAY

Contemplations: Why are some hours quicker than others? Would a time machine be helpful. Why can’t more people adopt dogs and cats? You know, before Dallas and Fort Worth kill 'em for just filling up too much space. We have more people in the Metropolitan area than there are in some states and, indeed, more than there are on the other 8 or 9 planets. Still iffy on Pluto's status.
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