Update: Alfie is safe with Montana's Pack Rescue and an amazing foster! 🙏 please visit their Instagram or Facebook for updates on him! — I met another emaciated dog, are we shocked? I know I’m not, everyday there’s a new dog barely hanging on by a thread. Yet people still support backyard breeders and puppy mills, doesn’t this just break your heart? I can’t wrap my mind around it and I’m done trying to. So anyway, meet Alfie. I’m seriously jealous of the lucky person who gets to adopt and come home to him everyday, he’s such a sweetheart. I don’t believe Alfie is a true stray because we live in a big city and we have a lot of street feeders. Our strays out here typically are thicker with some rough skin from fleas etc. but completely emaciated means to me someone was keeping him like this. He has what appears to be maybe a sore on his butt from sitting in urine or feces. He needs someone who is familiar with a feeding diet and who can help get him on the road to being a healthy boy. I pray someone gives him a chance. •Questions? Check the FAQ on my Instagram highlights •ID: A210164 •Intake: stray •male •3YR •28lbs (should weigh more, way too skinny) •Heartworm positive (not surprised, heartworms are treatable and not a death sentence, they are not contagious) •good with cats? not sure •🚑𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀: S/O: underweight, areas of alopecia/hair thinning, low HW+ A: underweight, ddx flea irritation, low HW+ P: advantage multi applied at intake 📌 Please contact BARC if you are local and can help! Neither BARC nor I can assist out of state adoption or foster offers. I am NOT the shelter. 💌 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝗜𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄: barcfoster@houstontx.gov barcadoptions@houstontx.gov BARC.Aid@houstontx.gov 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝗺𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐈𝐃 𝐧𝐮𝗺𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝗼𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫. 📍BARC Animal Shelter 3200 Carr St Houston, TX 77026 www.houstontx.gov - @bristexastails