Dog servicesin White Settlement, TX

White Settlement, TX runs its own animal services. P.A.W.S. Animal Services, at the PAWS Community Center, 8900 Raymond Avenue, handles strays, adoptions, aggressive dogs, injured animals and bites. If your dog is lost, or you find one, call 817-246-1043. The center is open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

After hours, an aggressive dog running loose, an injured animal or a bite goes to Animal Control's emergency line at 817-246-4973. For a police, fire or medical emergency, call 911. Animal problems that are not happening right now and are not emergencies can go through the city's online Class C complaint form on its services page.

For off-leash play, the city lists Buzz Fence Dog Park on North Cherry Lane. At home, a dog left tied outside falls under Texas's restraint law: it needs shelter, shade, drinking water and a spot out of standing water and waste, and the tether cannot be a chain or shorter than 10 feet or five times the dog's length, whichever is longer. Texas also requires a rabies vaccine by four months of age.