Dog servicesin Hurst, TX

The shelter and the dog park share an address in Hurst, TX: 900 TCC Road. Hurst Dog Park is completely fenced, with three runs split between large and small dogs, water stations, dog-wash hoses and waste stations. It is open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., except Wednesday, when it opens at 1 p.m. after morning mowing. Digging is not allowed. In other city parks, dogs must always be leashed.

If your dog goes missing, Hurst Animal Services & Adoption Center has online Lost Pet and Found Pet forms, and staff answer at 817-788-7216 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. After hours, the police non-emergency dispatch line is 817-788-7180.

Hurst's animal ordinances cap tethering at three hours in a 24-hour period and ban it from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tethers must be at least 10 feet long, pinch, prong and choke collars are not allowed for tethering, and a tethered dog may not be left alone during a heat advisory. The code also bans leaving a dog in a parked car in a way that endangers it. Texas law requires a rabies vaccine by four months of age.