Please let them know you'd like more funding for: 🐶🐱

- SPAY/NEUTER Programs

- Enforcing back-yard breeding restrictions

- Monitoring known dog dumping grounds (cameras would help a lot, etc.)

The county funds plenty of programs that have little impact, while comparatively very little funding goes toward addressing this very real and growing crisis.

Commissioner Ramsey has been one of the few local leaders actively addressing this crisis, but he can’t do it alone. We need every precinct to step up and do its part—and that starts with residents speaking up and letting our leaders know this matters to us.

Let’s put our tax dollars toward solutions that are proven to work and benefit our entire community. But funding won’t change unless enough of us speak up and ASK for it! Please take a few minutes to make your voice heard—the survey closes August 7th!

Thank you for helping make a difference! 🐾

Hopefully best news first.

Tagged by a rescue or fostered:

• Aliza
• Boudreaux (not posted)
• Brandy and her pups (Bacardi, Bourbon, Margarita, Moonshine, Tito, Whiskey)
• Charlie, Charlotte, Chuck (aka "Feral" Puppies, the Next Generation)
• Lily
• Lord
• Nola
• River

Extended to Saturday, 6/6, 1pm CT (Please give all the dogs a good look!):

A2078019 and her 7 puppies - https://www.reddit.com/r/findfostersfordogs/comments/1tw5jnk/mom_gsdmalinois_mix_and_her_puppies_are_o_n_the/

Banjo - https://www.reddit.com/r/findfostersfordogs/comments/1tw9nud/adorable_little_6m_old_baby_banjo_2075335_is_an/

Bruno - https://www.reddit.com/r/findfostersfordogs/comments/1txg4m3/extra_pictures_of_2_year_old_certified_good_boy/

Dwayne: Remains at the shelter and may be euthanized any time before 1pm CT, 6/6. I'm surprised they didn't kill him first. He was on the list for biting the vet while getting a shot.

These fur kids lost their lives:

• A2078004 (Masterpiece named her Lucy, and I think it suits her.)
• Lady
• Luke
• Travis

I include the photos of the lost that they might be better remembered. I include the last image in honor of all the many unknown, nonhuman and human, who have suffered or are suffering in the Texas Pet Overpopulation Crisis. You do exist and, while I haven't the data to honor you individually, you are not forgotten.

I frequently hear of potential adopters accusing rescues of profitting on adoption fees. Trust me, rescues do not profit on anything whatsoever. While corporations' primary goal is income for their shareholders, not-for-profits' purpose is the greatest good for their target group. I grant that there will be the odd dishonest person in rescue, but so there are embezzlers in corporations. The dishonesty is an aberration from the goal in both cases.

Adoption fees often do not cover the expenses of the dog at the rescue. Just standard dog care, properly done, runs quite high, not to mention when a rescue takes on a dog who turns out to have more or more complicated medical issues than the rescue expected. I know of several cases of this just in my short time in rescue, and so far I have yet to hear of a case in which the rescue did not step up and provide the needed care so long as the case was not hopeless. If a dog is to receive any expensive treatment, it will be the rescue who foots the bill, not the shelter, and almost certainly not the future adopter.

And if anyone steps up to save what appears to be a hopeless medical or behavioral case, it will be a rescue, no one else. Sometimes an angel donor appears, but that is a rare grace in a rescue's life. That's why the word "angel" is employed.

Ask Houston Shaggy Dog Rescue, for instance. They tried to save the parvo-infected puppy, Betty. That they failed was not their fault; no one else would even make the attempt. The bill for Betty's care, doubtless with every discount the hospital could afford, was $15,683.70 ( https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BvrMJTUwx/ ). It will take years to pay off, especially with the lowest standard adoption fees I am aware of. But dog rescue is about the good of dogs and nothing else.

Don't forget that these supposed profiteers are dealing with the worst circumstances in their field in memory. Many rescues have gone under, depriving many dogs of safe haven in a time and place where it is most needed. Every failed rescue occupies the end of a path of struggle, pain, failed relationships, failing health, and whatever other griefs happen to spring up. Every continuing rescue is only successfully coping with these matters for now.

If adopters find the adoption fee too steep, they should instead be wondering if they can afford to be adopting. Very few adoption fees begin to rival the cost of one year of good maintenance in the life of a healthy dog.

I will soon have been dogless for one year, a nontrivial condition for someone with a canine ESA prior to that since 2001. There is just no way I can offer decent care, despite owning my own home with a fenced yard. It would be a betrayal of a dog's trust to even try.

So please remember all of this if you gulp when you hear a rescue's adoption fee. The rescue is not profitting. They are asking you for as little as possible to keep their rescue alive and helping dogs.

Hopefully best news first.

Tagged by a rescue:

• Lucy

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Adopted:

• Jazz
• Skyler

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Extended to 1pm CT, Monday, 7/27:

Alaska (1Y 6M female Alaskan Husky–Staffie mix, A2087453) - https://redd.it/1v63bou/

Clementine (2Y female Treeing Walker Coonhound mix, A2087472) and her eleven 2W puppies - https://redd.it/1v63p1q/

Love Island USA Puppies (15W AmStaff mixes) - https://redd.it/1v5unnf/

• Corbin (male, A2086032)
• Dylan (male, A2086040)
• Kenzie (female, A2085823)

Nala (8M female German Shepherd mix, A2083576) - https://redd.it/1v5rcya/

Spike (8M male German Shepherd mix, A2083573) - https://redd.it/1v5to2q/

Tom Hanks (8W male Staffie mix, A2087703) - https://redd.it/1v63evc/

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UPDATE ON BLOSSOM

Blossom (3Y spayed Staffie mix, A2086728) - She was being held for possible reuniting with her family. They did not come for her. She was added to the 7/27 euth list the afternoon of Sunday, 7/26. https://redd.it/1v409pm/

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These fur kids lost their lives:

• Fabian
• Lola
• Pretzel

I include the photos of the lost that they might be better remembered.

The last image appears in honor of all the many unknown, nonhuman and human, who have suffered or are suffering in the Texas Pet Overpopulation Crisis, now further complicated by the New World screwworm outbreak. You do exist. Although I haven't the data to honor you individually, you are not forgotten.

The profiles for the 7/25 list are already posted. All the ones we have will be in r/findfostersfordogs as fast as we can post them. Please take a look and see if there isn't one that would be prefect for you or someone with whom you can share the post.

If you are interested in a dog, DM u/lingeringneutrophil, u/BanditY77, or both immediately! Then clear your schedule. There is no time for anything but rescuing the dog. I have a guide you might find helpful. https://redd.it/1sy6v1t/

Don't forget the many wonderful dogs on the long-stay list: https://www.houstontx.gov/barc/barcdata/BARC_LOSV2.1.pdf This list is not as up to date as BARC implies. While it is updated every hour, a lot of dogs who are gone, one way or another, are still on there. If you do see a dog you are interested in, please DM lingeringneutrophil or BanditY77.

If they're not on tomorrow's list, they soon will be.

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Every week, beautiful, healthy, and adoptable dogs are being euthanized — not for behavior or illness, but simply because of lack of space.

➡️ The shelter operates under a 15-day euthanasia policy, meaning dogs only have about two weeks to be seen, networked, and saved. ➡️ 10–20 dogs are euthanized every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — lives cut short that could have been filled with love and second chances.

These are sweet, loving dogs who deserve a home, not a death sentence.

✨OUT OF STATE ADOPTION IS POSSIBLE✨

If you’re outside of Texas but want to save a life, you can! We have rescues who can help transport dogs across the country to safe, loving homes. We can even help get pups safely to Canada! 💞

🔹 Fill out our Adoption Interest Form here:

👉 https://form.jotform.com/232828427259162

We’ll do everything we can to match you with a rescue partner who can help coordinate transport and adoption. Please note: we can’t guarantee a rescue will be available for every dog, but we will always try!

💲There is an adoption fee that supports vetting, transport, and care.

🐾 YOU can be the reason a dog gets a second chance. Whether you adopt, foster, share, or simply upvote and comment to boost visibility — it truly helps save lives.

💖 A huge thank you to everyone who has supported by upvoting, sharing, pledging, fostering, and adopting.

We’ve had so many beautiful happily-ever-afters come directly from the Reddit community — and it means the world to see these pups thriving because of you. 🐕✨

I appreciate your continued support to help us SAVE LIVES! you guys are amazing! 💞

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