From Kuwait to Dallas: Franz Ferdinand’s furry journey
Franz Ferdinand has logged more miles than most canines will in a lifetime. He found his way to East Dallas via Germany, Kuwait and…
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Paws & Claws: Shaggy dog
Edgar the Old English sheepdog rocks a pony tail like only he can. Owner Chris Youpa talks to Edgar like he’s a person, insisting…
Paws and claws: Twist of luck
By all accounts, Twist should not be alive. He was presumably hit by a car, paralyzing his back legs. He was found dragging his…
The harrowing ‘tail’ of a lost and found cat in Ridgewood Park
A nerve-racking account of love, loss and animal traps has a happy ending in Ridgewood Park and captures what everyone loves about East Dallas:…
Paws and claws: Max relaxation
A smile this pure can be produced only through pure puppy love. Neighbor Preston Renfro was rubbing his family’s rescue pup Barron’s belly when this…
Paws and claws: Boo the deaf kitty
Boo was the third cat brought to the Lakewood house of Carol and Frank Rowland, when big sisters Dot and Sophia needed a furry…
Paws and claws: Bessie, the basset hound
Bessie keeps it basic Bessie is a quintessential droopy-faced man’s best friend. The loveable basset hound was rescued by the Maddux family of Somerville…
Paws and claws: Window patrol on Longview
If you live on Longview, you probably know your neighborhood’s most vocal protectors. With a constant eye on the window, Gumbo and Stella are…
Paws & Claws: Waffles the dog
Waffles is a 4-year-old sassy English Bulldog who lives in East Dallas with her human mom, Christina Mastor. She enjoys sleeping, eating, playing tug-o-war…
Paws & Claws: Proud beggar
Tsali is an 8-year-old black lab mix who lives in Lochwood Hills with her human, Nina Koch, who says Tsali “saved me when we…
Paws and claws: The more the hairier
These four yorkies — Yzla, Zoila, Xochitl and Wylie — live with their humans Cleo and Shea Petricek in East Dallas, where they love to…
Paws and claws: Lucky one
After arriving at the City of Dallas shelter, where an average of 28,000 dogs end up each year, Jenny was rescued by the Society…
