EDITION OF MONDAY/TUESDAY JAN. 6-7, 2025 [PetPowellPress] How about that typing! Got 2025 right! Dodged the 2024 mishap!
A 21st century reality? I loved snow in my childhood but perhaps I've become not so fond of it in 2025. The joy of snow may fade with age and the amount of time you're required to spend driving on a Dallas/Fort Worth freeway. [NOTE TO TRAFFIC SCIENTISTS: Dallas/Fort Worth doesn't need slippery weather to score a boatload of car and truck crashes.]
I thought I'd dress up this opening with two creatures and a plug-in tree not suited for an outdoor experience during a "snow event."
That is Junior Office Cat Stevie Ray Treeboy, born in a warm spring in Oak Cliff, Texas. He does -- absolutely -- love air-conditioning.
Here we go other notes for today's edition:
WHAT TO DO THIS YEAR
IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT LAST YEAR...
I think I can summarize that answer in one sentence: Get your dogs and cats up to date on their medical care and,
especially their spay and neuter needs.
If you're within driving distance of Gun Barrel City -- and who isn't these days since all the roads are paved! -- the answer is given consistently by Friends of the Animals at Cedar Creek Lake.
They operate the world's most successful spay-neuter clinic in Gun Barrel City, Texas. But that's not all they do at the Friends Clinic.
Our reliable source, Friends Guiding Light Sydney Busch, sent a reminder that from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday (already the 11th of January), the Clinic will provide "Affordable vaccinations, heartworm testing, microchipping, more! No appointment necessary. Questions? Call me at one of the numbers below."
Those Sydney numbers are 903-451-4701 or (cell#) 214-808-4701.
More info about the work of the Friends and the clinic is on the website at www.friendsoftheanimals.org and on Facebook HERE.
MEANWHILE, RESCUE-ONLY CLARK
NEEDS "IMMEDIATE RESCUE"
He's "rescue-only" for medical reasons. Read on. The story of Clark comes from our longtime tipster Judi Brown -- she's among the volunteer dog biographers who work so hard to get attention for the animals waiting for a new home in the Mesquite Animal Services Shelter.
Clark is #575431853 in Mesquite. Use that DI number when you call the shelter at 972-216-6283 or email [email protected]
Judi writes, "Please note that Clark is Rescue ONLY due to medical issues and on the urgent list through no fault of his own. The shelter is overcrowded.
"He is a 1-year-old, 66-pound handsome German Shepherd with captivating eyes that arrived at the Mesquite Animal shelter on 12/30. He came in as a stray.
"He has been taken to a vet and diagnosed to have a dislocated hip which will require surgery. At this point he has been dewormed and given pain medication. I’m told he spends most of time laying down in his kennel. However, he walked out to the yard and spent considerable time walking around.
"He favors his left hind leg. He’s a little beggar because once he knew I had treats he stayed close
sniffing my smock pocket. I believe he probably knows the sit command. He even picked up a ball trying
to entice me to play. He took his time wandering around the yard investigating with his nose, but for the most part stayed close to me. He’s alert, curious and seeks attention.
"The staff has described him as sweet. He appears to be happy. He is dog reactive so if you have another dog you will need to ask the shelter for a dog test. It’s most likely he will need to be the only pet in the household..."
SEE MORE MESQUITE ADOPTABLES by going to the SHELTER WEBSITE HERE.
You can click around and find lots of dogs AND cats. See our opening item in CONTEMPLATION.
CONTEMPLATIONS
NAMES, CATS, TEMPS....
I'm fascinated with cats that look like my Junior Office Cat Stevie Ray, so when I opened the collection of Mesquite kittens on Monday morning, there sat this little black and white fellow with a pink nose. (See the opening photo today to get a look at Stevie Ray.)
The Mesquite kitten is available in the Conference Room at the shelter -- I've never known a cat who couldn't handle the intellectual load at an important meeting in a newsroom, a conference room, a bank, Congress or the White House.
Anyway, why don't I go get this cat? Because we're all booked-up at our place and, more importantly, he already has a name. Howl. Our Senior Office Cat is William Powell -- in honor of the actor. I'm not sure I could handle walking into the house and calling out "HOWL!!!!!" It would just confuse the dogs. ...
OH, WINTER..LAY OFF, WILL YA? The dogs and cats are wonderfully warm and comfy as I type this...but my fingers are so cold I'm thinking of taking a side job at a dairy just to keep my hands warm! Not really -- I don't have the capacity to work on a diary farm -- neither mental nor physical capacity. I can't balance on one of those little 3-legged stools while grabbing for the spigot! ...
OK, SO THE Dallas Cowboys closed the season with another clunker. What can ya say except that the team has been waiting for next year so long that all the "I'M WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR' shirts have faded and fall apart in the laundry.
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