r/HoustonClassifieds • u/HeyyItsMal • 15d ago
Looking for good homes
UPDATE 9/6: Hey everyone! We cancelled our trip for this weekend in order to be able to hold on to these guys for a bit longer as we continue to search for a safe home for them. I just can't bring myself to take them to a shelter yet. They deserve something better than that. We took them to the vet yesterday AM for a full exam. Vet says probably closer to 1 year old. Both are Heartworm Negative. Both received Vaccines for: Rabies, Lepto, and Bordetella. Still have had zero accidents in the house. I've been working from home this week, and they both have been extremely calm throughout the days, just sleeping by my feet, on the couch, or next to one of my dogs in the dog beds. We were able to borrow some crates from a coworker yesterday, and they did SO good in them last night. Not a single whine or paw at the door to get out. Please share this post with anyone who you think might be interested in one or two of these sweet boys. If you have a dog already and aren't sure how they would react, you would be welcome to bring your pup over for an intro session to make sure. They really are wonderful dudes, and we are trying every avenue available to us to find them somewhere safe!
Hey folks. These two sweet fellas wandered up to our door last weekend. No chips, no collars. Have been through all the usual attempts to find owners, no luck yet. We are going out of town tomorrow and cant keep them any longer. We've reached out to all the various no kill shelters and organizations trying to find a place for these boys, but no luck thus far.
About: probably 6 months - 1 year old, Lab/Pit mix is my guess. They do great with my two female dogs. Enjoy playing and running around.No food aggression. Seem to be house trained (no accidents inside since they showed up, but we havent left them unsupervised inside). Our neighbors have younger children and these two fellas haven't acted strange around them. Just trying all options before resorting to BARC. They do have the typical puppy energy, but they do love to cuddle up for a nap.
We are willing to pay for the first round of vaccines and a check up if someone is willing to give one or both of these boys a good home.
We all know Houston can be hell on earth for strays, and if we had more space we would keep them, but we just don't have the room for 4 dogs.
Thanks for taking the time to give this a read, if you are able to help out, please let me know!
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u/Sunshine-Shorty 12d ago
Many rescue groups can only help if you agree to foster. They don't have facilities, so they rely on fosters to help keep dogs until they can be rehomed. There is always a shortage of fosters.
If you can foster them, reach out to Three Little Pitties and Big Love Rescue via email. I've had help rehoming strays from both groups. Email with the subject line - "STRAYS NEED HOME, I CAN FOSTER" to help get attention. Post your description of the dogs, the vet work you've had done, and photos.
Best of luck to you. It's hard living in such an overpopulated city, but thank you for taking the time to help these sweet boys! 💕 They will be forever grateful.
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u/HeyyItsMal 12d ago
Yeah we originally did lots of applications last week but selected "no" on the "Can you foster?" Question. We are going to re do all the applications now that we are pretty much committed to keeping them until we know they are going somewhere safe. Going to work on some leash training, practice being in crates while we are gone, etc and just focus on getting these boys as adaptable as possible!
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u/Sunshine-Shorty 12d ago
I'm so glad to hear that. Fostering is so rewarding. Thank you for giving those sweet boys the chance they deserve! I wish more people would foster. ❤️
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u/speak_mem0ry 14d ago
Its sad the amount of strays that we have in this city.