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🚨 URGENT 10/12: SMOKEY A662233 IS AT RISK OF EUTHANASIA MONDAY MORNING! 💔 HOUSTON, TX — OUT-OF-STATE ADOPTION POSSIBLE! 🇺🇸🇨🇦

🥺 You can see SMOKEY’s ribs. This sweet boy is painfully thin and desperately needs some good meals, love, and a safe home. Despite everything, he’s incredibly CALM, SWEET, and DOG-FRIENDLY! 💙

🐾 Smokey shares his kennel with a younger, energetic male dog named BEAR and does well with him! He’s a gentle boy who deserves so much better than a shelter kennel.

💙 ABOUT SMOKEY A662233:

5 years old | Male Pit Bull Terrier
46.6 lbs — very underweight
💕 Calm, sweet, and dog-friendly
🐶 Co-kenneled with another male dog
💚 Heartworm NEGATIVE!
✂️ NEUTERED & READY TO GO HOME!
📅 At the shelter since 9/22
📍 Kennel 2A05

🚨 SMOKEY AND HIS KENNEL MATE BEAR ARE BOTH AT RISK MONDAY MORNING, 10/12! They can be adopted separately and both deserve a chance to live!

🏡 OUT-OF-STATE ADOPTION IS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING CANADA! 🇺🇸🇨🇦

You do NOT have to live in Texas to help save Smokey! Approved out-of-state adopters may be able to arrange transport through rescue partners.

📝 Out-of-State Adoption Application:
https://form.jotform.com/232828427259162

❤️ LOCAL TO HOUSTON? Please go meet Smokey! If you can foster, email the shelter immediately. Fostering could save his life OR if you can’t make it right away , email now!

📧 CAN’T GET TO THE SHELTER RIGHT AWAY? Send ONE email to ALL THREE addresses with “SMOKEY A662233” in the subject line. Include your name, phone number, location, whether you can foster or adopt, and when you can come.

📩 Foster@countypets.com
📩 UrgentPetsTx@gmail.com
📩 Rescueme@countypets.com

🐾 SMOKEY’S PROFILE:
https://24Petconnect.com/DetailsMain/HRRS/A662233

🐶 BEAR A662205 (Kennel Mate):
https://24Petconnect.com/DetailsMain/HRRS/A662205

📍 Harris County Pets
612 Canino Rd, Houston, TX
Mon–Fri: 1–5:15 PM
Sat–Sun: 11 AM–3:15 PM

💔 Smokey has already been through enough. He shouldn’t lose his life simply because the shelter needs space. Please SHARE, UPVOTE, FOSTER, or ADOPT! Every bit of visibility could help this sweet boy find his person before Monday morning! 🙏🏼🐾

It’s with a very heavy heart that I said goodbye to Maggie yesterday. She had been diagnosed with cancer back in August. She declined pretty rapidly this past week, and she let me know she was ready.

I adopted Maggie in May 2015, and we had 11.5 wonderful years together. Maggie’s favorite things were napping in the sun, cuddling, and going on walks.

Maggie, aka Little Lady, aka Boo Boo): Thank you for letting me be your person. I love you so much, and I will miss you endlessly 🩷🌈🐾

We survived another summer with chronic kidney failure and dilated cardiomiopathy, let’s pray winter will be kinder on my bestest boy ❤️

We have a fully blind 14.5 parsons russell terrier who is up all night. We are not sure if it’s sundowning or having lost circadian rhythms with going fully blind within last 6 months.

His eye vet recommended gabapentin and our primary vet said melatonin in the evening is ok to try (and a sedative if the melatonin doesn’t work).

I’m thinking we will start with the melatonin and then try something else after that is prescribed.

If you have experienced something similar would you recommend starting with melatonin first?

It’s very strange too but if you feed him he settles down (loves his k/d food for early kidney disease). He still has us wrapped around his finger, he is such a good boy and nobody is sleeping in this house!!! HALP!

Just found out she has lung cancer six days ago and it seems like things got dire overnight...

She's 13 years and 8 months, her greatest joy in life is pets, but she also loves bread, her mama, and cats❤️

RESCUE ONLY

‼️‼️🆘 Although rescue only, this dog can still go from a rescue to the right adopter! If you are interested in adopting this dog, DM OP or u/BanditY77 so that you can fill out an adoption form immediately! Please help! Available for adoption (in or out of state or Canada), rescue, or local foster‼️‼️🆘

🆘 Neglected 11 year old senior Pittie on the euthanasia list Saturday, 10/3. There will be no extensions per BARC. 🆘

⏰ She must have a RESCUE HOLD no later than 1PM or she will lose her life.🥺 We need pledges and a local foster or adopter for a rescue to help. 💰🏡

🚩 Please do not honor pledges until the post has been updated with rescue information and a freedom picture. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

RESCUE ONLY
💗🐶 #A2097627
9/30/2026 Euthanasia Request | Staffie Mix | Female | 11Y | 44Lbs | HW-

💜 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
How incredibly sad it is to see an 11 year-old sweet girl with a frosted face at the shelter. It’s even worse now to see her on the euthanasia list. When I approached her in her kennel, she was lying on her blanket and actually didn’t want to wake up. She was snoring. I took it as I wasn’t gonna be able to take her outside however I walked back by her kennel and she had her face in the front of the kennel. So I decided to take her out. I went to leash her, and she was very easy to leash and she seemed happy to know that somebody had noticed her. She’s incredibly sweet and gentle. You can tell she’s had a very rough life. Her skin is raw on her back. Her tail is missing it hair and she’s just got generalized dermatitis all over her body. With everything going on, she is nothing but sweet and loving. She took treats very gently however I had to cut them up a little smaller so that she could chew them. She did great with her temperament test with scared girl. I can’t imagine this girl losing her life in a shelter after everything she’s been through. I really hope somebody will give her a chance and let her live out the rest of her life whatever time she has left in a loving home.

🔹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲:
9/30/2026: Euth request

📝 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
Friendly

🚑 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
10/1/26:
friendly, OU lenticular opacities, small mass ventral chin, areas of
alopecia/hair thinning

A: friendly, ddx OU nuclear sclerosis/cataracts, ddx diabetes, ddx adenoma, ddx
flea allergy/atopy

P: needs bloodwork to r/o diabetes, advantage multi applied at intake

09/30/2026
DERMATITIS
general hair loss, cloudy eyes, wart on lip and possibly deaf

Rescue Only:
🏷 This pet can only be tagged by a RESCUE group but please remember all rescues need 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 in order to tag this pet and save their life. This pet cannot be fostered or adopted through the shelter, so please message the page if you can help!

📌 Please contact BARC if you are local and can help! Neither BARC nor the page can assist out of state adoption or foster offers. We are NOT the shelter.

💌 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗼 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 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝗶𝗺𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐈𝐃 𝐧𝐮𝗺𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫.

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

An eternity with you wouldn't be enough, but I know you had an amazing 14 years.

my sweet girl (15 y/o toy rat terrier) was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease last monday. she did 3 days of fluids at the vet and was feeling much better and her numbers were looking so good, but this week has been rough. she refuses her kidney food and to get her to eat something, i boiled her chicken with rice last night which she barely picked at and was not interested in this morning.

she’s going to the vet in an hour and i’m certain that there is no way that this appointment won’t end with us scheduling her to be put down within a few days. she’s been with me half of my life and all of my adult life. i’m unsure how life will feel once her time with me is done. i told her a couple of years ago, during one of my anticipatory grief spirals, to let me know when she is ready and i’ll listen and now that it’s happening, i’m not ready to let go.

i value her quality of life so i know that i would rather bear the pain and grief and heartbreak for her to be relieved of her pain and discomfort. she’s my tiniest little soul mate and i truly hope that i get to see her again, in another life.

UPDATE: thank you all for the kindest words ever. i’m literally copying them into my journal to continue to reflect on. she rapidly declined over night and i made the tough decision to let her cross the rainbow bridge today. it hurts so bad being without her but i’m unsure that she would’ve made it through the weekend. she was the best lil companion ever and i am so grateful for my time with her. my parting words to her were “i love you, i’ll see you on the other side” 🩷🐾

Booked the appointment today for my beautiful girl’s final moments. We will say goodbye in 3 days, just a month short of her 16th birthday.

This gorgeous little dog has been the most wonderful companion and filled our lives with beautiful memories, comfort and laughter.

She has been super healthy and fit her whole life, but around a month ago started to have various issues that began stacking one by one towards her now not eating, sleeping all day and struggling to get around.

I’ve been comforted by many stories and pieces of advice here around when it’s time, after really battling with the decision when I knew deep down quite a while ago that it was due.

These precious friends leave such an imprint on our hearts and define so much of the space we exist in. I don’t know how I’ll cope not seeing her curled up in my office or hearing her trot across the hall floor, but I know I’ll be at peace knowing that she’s no longer suffering and not enjoying life.

If anyone has any advice for navigating the aftermath/ burial (she will rest in our back garden under the apple tree) and the days after I would appreciate it.

I am making time and space to grieve but also want to celebrate this super star dog’s brilliant spirit and life with positivity, too.

If there’s anything you did for your pet or found helpful when going through similar I’d love to hear that too.

(Context of the photo, i took this picture while a (2?) weeks post op from surgery.)

Our Dog, Lucy is a Black-mouth cur (F 10/12?) has been loosing weight over the last week and me and my mom noticed that her ribs are faintly beginning to show.

She gets 3 meals a day/3 scoops of Sensitive-stomach brand kibble and 3 probiotic chews a day. I think this may be relevant, she’s been trying eating her own poop almost everyday. I have to supervise to make sure she doesn’t do it.

I’m planning on talking to my mom regardless tonight about, but any advice is appreciated.

Sonny is my red miniature pincher and is my second dog. He is turning 14 years old at the end of November. He has pancreatitis, it got really bad in September that the Petsmarts vet wanted him to be put down. But I took him back to see his old vet 1 hour away and she was able to treat him. He is doing good now but is very sensitive to food so no more unhealthy dog treats and no more table scraps. My first dog is Manny (Pomeranian) he passed away last year. His picture is in the last slide.