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Help us save the last 10% – your donations fund training and medical care for the longest-stay dogs at the shelter, and allow us to provide adopters with crates, wellness exams, vouchers for training and medical care, spay/neuter, and other needed services to the wonderful people who take Hard Luck Hounds home.

HLH of the Week

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Introducing one of our new Hard Luck Hounds…..meet Jackson! Gentle on Leash and Rocks a GREAT set of bat ears! Check out his beautiful white coat and those beautiful brown eyes…..this guy is a charmer just waiting to work his magic on you. He walks GREAT on leash and does really well with all the [...]

Friends of AAC

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Friends of Austin Animal Center is the 501(c)(3) non-profit that sponsors Hard Luck Hounds. Founded in 2006 as Friends of Town Lake Animal Center, Friends is dedicated to improving the quality of life for animals both inside and outside the shelter through community awareness, education, and mental and physical wellness programs.

About Us

“Saving the Last Ten Percent” – Hard Luck Hounds helps the longest-stay dogs at Austin Animal Center find forever families. Each HLH has a waived adoption fee, and comes with a free wellness exam and crate.

Hard Luck Hounds is a program of the Friends of Austin Animal Center (http://www.friendsfaac.com/).

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Success Stories

  • DudleysNewFamily

    Dudley – Adopted May 16, 2012

    It’s hard to imagine a dog like Dudley, with a heart of gold and a zest for life, not to mention his BIG infectious smile, could be stuck for so long (4+ months) at the shelter and was almost destined for euthanasia multiple times. If not for Hard Luck Hounds (HLH) giving him a chance [...]

  • MimiAdopted

    Mimi

    MIMI SPENT 8 MONTHS AT THE SHELTER, AND WAS NEVER IN A BAD MOOD. KEEP MAKING PEOPLE SMILE, MIMI!!!

  • BlackberrysNewHome

    Lola (Blackberry)

    Here is a picture of Lola with her brother (Jax) and sister (Chloe). Lola and Jax love playing chase and running around the yard together. Lola started a Nose Work class last weekend and is doing great!

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    King – Adopted January 15, 2012

    Just wanted to send you a quick email to let ya’ll know King has opened up so very much already. We can tell he really loves it here at his new home. He got a good bath, we went on a walk/run, played fetch for awhile with the kids, got his belly full and he [...]

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    Blanca – Adopted December 30, 2011

    “Just wanted to let you know that we did adopt Blanca — the same day you introduced us to her! We had planned to bring my husband back Saturday to meet her but just couldn’t wait. She has been an absolute delight. She is very obviously crate and housetrained. In fact, when we got her [...]

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