Provide a Pet a Pad for Sampson at the Animal Shelter

Sampson is less than two years old, believed to be a coonhound mix. He is very smart and walks fantastic on a leash. He looks up at his person for direction while walking. He didn’t jump up and I was amazed at how great he was after just coming out of the kennel inside the shelter. He didn’t pull or jerk on the leash either. He enjoyed sniffing around when he was allowed to but when it was time to go back inside, he followed commands quickly.

Sampson is house trained so he was happy to take care of business right away. Sampson knows how to sit and shake. They say he also knows the stay command.

Sampson is good with kids and other dogs but of course there is a reason that he is at the shelter, he can jump a six foot fence. He would do best in a family setting as a house dog with older children that would love to have a buddy to take out and play with in a fenced yard.

Sampson is sponsored which means someone will pay for the neuter and rabies costs leaving only the adoption fee of $40 for his new family to pay. He will be a great dog for a lucky family.

If you are interested in adopting, fostering or sponsoring a dog, please contact Bertha at the animal shelter by calling 870-773-6388, option 3. If you sponsor a dog that means that you will pay the fee to have the dog fixed and get a rabies vaccination. Once that is done, the adoption fee will only be $40, which makes it much easier to get a dog adopted from the shelter.

The Animal Care and Adoption Center in Texarkana, Ark., is our only animal shelter in town. They have a few hundred dogs and cats that need to be reclaimed or adopted. Room is always an issue at a city animal shelter. We feature an animal each week to help get the word out about many of these great pets.

Please visit the shelter's Facebook page to see if there is an animal there that you would be interested in adopting, fostering or sponsoring.

It is so unfortunate that there are so many dogs and cats euthanized every week in our local shelter. It is up to the community to prevent it. Spay and neuter your pets. Volunteer to help educate citizens about the need to fix their animals. Share this post on your Facebook page and Tweet about it, too.

The shelter's adoption fees range from $40 to $144, depending on the gender and size of the animal or whether they have been spayed or neutered yet. You can also have your pet microchipped for only $20 right at the shelter. That way if your pet is ever lost, he or she can be returned to you quickly.

If you would like to foster a dog contact the shelter to get information about dog rescues in our area that can help.

The Animal Care and Adoption Center is located at 203 Harrison St., Texarkana, Ark. 71854 and is open Monday through Friday from 11AM and 5PM and Saturdays from 11AM to 2PM.