Patches

Meet Patches <br/><br/>Some dogs have a way of looking at you like they know they’ve been given a second chance. Patches is one of those dogs.<br/><br/>Patches is a beautiful, freckle-covered 3-year-old Pointer/Terrier mix with a happy spirit, a sweet heart, and a whole lot of love waiting for the right family.<br/><br/>Her story started as a stray on the streets of Houston, Texas. She eventually landed in an overcrowded, open-intake shelter, where time was not on her side. Patches was facing euthanasia when rescue stepped in and changed the ending of her story.<br/><br/>For the past two months, she has been living in foster care, and she has absolutely blossomed. <br/><br/>Patches is dog-friendly, people-friendly, affectionate, and genuinely happy to be part of whatever her humans are doing. She has shown us that whatever happened before rescue hasn’t taken away her ability to trust, love, and enjoy life.<br/><br/>Her body tells us she likely had puppies in her past, perhaps more than once. She also arrived heartworm positive, another reminder that she didn’t always receive the care she deserved. But that chapter is behind her. Patches has completed her heartworm treatment and is ready to move forward.<br/><br/>She has already done the hard part.<br/><br/>She survived the streets.<br/>She survived the shelter.<br/>She made it out alive.<br/>She learned what it feels like to be safe in a foster home.<br/><br/>Now she’s waiting for the very best part:<br/><br/>A family of her own.<br/><br/>Patches doesn’t need someone to feel sorry for her past. She needs someone who wants to be part of her future. A couch to curl up on. A family to follow around. A person who thinks her freckles are as adorable as we do. And a home where she never has to wonder whether she belongs again.<br/><br/>Patches got her second chance.<br/><br/>Now she just needs her forever.

Meet Patches

Some dogs have a way of looking at you like they know they’ve been given a second chance. Patches is one of those dogs.

Patches is a beautiful, freckle-covered 3-year-old Pointer/Terrier mix with a happy spirit, a sweet heart, and a whole lot of love waiting for the right family.

Her story started as a stray on the streets of Houston, Texas. She eventually landed in an overcrowded, open-intake shelter, where time was not on her side. Patches was facing euthanasia when rescue stepped in and changed the ending of her story.

For the past two months, she has been living in foster care, and she has absolutely blossomed.

Patches is dog-friendly, people-friendly, affectionate, and genuinely happy to be part of whatever her humans are doing. She has shown us that whatever happened before rescue hasn’t taken away her ability to trust, love, and enjoy life.

Her body tells us she likely had puppies in her past, perhaps more than once. She also arrived heartworm positi

Meet Patches

Some dogs have a way of looking at you like they know they’ve been given a second chance. Patches is one of those dogs.

Patches is a beautiful, freckle-covered 3-year-old Pointer/Terrier mix with a happy spirit, a sweet heart, and a whole lot of love waiting for the right family.

Her story started as a stray on the streets of Houston, Texas. She eventually landed in an overcrowded, open-intake shelter, where time was not on her side. Patches was facing euthanasia when rescue stepped in and changed the ending of her story.

For the past two months, she has been living in foster care, and she has absolutely blossomed.

Patches is dog-friendly, people-friendly, affectionate, and genuinely happy to be part of whatever her humans are doing. She has shown us that whatever happened before rescue hasn’t taken away her ability to trust, love, and enjoy life.

Her body tells us she likely had puppies in her past, perhaps more than once. She also arrived heartworm positive, another reminder that she didn’t always receive the care she deserved. But that chapter is behind her. Patches has completed her heartworm treatment and is ready to move forward.

She has already done the hard part.

She survived the streets.
She survived the shelter.
She made it out alive.
She learned what it feels like to be safe in a foster home.

Now she