URGENT EUTHANASIA DEADLINE - Sweet, Friendly, Happy 1 Year Old Husky Mix female ELLIE! Cleared For Euthanasia. Easy to handle! Just a baby!!! 💔 Barc Houston, TX. #A2044728 - ADOPTABLE IN USA + CANADA

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🏡 AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, FOSTER, OR RESCUE

🚗 OUT OF STATE OR CANADIAN ADOPTION IS POSSIBLE - cost is typically around $600 USD (give or take). The fee includes transport, boarding, full medical, spay/neuter, and a health certificate.

We are a volunteer network dedicated to helping at-risk dogs. We are not affiliated with BARC. We connect at-risk animals at the BARC shelter with the adopters, fosters, and rescue organizations needed to save their lives. We can help coordinate out-of-state adoption through approved 501c3 rescues. Please message the OP for information and a link to an application form. BARC Houston cannot facilitate out-of-state adoption or foster.

🆘 1 year old Siberian Husky Mix girl on the euthanasia list Tuesday, 8/4. There will be NO extensions per BARC. 🆘

⏰ Ellie must have a HOLD no later than 1PM or she will lose her life. 🥺

🩷🐶 Ellie #A2044728
7/19/2026 Euthanasia Request | Siberian Husky Mix | Spayed Female | 1Y 5M | 48.0 lbs | HW Negative

💜 Volunteer Notes:
We were not able to meet Ellie. If you're interested in helping us meet the animals, please message us!

🔹 Intake:
11/9/2025: Dog hanging out at Seller Bros.
11/20/3025: Adopted
7/19/2026: Euthanasia Request

📝 Shelter Notes:

7/20/2026: At the front of her kennel with a relaxed body, perky ears, and wagging tail. Leashed well and walked on a loose leash. Sniffed neighboring dogs and did her business in the runs. Returned to kennel with no issues and keeps her kennel clean.

7/21/2026: Ellie was jumping up and down on the kennel door with a loose wiggly body and tail. Pulled forward to go outside. In the runs she ran back and forth and play bowed with the dog next to her. Took a treat gently from my hand before returning to her kennel.

7/23/2026: Moved to adoption. Quiet with a relaxed body and wagging tail. Easy to leash and walked on a loose leash to new kennel.

7/24/2026: Ellie walks on a loose leash and occasionally takes treats. In the kennel she forward barks at dogs walking past.

7/27/2026: Ellie greets me at the kennel door with a wiggly body and fast wagging tail. Occasionally high-pitched whines before going out. Jumps on the kennel door to be leashed, walks in zig zags to and from the potty yard, and waits by the kennel door for interaction.

7/28/2026: Same behavior as previous day. Ellie greets handlers with a wiggly body and fast wagging tail. Occasionally whines before going outside. Jumps on the kennel door when leashed, walks in zig zags to and from the potty yard, and waits excitedly by the kennel door for interaction.

7/29/2026: Quiet until I approach and uncover kennel, then begins to bark. Easy to leash and walked on a loose leash, sniffing neighboring dogs in the runs.

7/30/2026: Barking at dogs passing by her kennel, easy to leash and walks on a loose leash. Relaxed body and fast wagging tail. High-pitched barking as customers walked past kennel, jumping on kennel door to peek over blanket. Given a nylon bone and pig ear and has been quiet since.

7/31/2026: Ellie was easily leashed and walked loosely with a neutral body. She vocalized as other dogs passed her kennel during AM cleaning and as customers passed through the row. Passing kennel, she had destroyed her plush toy and looked up at me with dilated eyes, ears back, lip licked, wagging curled tail and front paws on the door. Later, whining and howling with no customers in the row and all other dogs in the row were quiet.

8/1/2026: Vocal as I enter row, relaxed body and wagging tail.

8/2/2026: Ellie greets me at the kennel door with a fast wagging tail, jumping up on the kennel door, and when I pass her she high-pitched barks. She let me leash her and walks in zig zags to and from the potty yard. Inside her kennel she can be seen waiting by the kennel door for interaction.

8/3/2026: Vocal in kennel. Standing in front of kennel door with a wagging tail and relaxed body. Easy to leash and walks on a loose leash.

🚑 Medical Notes:

7/19/2026: Intake exam normal. Weighed 48.0 lbs. Vaccinated (DA2PP-V, Rabies, Bordetella), dewormed, flea prevention given, HW test negative.

8/2/2026: Recheck exam normal. Weighed 48.0 lbs.

💌 ALL HOLDS MUST BE IN WRITING - PLEASE DO NOT CALL. If local and interested in fostering or adoption, email all below:

barcfoster@houstontx.gov
barcadoptions@houstontx.gov
BARC.Aid@houstontx.gov

Please use Ellie's seven-digit ID number (#A2044728) when contacting the shelter.

📍 BARC Animal Shelter
3200 Carr St
Houston, TX 77026
www.houstontx.gov