UPDATE: The pet of the week from November 15 caught the eye of a local family and they adopted her from the shelter last week. They spent the day with her and fell in love only to realize she is not good in a multi-dog home. Sadly the new family had to return her to the shelter because she would fight with the other, smaller dogs when they tried to get close to the owners.

She was fine with the dogs when they were in the yard. The issues only occurred when the owners showed any affection to their dogs. The adoptive owners said, "She was fine with our other dogs until one of us would reach for them or pet them and she attacked both of them at multiple attempts. She is such a sweet big dog. She needs to be in a home with no other dogs."

Please continue to share this black beauty. Since she doesn't get along with other dogs, she will be taking up an entire kennel, normally there are multiple dogs in one kennel.

Original Story:

Our featured pet of the week from the animal shelter in Texarkana is a very large, beautiful and sweet Black Labrador that must be mixed with Great Dane because she is big. She is less than 2 years old. Her Animal ID is 75328 and Form No. 224091. Also listed below are the updates of dogs that have been previously featured on our page.

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She is super smart and sits for treats. She took them easily from my hand without biting my fingers. The treat was a hamburger patty which is considered a "high value" treat that works great for testing dogs to see how they take the treat from you. This girl is so gentle.

She walks good on a leash after getting a little energy out. I think a lot of it had to do with her not knowing what I wanted her to do but on the way back into the shelter she walked like a pro on the leash.

Last Week's Featured Pet of the Week is Still at the Shelter

Bobo, an owner surrender. He is a year old, very friendly and a terrier mix. His animal identification number is 224071.

The shelter's adoption fees range from $20 to $201, depending on the gender and size of the animal or whether they have been spayed or neutered yet. You can take your pets to be microchipped at the animal shelter for only $20. That way, if your pet is ever lost, it can be returned to you quickly.

The animal shelter has three basic areas for dogs: The intake area where the kennels for the dogs are listed as "HP" which stands for Hold Pending. When dogs first arrive at the shelter, this is where they go first. The next area is the lower building that is attached to the adoption floor by a long hallway. The lower building is usually called the Stray building and the kennels are listed with a "S" in front of the numbered cage. In that building there are 15 stray kennels, with another five kennels set aside behind a gate often used for bite cases. Those kennels are marked as "OB." This area is often used for overflow when there aren't any bite cases. The area that most people see is the Adoption Floor. The kennels on the adoption floor are marked with a "D" in front of the cage number. That stands for Dog.

Dogs on Adoption Floor

Stray and Owner Surrender Dogs in Lower Building

Our animal shelter is a "kill shelter" which means dogs and cats are euthanized when lack of space becomes an issue. Some weeks there are more animals put down than other weeks. Most city ran shelters are open admission facilities like Texarkana's, which means they cannot turn cats and dogs away because there isn't any room. It is up to the community to help our local shelter and there are several ways to help:

Please spay and neuter your pets.
Microchip your pets.
Volunteer to help educate citizens about the need to spay and neuter their animals.
Get the word out by sharing this post on your social media pages.
Go to the shelter and take your own photos and videos to share with friends.
Donate money to the shelter to help cover spay and neuter costs for people that want to adopt a pet but they cannot afford all of the upfront costs.
Donate materials and money to help replace outdated equipment.

Just like this week's pet of the week, so many animals go through the shelter nameless. The shelter staff has a hard time keeping up with all the new dogs arriving in and thinking of new names. You can help by submitting your suggestions for pet names through the link below. Think of unique names, the kind of names that will help the animals get adopted. Stay away from names like Trouble, Digger, Jumper, Dopey, Killer and the like.

Help Name Animals at the Shelter

Send your name suggestion lists to the shelter to help them use unique pet names.

UPDATES on Dogs Previously Featured as Our Pet of the Week:

ADOPTED:

RESCUED:

EUTHANIZED:

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. Our shelter takes in animals from many surrounding communities. Please remember to check with the shelter if you have lost a pet or if you are interested in adopting a new pet.

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