IT'S PERSONAL, THESE ANIMAL TALES AND CRISES, RIGHT? SAVE 'EM ALL....

EDITION OF TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2023 [PetPowellPress] OK, let’s get personal. Yeah, it’s part of the mission of saving dogs and cats, isn’t it!? We have a great example today. Read on.
CINNAMON: SHE NEEDS
A GENUINELY LOVING HOME
We are turning to the experienced shelter volunteer Judi Brown to demonstrate how personally an animal can reach a heart.
 We got a copy of the appeal via Judi’s fellow volunteer dog-writer Debra Chisholm. The note from Judi read, “It’s Memorial Day and I went in to the shelter today mainly to see Cinnamon. She is tugging at my heart. She needs a hero. She’s been at the shelter 8 long months and is now starting to shut down.

“She’s come a long way. At first, when she came to the shelter she wasn’t very socialized but now she’s friendly, she comes to you, she likes to have her ears scratched, and she gives kisses. I am upping my offer to a 501 C3 to $200 in the form of a check, private message Judi Brown ([email protected])."
Back in mid-May, Judi wrote a biography of Cinnamon that began, “Can you imagine sitting in a confined space looking out a window, pleading with people that go by to meet you and spend time with you?”

Cinnamon is a 2-year-old, 40-pound “reddish Terrier Pit” who arrived as a stray on September 7.
 Is she adoptable? In an earlier note, Judi wrote, “Once she gets into a loving home, I’m sure her playfulness would return. When I evaluated her when she came in eight months ago, she jumped on you.  She has since learned not to do that. She sits for treats and takes him gently. She also catches them if you throw them in the air. She gives kisses and tail wags. She’s very affectionate, relatively calm, alert, and well-mannered.”
So, how can you adopt Cinnamon? Get in touch with Mesquite Animal Services. Use Cinnamon’s shelter ID #51060747 when you call 972-216-6283 or email [email protected].
SPOTLIGHTING A DOG
WITH THE NAME OF LALA
Dogs rarely arrive with a pronunciation guide to their names, so we don’t know if this is Lay-la or Lah-Lah. She’ll probably answer to either if she gets the chance to answer a human.
She is in danger — posted on the Facebook page Dallas Urgent Shelter Dogs HERE.
What’s the story on Lala? It comes via the that Dallas Urgent Shelter Dogs site from Florence M. DiGenarro. And the bio includes terms such as “Pre-Lab-SPACE.” MEANING, I’m led to understand, that Lala is one room away from the needle at Dallas Animal Services. 
The post on the website reads, “ADOPT/RESCUE – PRE-LAB – SPACE
“LALA Dallas Animal Services A1179154 
Female, 37 pounds, Heartworm Positive, Available Now.”
 The text reads, “Lala was brought to our shelter as a stray. This easy-going girl is a total love bug who loves to be petted. Lala has become sick with an upper respiratory illness and is currently on treatment. Due to space, Lala is currently at high risk of euthanasia.
“Volunteer Observation: ‘Not barrier reactive to dogs when walking down hall. Easy dog. Great on leash.
‘Easy Going; Pottied Immediately ;Good on Leash; Loose/Wiggly Body; Solicits Pets; Love-Bug.”
The message ends, “Email [email protected] if interested in Lala.”

 [LARRY ASIDE: She’s not the only dog or cat waiting for a home or a needle in the Dallas Animal Services Shelter. You probably knew that already. Pass it on to people who didn’t. You’d think that as many people as live in this huge always-busy area of Dallas, there wouldn’t be a single free-roaming dog or unwanted cat or shelter after shelter loaded with more animals than it can handle. The answer is: Fix the people, fix the problem. I use the term “Fix the people” loosely. In the meantime, that Dallas girl is Kit Kat (#A2001108), an 8-pound Domestic Shorhair who is 9 years old and has a distinct ear style and some admirable whiskers. ]
THE EARHOUND MOCHA
IS A ‘CODE RED DOG’
Fort Worth Animal Care and Control, on its official city website, has a button labeled “Code Red Dogs.” On Tuesday morning there were 34 dogs listed, including this girl Mocha, described as a “Shepherd Mix” but it is easy to tell that she is a genuine Earhound.
Mocha (#52441798) is 5 months and 16 days old, the FWACC say. She’s medium-sized and tan and black. She’s spayed. And she came into the shelter on April 14. She’s in Kennel 1 at the Chuck Silcox Animal Care & Adoption Center on the southeast side of Fort Worth.
See the shelter’s home site HERE.
See the list and photos of Code Red Fort Worth dogs HERE.
CONTEMPLATIONS
A VARIETY PACK
Ouch! That’s on behalf of the Dallas Stars, defeated by two field goals or a touchdown or six goals — anyway you score it, it was a 6-0 loss to the Las Vegas Ugly Sweaters, er, Golden Knights. Wait ’til next season, which begins just after July 4, right? Nope. October 29, the front office says. Wait, the Knights just scored again! Oh, sorry. My mistake, a cat with a snowcone just ran between my feet and mewed “GOAAALLLLL.” …
I watered our front yard — sprinkler hooked up to a hose — in the early afternoon Monday, then had to run outside and turn the water off because rain had showed up to do its job on saving the already-crunchy grass. Last year, our yard was baked bald. Not enough grass to keep a goat happy. …
It’s 2023. What restaurant do you miss most? The Jefferson Coffee Shop in Texarkana? The Italian Inn Ridglea in Fort Worth? The Old Spaghetti Warehouse in Dallas’ West End? Yeah, I’m dieting. Best to think of foods I can’t get to until someone invents a time machine. 
FYI: I’m taking Wednesday off. The long weekend wasn’t enough to get the office reorganized.
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