Dog servicesin The Colony, TX

If your dog goes missing in The Colony, TX, the city's Lost and Found Pets page says to contact the shelter right away, file an online report and visit in person. The city code holds an impounded dog for three days, and after that an unclaimed animal may be adopted, sent to a rescue or euthanized. Bring proof of rabies vaccination when you reclaim your dog, since staff may ask for it. The city also has a public microchip station outside City Hall at 6053 Main St.

The Colony Animal Services runs the shelter at 4720 E Lake Highlands Dr. It is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends, and closed Monday. The main line is 972-370-9250, and the emergency line is 972-625-1887.

Next door at 4800 E Lake Highlands Dr is the city's Pawsome Playground Dog Park, the one place dogs can be off leash. Everywhere else in public, city code calls for a leash no longer than six feet or a carrier, and you must pick up after your dog. A home in a residential district may keep up to six adult dogs and cats combined.