Animal Care and Adoption Center

Animals are taken to our local shelter every day. Usually it is dogs and cats, sometimes they get birds, rabbits, horses and more. Before you buy a pet, see what the shelter has to offer.

Adoptions have been great at the shelter in the past couple of weeks but now is not the time to sit back and think the overcrowding problem won't come back because it will and sooner than you think.

Adopt Shep from the Texarkana animal shelter. He is approximately 6 months old and a shepherd mix that was surrendered by his owner with his brother. But his brother had to be put down. So sad. He was a great dog too but let's focus on getting Shep adopted into a great home.

Adoptions have been great at the shelter in the past week, one might think there aren't any dogs left to adopt but there are still many dogs still looking for homes. New dogs are taken to the shelter every day. Below are videos of a few dogs that are adoptable and there are more in the intake area that will be ready in a few days as well.

Chewbacca is a 1 year old Beagle mix puppy. He has a happy go lucky attitude and loves to play. He is already neutered too.

Buddy is a 3 year old terrier mix, super smart and sweet dog at the animal shelter in Texarkana. His owner surrendered him to the shelter, no reason given but they did say he is good with children and other animals.

For a limited time the Texarkana Friends of the Shelter is paying the vetting fees for dogs and cats adopted from our local animal shelter so your out of pocket cost to adopt right now is only $40 for dogs and $20 for cats. This is a limited time sponsorship that will end when the funds run out.

Our pet of of the week is an adorable, German Shepherd male puppy. He is approximately 4 months old and would love a home with a family or a single person. You can see him at our local animal shelter in Texarkana.

New dogs are taken to the shelter every day. When I was there on Monday, five or six dogs came in as well as a litter of kittens that had been stuffed in a gunny sack with their momma and thrown out to die. Here are some of the new arrivals to the shelter as of Monday, July 11, 2016:

Lucky is a young, Flat-Coated Retriever. She is full of personality and bounds of playful energy that quickly are worked out with a few games of Frisbee and ball tossing. I believe she could be a great Frisbee catching dog with a little bit of work and a good thrower.

For a limited time the Texarkana Friends of the Shelter is paying the vetting fees for dogs and cats adopted from our local animal shelter so your out of pocket cost to adopt right now is only $40 for dogs and $20 for cats. This is a limited time sponsorship that will end when the funds run out. The animal shelter is full.

Triton is still a puppy with a good ball-drive. His markings are some of the most unique mix of colors that I have ever seen. He appears to be a Catahoula Leopard mix which is actually the state dog of Louisiana. Triton loves to romp and play fetch. He loves people and runs back and forth to everyone in the lobby of the shelter.