PETER’ SAD EYES; WALKER THE DOG FELL OVER IN THE HEAT; BERRY AND NOT-A-BERRY CATS

EDITION OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2022 [PetPowellPress] This morning, clad in my light sweater, jeans, thick socks, hiking boots and attractive mountain cap, I was riding my “delicate red” Vespa through the cool of the mountain roads down toward the beautiful stream that runs between stands of tall pines … then suddenly I awoke and began to type the Wednesday edition. Those mountain beaver sounds I heard by that stream? Porche snoring as she sleeps in air-conditioned comfort on her Carpet of Transcendental Coolification next to my chair.
Yeah, I post her photo a lot — I’m fascinated by this dog, a constant fixture in my life since 2009 when she wandered up limping, starving and in a collar so tight her ferocious bark came out like a movie clown rasp. 
She is the Triumph of Love we wish for all dogs and cats and other critters who have been betrayed by humans. 
Thanks to people who can’t stop loving animals, we have opportunities to help make things right today. If you don’t have a dog or cat, get one or two or one or two of each. Shelters are overloaded and the euthanasia needles are on “active” status.
PETER AND HIS SAD EYES?

GIVE HIM A HAPPY LOOK
Those Mesquite Animal Services volunteers keep hustling to empty places where the next recovered animal can go. For example, in this over-stuffed shelter era, our pal, volunteer dog biographer Judi Brown tells us what Peter the Dog is like. How’s that? Because she’s actually met him!
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Judi writes, “Look into Peter’s eyes in the first and last pictures and you will see sadness. It’s apparent from the fly bites on his ears, his need for a bath, and his protruding ribs that at least recently he has not had the good care he deserves.

“Peter is a 4-5 year old German short haired Pointer/English Pointer mix who arrived at the Mesquite Animal Shelter on 7/21 as a stray. He is not fixed. He weighs 55 pounds but certainly could use some groceries!

“He’s on the timid side and will sometimes flinch when you reach for him. However, there’s no doubt he wants to be loved and has lots of love to give a deserving family! Peter is sweet, gentle, calm, well mannered and affectionate. He sits for treats and most of the time takes them gently. He did his business when he first got into the yard. He had a strong pull on the leash to get out into the yard but then I walked him back-and-forth in the yard and he walked right beside me. He was not interested in meeting other dogs in the bay. My heart went out to him. If you meet him he will come to you and put his head on your lap and your ❤️ will no doubt melt! He wants to be an inside dog this time around so he can love on his new family!”
 Peter is #50720667. Use that ID when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email rescues@cityofmesquite.com.
See more available dogs and cats at the Mesquite Shelter (and how to adopt them!) by clicking HERE.
[LARRY NOTE: I thought I saw a naming pattern — possibly names selected by people raised on Northeast Texas farms. You see that girl Blackberry (#50207248), just over 3 months old, black and waiting in the Conference Room at theshelter. She’s pretty darned resolute in that photograph. And she and the second cat, Raspberry, may be relatives — there’s no info confirming that, but all cats are kin, I’m pretty sure. Raspberry (#50207252) is also 3 months old and small. And she’s in the shelter lobby. Look for the black and tan kitty cutie. For a split-second I saw this cat I thought, “What kind of berry is a Jerri?” Of course, this cat with the big claws and the irritated-at-the-paparazzi look is Jerri Not-a-Berry. She’s about a week older than the Berry sisters, and a little larger. She’s also awaiting adoption in the shelter Lobby area. The Berry girls came in on May 17 and Jerri Not-a-Berry has been waiting for a home since arriving on May 20.]
WALKER, A VICTIM OF HEAT/HUMAN;
ALSO RESCUED BY HUMANS….
The initial story we saw on Walker was headlined “911-Medical Emergency-Man Down” and opened with “This fellow stumbled up to a home in the heat of the day and collapsed.”

The initial tip on Walker came from our pal Karen Lee, guiding angel at barkleyworld.com. She referred us to Pound Pals, the Emory-based non-profit that has a mission of helping animals.
That’s Walker passed out from the heat. Pound Pals serves both Rains and Wood Counties in East Texas “neither of which has a county shelter,” our Pound Pals source says. “Walker was found between Upshur and WoodCounties.” The finders got in touch with Pound Pals.
A Pound Pals spokes person told us Wednesday morning that she “was told by vet staff that Walker had to be carried into the clinic when he arrived yesterday. He had a list a mile long of needed services that we authorized.

“In addition to suffering heat exhaustion, he is a cryptorchid [undescended testicle], was covered in fleas and ticks so he was treated for that - fecal & 4DX Test are pending. Full panel lab work, xrays, ultrasound, vaccinations, eye, ear and skin diagnostics (infections), etc., etc. - his vet team is still in the diagnostic phase. We will have more answers as lab test/film consultation results come in later today and tomorrow.

“Walker does not appear to be a family pet that has had a lifetime of love and medical care. Sadly, his condition at intake reflects that he has weathered a lifetime of severe neglect. That said, his vet tech said Walker knows people are there to help him now and he is a very sweet and grateful boy.”
[LARRY ASIDE: That comment from the vet tech is worth reading, isn’t it! Dogs are so forgiving of humans — may Walker live many years with a human he loves and who loves him completely.]
To help Pound Pals help Walker, donations are needed. Pound Pals says, “Since there is no tax-funded pound in our county, we got the call on this boy. There is no relief available for these dogs other than Pound Pals' outreach program. We have answered a lot of calls this year through outreach. Unfortunately, our outreach program is out of funds. Knowing there is no other aid available, we are going to try a rally for this boy. Our required ER deposit is $1,000 which is what we need immediately to get diagnostics and treatment started.”
 To help Pound Pals help Walker, you can go to the non-profit’s Facebook page HERE and use the “QR codes."  You may also donate at the Pound Pals website — www.poundpals. com. And if you have questions or want to volunteer to foster or adopt Walker, email pound_pals @yahoo.com. 

And, of course, to help Karen and barkleyworld.com help other animals, click www.barkleyworld.com to see how to get involved with this life-saving mission.
Sometimes the theory of “save ‘em all” doesn’t just refer to adopting them, sometimes it takes surgery or medicines or determined hearts of strangers who love animals.

CONTEMPLATIONS
THREE POINTS ON ONE DAY
Yep, before i got well into the day I discovered three things that were making me contemplate life.

AN EMAIL SUBJECT LINE read “Protecting Chickens From Predators” and my first thought was somebody is going to outlaw fried chicken and what will my beloved Southern Baptists serve at festive dinners? Be OK by me, but probably isn’t going to happen until other people swear off their carnivorous ways because the planet already has enough killing. Can I get an "Amen!"?...

AN ADVERTISING LINE: An email from an online company had this subject line: “Fall is calling…is your patio ready?” If autumn is calling in North Texas, it’s doing it via satellite from one of the poles. Our patio has been ready for autumn since March 20 — last day of winter this year. ….

LISTENING TO A MAJOR RADIO station Wednesday morning, I heard an advertisement for lakeside property and the woman who recorded the spot said this lake is near “Cor-si-kawh-nawh.” Not "Cor-si-can-uh." I’m sensitive about pronunciations of Texas towns — after all, I was born and raised in (using my authentic Northeast Texas accent) Tex-ir-kin-uh, not Tex-ahrrr-khaah-naaah.
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