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Reliant Gives Banner Trevino

September 24, 2016

YOU ARE NOT A ROBOT

FFL ARMY, This is Salise Shuttlesworth, your Reliant Gives Night Owl Facebook DJ. Some of you also know me as the founder and director of Friends

Category iconBlog,  Events

May 23, 2016

Two Seniors. One story. 13 years.

You want to do an extreme sport? Try being over 50. Like Bette Davis said, "Getting old is not for sissies." I remember looking at the brightly

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

April 15, 2016

Start with protecting life. Go from there.

Tarleton looked like he might have just been lying curled up in any cat bed. Except that it had been a bucket of molten roof tar when he first

Category iconBlog,  Shelter Best Practices,  Success Stories,  Unsheltered

Tosca cat photographed by Isa Leshko

November 24, 2015

Tosca’s Room

At Friends For Life, we have a special place called Tosca’s Room. It is a peaceful space where shy cats can take their time to feel safe and

Category iconBlog,  Unsheltered

November 22, 2015

Time is on our side

Not every animal that needs help is visibly hurt. Some are just afraid. They take time to trust us. In sheltering, time is life. But at traditional

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

September 9, 2015

A Single Chance

Chance was the first dog ever at Friends For Life to require two handlers with two leads on him to simply walk into the lobby. Thinking back on his

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September 7, 2015

On Becoming Real

"You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully

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August 14, 2015

You Gotta Have Faith

I fell in love with Faith while touring a crowded county shelter. She was lying on the floor of her kennel. She didn't lift her head, just slightly

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

July 13, 2015

Love is Patient

Sayali and Neel adopted their dogs Neo and Maahi from Friends For Life. We are deeply honored to have been a part of connecting this incredible

Category iconBlog,  Success Stories

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Don Sanders Adoption Center
107 E 22nd Street
Houston, TX 77008

713-863-9835

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