EDITION OF FRIDAY, AUG. 19, 2022 [PetPowellPress] This is an extra edition for Friday — later today we’ll post Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap, our long-running weekend feature.
In the meantime, if you don’t have a dog or cat, you have an empty spot in your life. Not everybody is suited for living with an animal. So, if you’re not, don’t get one. Donate generously to rescue groups and you can claim all the dogs and cats as “animals I helped save.” MORE IN CONTEMPLATIONS, INCLUDING A DIFFERENT “TIGER” and a little dog in need of help. That photo? One morning this week Wendy said, “You take the selfie —you’ve got thumbs. Meanwhile, I’ll show people the attractive hair pattern on my chin and, then, they can realize you aimed the camera right up the nostrils on your gigantic nose.” She’s such a dear girl.
THE MASTIFF MIXES
IN FOREST HILL
We reported in our previous edition that the bonded Mastiff mixes who’d been on the clock in the Forest Hill Animal Shelter had been rescued. But we didn’t know by whom.
Fortunately, we know someone who knew. Our pal Kimberly Jones, the veteran rescuer and determined animal advocate, told us “Big Dogs Huge Paws got them!”
She also sent us this photo. It’s among the “freedom pics” of the pups as they leave the shelter in the care of Big Dogs Huge Paws, the Colorado-based rescue that lives up to its name when it comes to their mission.
Read all about Big Dogs Huge Paws Rescue at this link: bigdogshugepaws.com
You can see adoptable animals, see how to support the mission and read about the organization.
AN UPDATE ON ASTRO,
DOG WITH BULGING EYE
We got the tip on the Pound Pals update on Astro from Karen Lee of barkleyworld.com,
And it’s a good update so far: “The decision was made to move forward and take the last surgery spot on yesterday's surgery schedule even though we were not quite where we had hoped to be on the financial end.
“Astro had his eye removed. His leg was amputated and he was neutered. Dr. Rocky said he did not see any type of tumor behind Astro's bulging eye but the eye is being sent to histopathology to ensure there is no trace of cancer. Astro's leg was amputated at the hip. The entire leg will be sent in for histopathology. Our initial X-ray report list three possibilities - joint disease, fungal infection or cancer. The cause appeared to be contained within the knee joint so I am hoping for good news. Dr Rocky, however, believes it was cancer. In which case good news would be grade 1 or 2.”
And the update says those key reports will begin coming in next week. And the Pound Pals ask, “In the meanwhile, please keep Astro in prayer and if you have not donated for him yet but would like to help him, please send your donation through www.poundpals.com.
“Yesterday was a big day for him and his recovery is going to take some time. The soonest Astro will be able to leave the hospital will be August 29th. That is hospital time not boarding. Astro's post surgery hospital fees are building (and were not included in the surgery estimate). So we have gone out on a limb for Astro in hopes that followers will see him through.”
TWO YOUNG HOUNDS TURN UP
IN THE CARE OF FERRIS
These two are Merritt and Honor — boy and girl Hound mixes available at this very moment (unless someone beat you to them) at the Ferris Animal Shelter just south of Dallas.
The story from 4-Legged Helpers reads that these two young hounds or hound-mixes “were found in a known dumping area out in rural Dallas County. They are SO SWEET and lovable.
"Is there anything goofier or more lovable than a hound pup? Super sweet and friendly. So happy to have been picked up. Finder believes them to be a young male and female.
"Clearly siblings. They appear to be maybe 8-11 months old but this is best guess.”
To ask about Merritt and Honor, call or text the 4-Legged Helpers at 214-949-2726 or email [email protected].
THREE IN MESQUITE
AND HOW THEY GOT THERE
Volunteer Mesquite Animal Shelter dog biographer Judi Brown sent us the bio of Layla and Judi’s colleague in biography Debra Chisholm sent us the story of siblings Jazzy and Dorothy.
“Layla is quite the charmer!” Judi writes, noting that the Pittie mix was brought in as a stray by one of the shelter officers on August 12. Layla, about a year old, weighs 34 pounds and “walks well on a leash.” And, Judi says, she “knows the sit command. She has a moderate activity level and is spunky and outgoing. She
does jump on you so that will need some attention. She has a confident personality. She likes to play with balls and toys. Layla spent a lot of time exploring the room where I did her photo session. She is friendly and has such a sweet nature. There is nothing timid or shy about her. She wasn't interested in treats. She was happy to receive loving attention and allowed me to pet and love on her.” Use Layla’s shelter ID 50758108 when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email [email protected].
Same contact points when you ask the shelter about Dorothy (#50884506) and Jazzy (#50884448), both arrived at the shelter on Aug. 12,
but, Debra writes, “It is uncertain whether Dorothy and Jazzy are from the same family or just running buddies. Regardless, they are being kenneled together and do fine with each other.
“Dorothy is an American Pit mix, approx 1 year old and weighing 34 pounds. She is playful, high-spirited, enthusiastic and fun-loving. She does jump on you which is something which will need to be addressed. She does walk well on a leash. She likes treats and takes them gently. She is friendly, affectionate, a lap-dog wannabe and very much enjoys loving attention. This tail-wagging pup wants more than anything to find her very own forever home. Our shelter is so critically overcrowded that we are badly in need of adoptions and rescues.”
Jazzy is described by Debra as a “little cuddlebug” who is an “an American Staffordshire mix” At about 8 months old, unspayed Jazzy weighs in at 27 pounds.
“She thoroughly enjoys interacting, cuddling and receiving loving attention from a human companion,” Debra wrote. “She does not walk on a leash and I had to carry
her. She has probably never had a leash on but could undoubtedly be leash trained. She did not seem to have issues with the other dogs whose kennels we passed. She is a frisky, tail-wagging bundle of puppy energy. She likes treats and takes them gently. She is playful and enjoyed playing with balls and toys. She has a sweet, outgoing personality.”
Here’s another Mesquite sentence to remember: “Our shelter is way beyond capacity and we are out of space to properly house our dogs so please assist [these dogs] if you can by networking or tagging.”
THE SPCA, PETCO TEAM
TO SAVE THE ANIMALS…
This announcement arrived from the SPCA of Texas and it has to do with Saturday activities. The SPCA of Texas “will receive a $10,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love during a special celebration” at 1 p.m. Saturday at Petco Northview Plaza, 10675 E. NW Highway, in Dallas. (FYI: The SPCA will also have available adorables at the Petco site from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday.
] The grant, says the SPCA, “will support the organization’s lifesaving work for animals in the North Texas area through its Russell H. Perry Pet Resource Center.”
FYI at this LINK you can read SPCA press releases and at spca.org you can see adoptables and also learn how to volunteer at the SPCA.
CONTEMPLATIONS
CUTE DOG, TWO TYPES OF TIGERS
This is one of those dog situations that makes a person stop and think, i.e., contemplate the way things work out sometimes. We got the story from Mari Flores who tells us, “I have done some animal rescue in the past and I had a lady reach out to me …” Here’s the contemplation part: The lady’s daughter dumped her dog with mom and now won’t have anything to do with Mom or the dog. Mom lives in an apartment that doesn’t allow animals and she’s trying to find a home for the
Chihuahua-type without losing her home. That’s the dog. We don’t know about the animal’s veterinary history and we don’t know the dog’s actual name. Mari is like me and most of you — our canine and feline spots are already full at our house. [LARRY ASIDE: And the rub is my wonderspouse Martha and I lived many years with two Chihuahuas, Vera and Rosie (now barking in Heaven) and I know what great friends these little ones can be.] If you can help this dog, right now the contact point is Mari at [email protected]. In the meantime, we’ll pray that Mother and Daughter work things out — they know inside that they need each other. …
And, if, as the big news story says, that local firm is able to clone Tasmanian Tigers — extinct since 1936 — back into existence, we’ll need a rescue group in North Texas to handle the animals people thought were so cute but turned out to be just a little too “old school critter” for the household. That’s a photo from Australia’s Hobart Zoo in the 1930s. Here’s a BBC story on the scientific project. Turns out the Tasmanian Tiger is not a dog and not a big cat, it is a marsupial — both the female and male have “pouches” — just like a possum. …
About the young Tiger recovered during an arrest in the Red Bird area of Dallas this week: My nativeDallasspouse and I used to live almost midway between this site and the Dallas Zoo to the north. We never once saw a Tiger roaming the neighborhood. If we’d seen one, I’d have treated it like any other cat in our Zip Code and taken it in. First I’d have tried to get it into a no-kill shelter — unless it really began to feel at home. If that happened — and I’m sure it would have; it always does — I’d have added a room onto the house and given him his own cable line and big screen TV. I know how to treat an animal who’s down on his luck. He’d have learned to like vegetarian meals and late night TV.
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