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November 24, 2017

No Longer Blue

"Until you lose your faith, you are ok. And we haven't lost our faith yet.” We were George R Brown, filled with Harvey evacuees, listening to Gary

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October 18, 2017

Emma, The Velveteen Dog

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But

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August 14, 2017

1,428 Miles

Friends For Life is not only honored to positively impact the lives of many animals, but also to build strong relationships within our community.

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December 6, 2016

Old Dogs

By the time a dog has a muzzle as white as Maisie's they've lived to see a lot of things.  You hope the white muzzle represents years of

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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

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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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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

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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

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Conor dog after recovering

June 8, 2015

You don’t have to “fail” to succeed in fostering

This program runs on fosters like a plant on sunlight. I mean, we need you guys like hackers need hot pockets, like Adam Sandler needs to stop making

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Houston, TX 77008

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Houston, TX 77098

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