Our Doggy Day Out program is currently on pause until further notice.
We appreciate your patience. If you are interested in fostering a pet, please click here.
Gift your time to our shelter dogs! By taking them out for just a few hours a day, our temporary residents can exert pent up energy as well as be mentally stimulated to new experiences and people!
As a result of a Doggy Day Out, our dogs are less anxious or exuberant when they meet potential adopters and they gain useful life skills that they wouldn’t get from just sitting and waiting in the shelter.
Another added bonus is that people who are not likely to come into shelters are still able to see our available animals.
How to participate?
Joining Doggy Day Out is easy. To get started, please click here to complete the short questionnaire, and we will email you instructions for your special day out.
Please allow up to 48 hours for a response to your message.
Key Benefits
On a Doggy Day Out, our animals have an opportunity to experience new sights and smell helping them build confidence and come out of their shell. Plus you get a best friend for a day to explore this beautiful city with!
If there are three things everyone in animal sheltering knows it’s this:
• Pets are good for people.
• People are good for pets.
• When you get them together, everyone benefits.
What Dogs Qualify for this Program?
All dogs for regular adoption are available for a Doggy Day Out!
What each dog is allowed or able to do during their Doggy Day Out may vary based on their behavioral or medical needs.
Additional Questions
For general question/ info /non-emergencies: DoggyDayOut@HoustonHumane.org