Programs That Keep Care Moving Beyond the Exam Room.
PETS Clinic was built to prevent euthanasia through sterilization, but the work does not stop at surgery. These Wichita Falls programs help pets stay fed, sheltered, transported to care, and connected to safe next steps.
Every program here answers a practical problem: a pet without shelter, a family short on food, a rural owner without a ride, or a shelter dog who needs a foster home before transport.
Care Is Easier to Reach When the Barriers Are Smaller.
Low-cost veterinary care is the center of the mission. These programs protect the same mission from another angle: they help people keep pets safe at home, make spay and neuter possible for nearby communities, and create a way out for dogs who are out of time in area shelters.
Some programs are direct service. Some depend on donors, foster families, supplies, and volunteer time. All of them are tied to the same idea: when the right help is close enough to use, more pets get to stay healthy and stay with people who love them.
Choose a Program to Learn How It Works.
Each program page includes the current next step, contact option, or application link where one is available.
Habitat
Free outdoor shelters for pets who need protection from Texas weather.
Habitat turns donated barrels and Styrofoam containers into free shelters for outdoor dogs and feral or free-roaming cats.
- -Donated empty barrels are cleaned, cut, drained, anchored, and filled with straw to make large dog shelters.
- -Styrofoam containers are collected and converted into shelters for feral and free-roaming cats.
PETS Pantry
Pet food assistance for Wichita Falls families who need help keeping pets fed.
PETS Pantry helps pet owners with food assistance so more pets can stay nourished and stay home.
- -Applicants must be 18 or older and able to present a photo ID.
- -Qualifying documentation may include unemployment, disability, income under HUD guidelines, Medicaid, Section 8 housing, food stamps, or welfare.
Rural Transport
Spay and neuter transport for communities around Wichita Falls.
Rural Transport helps pet owners in nearby communities get pets to Wichita Falls for spay and neuter surgery.
- -The program picks up about 15-20 pets each week for spay and neuter surgery.
- -Transport is arranged for pet owners in cities up to about one hour from Wichita Falls.
Underdog Express
Foster and transport support for dogs who are out of time in area shelters.
Underdog Express is PETS Clinic's Wichita Falls dog rescue transport program with Helping Hounds in New York.
- -The program began in June 2016 from an existing long-distance, high-volume dog transport effort.
- -Underdog Express has sent more than 4,700 dogs to New York.
Feral Cat TNR
Trap-Neuter-Return that stabilizes community cat colonies and prevents unwanted litters.
Feral Cat TNR is PETS Clinic's community-impact effort to humanely reduce free-roaming cat populations through Trap-Neuter-Return in Wichita Falls, Amarillo, and Lubbock.
- -A small notch is tipped into one ear during surgery — a painless, permanent sign that a community cat has already been sterilized, so it is never trapped or operated on twice.
- -Fewer litters means fewer kittens entering shelters, less fighting, spraying, and roaming, and healthier, more stable neighborhood colonies over time.