Dog servicesin Mansfield, TX

Mansfield, TX requires a city license for every dog, renewed each January. Mansfield's licensing page sets the yearly fee at $15, with $5 off for a spayed or neutered dog and another $5 off for a microchipped one, so a fixed, chipped dog costs $5. License online or at Animal Care & Control. A home may keep up to four dogs, four cats and six dogs and cats combined; more takes a $25 yearly multiple-pet permit.

That license also gets your dog into Mans Best Field Dog Park, 610 W. Broad Street: four fenced paddocks on seven acres, with small-dog areas for dogs under 40 pounds. Every dog there must be registered with the city, even if the owner lives elsewhere, and be over four months old and current on vaccines. The park is open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. from March through October and 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. from November through February, and closes on Tuesdays.

For a lost or found dog, Mansfield Animal Care & Control asks you to post a report on 24PetConnect and PawBoost and to visit the shelter at 407 Industrial Blvd., open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 817-276-4799. After hours, an injured animal goes to police non-emergency dispatch at 817-473-0211.