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What does it take to foster or adopt a big dog like Tango, a two-and-a-half-year-old mix breed with soulful eyes and a sweet disposition who has been in and out of the Bayou Animal Services in Dickinson since 2022?

"An understanding heart", according to Nina Baker, manager of the Bayou Animal Services in Dickinson.

The shelter is overcrowded with mostly larger dogs like Tango and is hoping the community can step in to help ease some of the by adopting a pet or volunteering to be a foster.

Fosters take in pets to get them acclimated to living in a home, being around people and sometimes other pets and out of the shelter environment.

Dogs like Tango - who is an owner surrender because the family who adopted him suffered a few setbacks - are harder to adopt out because bigger dogs are often seen as a challenge, or maybe a little scary.

But the only thing wrong with these dogs, Baker said, is that they are homeless. All the adoptable dogs at the shelter have been evaluated and screened for any behavioral issues.

The shelter will offer anyone interested in adopting "trial adoptions" – where dogs like Tango spend a few weeks in a home to see if he's a good fit for that home.

Yvette Orozco, Suburban reporter producer

yvette.orozco@houstonchronicle.com

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