Provide a Pet a Pad Featured Dog is Cuddles the Chihuahua– Adopt or Sponsor a Shelter Dog [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

Cuddles is a Chihuahua that is about to celebrate her sixth birthday in the shelter! She would much rather enjoy the holidays and her birthday in your lap at your house. Cuddles is already spayed so her adoption fee is only $40.

Please share this article so we can find Cuddles a new home. She deserves a better life that what she has now. Maybe you can help find her a adoptive family. Sharing shelter dogs on Facebook helps save hundreds of lives each year.

Cuddles Video

You can go to the shelter and adopt one today or sponsor a dog to save a life.

T-shirts are available at Legendary Firearms in Nash off Hwy 82. They are $18 each. Thanks for supporting our shelter animals!

You can sponsor a shelter animal and help it get a home quicker! Contact the shelter to find out more. 870-773-6388. Please visit the shelter's new Facebook page to see if there is an animal there that you would be interested in adopting, fostering or sponsoring.

It is so unfortunate that there are thousands of dogs that are euthanized every year in our local shelter when there are so many dogs that would make fabulous pets. Please help us make a difference by spreading the word--share this blog on your Facebook page, Tweet about it too.

The shelter's adoption fees range from $40 to $144, depending on the gender and size of the animal or whether they have been spayed or neutered yet. You can also have your pet micro-chipped for only $20 right at the shelter! That way if your pet is ever lost, he can be returned to you quickly.

If you would like to foster a dog contact the shelter to get information about dog rescues in our area that can help.

The Animal Care and Adoption Center is located at 203 Harrison St., Texarkana, Ark. 71854 and is open Monday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.