EDITION OF WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2024 [PetPowellPress] I fell in the kitchen Tuesday morning. Tuesday evening rain fell on our neighborhood. I’m not sure there’s a connection. My Office Cat William Powell has waved me off of my inclination to pursue scientific explanations. He traces everything back to July 1969 when The Eagle landed on the moon without asking the local landing strip for permission. “Galactic manners matter,” William frequently tells me. “Earthlings could learn from the communication customs.”
WE GET A HAPPY REPORT
& AN APPEAL ON BEHALF
OF THE GOOD GIRL PHOENIX
You may recognize this dog — Phoenix is the little girl who was inexplicably, but seriously burned, rescued by the Euless Animal Shelter and wound up in the care of Trinity GAP Rescue. Horrible burn on her back.
And, here she is, in the cone that signals “I’m getting well!,”
Our pal Karen Lee of barkleyworld.com forwarded an update from Steffenie Vela of Trinity Gap Rescue. As you may know, barkleyworld.com was established to help animals get hard-to-fund medical care. And Trinity GAP Rescue evolved from a project of the Euless Trinity High School Girls Awareness Program.
The update on Phoenix is “she is healing so nicely and GAP thanks you ALL for your donations to help her.”
Now, there is “another urgent need, Karen’s note read. And she quoted Steffenie:
Phoenix “is losing her medical foster September 4 and has no place to go. We need a foster for this sweet girl. She is doing so great and is also in training since she is a 7-month-old puppy. We just can’t put her in boarding or back at the shelter after all she has gone through.
“Her wounds are almost healed and she no longer has to go to the vet except for check ups. She is our miracle puppy!
“Thanks to all who supported her. We are so grateful.
“If you would like to foster or adopt this amazing and loving girl, please email [email protected]."
And, remember, you can also help animals by donating to barkleyworld.com — the story of its creation is on the website.
A LOOK AT (QUOTING)
‘UNDISCOVERED TREASURES’
Our longtime Mesquite Animal Services contact Debra Chisholm, forwarded this message about a dog named Beckett (#55930966).
The note from Catherine Ludwick has several facets of rescue and shelter life.
Catherine wrote, “There are lots of undiscovered treasures at Mesquite Animal Shelter! All you have to do to find it is to look beyond kennel behavior and spend time outside of the shelter with these dogs!
“One such hidden treasure is Beckett. What a beauty inside and out. Beckett is a social and active boy who wants to be with his people. Outside the kennel he’s calm, curious, and affectionate; Beckett shines!
“Beckett is a stray who arrived on 5/15 at the Mesquite Animal Shelter. He may be Belgian Shepherd and Black Mouth Cur in his breed mix. He has the most captivating eyes, weighs 53 pounds, is approx 1 1/2 years old, and has been neutered. He is one lively fellow with plenty of personality. Don’t overlook Beckett!” Remember, cite his ID #55930966 when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email [email protected].
See many more “undiscovered treasures” in the Mesquite Animal Shelter — plenty of dogs and plenty of cats at this MESQUITE SHELTER LINK. 
Among the adoptable kittens is this guy Carrot, He’s small and “red,” his bio says. A Domestic Shorthair Mix, he’s just over 3 months old and arrived at the shelter on July 26. Available to adopt — just walking the shelter’s Conference Room and look for a brightly kitten called Carrot.
CONTEMPLATIONS
DINAH & INSPIRATION…
It seems appropriate that readlarrypowell.com cites with gratitude the “star” of last weekend’s Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cat Nap. — that was this beautiful girl Dinah, nominated by her human, Lori Teutsch of Dallas.  Dinah’s held the job as “loyal companion” for the past 8 year. She was adopted at 7 weeks old from Texas Pawprints Cat Rescue.
I love it when people love their animals and help us show them off to people who may not have a cat or a dog. (If you’ve got a dog or cat and photos of the beloved critter sleeping or napping, send the story of how you got ‘em and what they mean to you and  photos of them awake, sleeping and napping to [email protected]. My belief is that demonstrations of beloved animals in a loving home encourage other people to understand that they, too, can both help animals and benefit themselves by adopting an animal and living up to the joy of being the human the animal loves.
Send photos of your slumberer/napper/sleeper and their stories to [email protected]. We’ve been celebrating the animals and their people in our weekend editions since the early part of this century. And we've never had a typographical errrur. -- Sincerely, Larry (& His Sleeping Dogs and Napping Cats.)
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