Addressing Mistreatment and Abuse

Barrio Dogs gets many questions about what to do about dogs that are being abused, starved or chained around the clock. We have prepared a list of resources people can use to report the abuse or neglect to the Houston Police Department, Humane Society or SPCA. That works some of the time. However, there are other times when we need a different approach; for those occasions, we have created some posters that we mail to the dog owners or post on their street. We're not sure how much this helps the dog but at least the owners know that somebody is aware of how they treat their dog and is watching them.

The posters are formatted for legal-sized (8 1/2" x 14") paper; feel free to print out and distribute as needed.