TWO FRIDAY UPDATES: DOGS NEEDING HOMES? (SURPRISE…SURPRISE…ETC...)

This extra Friday edition is directly related to the earlier Friday edition just below. We’ve got not only a dog named Snooky, but we also have a dog named Wormy in the second Friday edition. And you’ll recognize the humans helping them --veterans at this never-ending mission.  Here’s our extra report for Friday:
BIANCA’S RUNNING BUDDY,
THE SHAGGY SNOOKY
We’ll start with a Mesquite follow-up. If you scroll down to the official Friday edition of readlarrypowell.com you’ll see a report on several animals from Mesquite, including this beautiful Great Pyr Bianca. We got her report from Judi Brown, one of the volunteer dog biographers at Mesquite Animal Services. She told us that Bianca was found running around with a little guy that is called Snooky.  [LARRY CONFESSION: I couldn’t find Snooky’s bio on the shelter website. But overnight, in the inbox, I got his bio from Judi’s dog-writing colleague Debra Chisholm. So now we have photos and the stories of both of these “Roaming Dog Pals, big Bianca and little Snooky.]
Debra’s bio of Snooky begins, “Have you ever had a bad hair day? Snooky has had many bad hair days as he’s not only shaggy but very matted. He’s still adorable and will be even more so once he’s been groomed.
“Snooky is a 1-year-old, approximately 20-pound sandy/copper-colored poodle. He came to the Mesquite Animal Shelter on 7/25 along with Bianca, the Great Pyrenees. They are probably from the same household. Snooky stays very close, looking up at you with adoring eyes. It’s obvious he wants to please. He knows the sit command and takes treats gently. He’s very sweet, affectionate, calm, well-mannered, alert, and gentle. How’s that for a series of positive attributes? He didn’t have a problem with other dogs. He walked OK on a leash. … As small as he is, he could go with you almost anywhere. With his easy-going disposition he probably would do well with young children. He did tell me, though that he wants to be an inside dog. The heat bothers him and he loves comfortable couches.”
Snooky’s shelter ID is #56433178. Cite that number when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email [email protected]. Same system for contacting the shelter about Bianca, the beautiful and charming Great Pyrenees. She’s #56433166. [LARRY REMINDER: Scroll down to read about Bianca in our earlier edition — there are other animals, too.]
THAT BRINGS US TO
A PUP CALLED ‘WORMY’
We got the story of Wormy from our longtime rescue pal and reliable tipster Tomi Ortiz. She most recently helped us keep up with the story of Sunny, the big, thick-coated pup who’d been handed around by relatives and wound up having to live outside in this heat.
Things got better for Sunny and now the goal is to help things get better for Wormy.
Tomi wrote to us, “Well Larry, after a happy story about Sunny comes a sad story about Wormy (not sure how he got that name)!
“As usual some dog parents (if you can even call them that) have failed in understanding when you get a dog it is a 15yr+ commitment!
“Yesterday [Wednesday] my brother reached out about Wormy the Pittie who must find a home soon or be taken to shelter as an owner surrender. Which we all know…they might as well put the needle in him themselves!
“His owners are moving into an apartment where no dogs are allowed. He is almost a year-old, not neutered, great with kids, not sure about cats. I’m hoping some of the luck that we had with Sunny might rub off on Wormy! I must at least try to help.”
To help Tomi help this dog find a home that understands the need for love in a dog’s heart, email  [email protected].
[LARRY ASIDE: If we had room, I’d adopt him just so I could give him a more noble, adorable and loving name. Yes, a loving name.]
CONTEMPLATIONS
FOR A FRIDAY IN THE HEAT
If you were to be challenged “Name something constant in Dallas/Fort Worth,” you could confidently answer “Dogs and cats on the clock in taxpayer-financed city animal shelters.” ….
Sometimes when I see all the new animal notes In the in-box and on the Facebook pages, etc., I am moved to sarcastically invoke the spirit of Gomer Pyle and shake my head while lamenting “Surprise. Surprise. Surprise.”
I'll may even be moved to ask: What is wrong with the people around here? Then I remember, this ain’t Mayberry, This is Dallas/Fort Worth and dogs and cats constantly need a good break. Fortunately, there are a lot of good-hearted souls working for the animals in Dallas/Fort Worth, Etc. …
The "ETC" represents all the good hearts who live in this sprawl that has paved a larger section of the United States than the surface of the moon. Oh, I made that measurement up — I have no idea how much pavement there is on roads, driveways and parking lots in the greater DFW area. I just know that I hardly ever see a county road-grader leveling a gravel road these days. And if I’m on a gravel road, you can bet your asphalt that I, my car and my phone are lost.
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