Dog servicesin Rockwall, TX

Rockwall, TX requires every dog to be registered with the city and to wear both its city registration tag and its rabies tag. Rockwall Animal Services charges $5 a year for a neutered dog and $20 for one that is not, or $15 and $30 for three years if the dog has a three-year rabies vaccine. Bring proof of a current rabies vaccine to City Hall, 385 South Goliad, or the Rockwall Adoption Center, 1825 Airport Road; both take cash or check only.

Animal control works seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., at (972) 771-7790, and after hours, weekends and holidays the city sends calls to Rockwall police at (972) 771-7724. The Adoption Center, (972) 771-7750, is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The city also holds four low-cost shot clinics a year; call Animal Services for details.

Off-leash play happens at the Dog Park at Harry Myers Park, 815 East Washington Street, with fenced areas for smaller and larger dogs. Dogs must be licensed and vaccinated, leashed at the gates, and free of choke, pinch, prong or spiked collars. Rockwall also runs a coyote-sighting report tool; call 911 if a coyote is a public-safety emergency.