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A Birthday Message from Magoo

Too old to party? NEVER! In this birthday video, Friends For Life resident Magoo shares his shelter experience as a cat living in

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5:12 pm

Week 4: Parker Impresses All!

For the past four weeks, Parker boarded at Urban Tails as a student in the Second PAWportunity Program. “It was so much fun having Parker

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4:17 pm

Week 3: Work Hard, Play Hard

In week three of Parker’s Second Pawportunity at Urban Tails, he continues to advance and show better behavior. He’s gotten very good at

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11:00 am

Parker’s Remarkable Progress: Week Two

“Parker is doing remarkably well!” — Monica Body, Urban Tails Head Trainer. In his second week, Parker is learning to stay calm and focused

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6:31 pm

Parker and His Pawportunity

If you joined us on our first Second Pawportunity partnership with Urban Tails, you followed adoptable Andi from wild and discourteous to tame and

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6:48 pm

Andi’s Final Week: Leaps and Bounds

As Urban Tails’ Senior Trainer Monica Body walked with Andi into the lobby of Friends For Life, our staff held their breath in anticipation. We’d been

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6:21 pm

Week 3: Andi improves with help from friends

It’s safe to say neither the Friends For Life staff nor the trainers at Urban Tails would have been comfortable with Andi around children prior to the

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6:53 pm

Week 2: Hooray for Halfway!

Wag your tail for Andi! She’s made it to the halfway point of the four-week Second Pawportunity Program. Through a curriculum created by Urban Tails,

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12:51 pm

Week 1: Andi’s Extreme Makeover Takes Shape

Andi’s first week of behavioral training proved to be a success. Her canine makeover is beginning to take shape, showing that a vast transformation

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Houston, TX 77008

713-863-9835

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2902 S Shepherd Drive
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