PAWS HOUSTON

PAWS Houston has contracts with most hospitals in Houston, Texas that allows our volunteers

to provide patients with the comfort of having their own pet visit them at the hospital. 

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Board of Directors


Ryan Aycock
  Galilee Wines 

Donna Dishman
  Founder, Executive Director Emeritus

Michele (Mitch) Gibbons. Esq. (Acting Chair)
   Attorney, Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry

Kathryn Hawkins, B.S., M.S., CIC 
 Infection Disease Consultant

 Dr. Mark Silberman, D.V.M.
  Southwest Animal Clinic

David E. Taylor, Esq.
  Attorney, Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry

 

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About Us

The mission of PAWS Houston is to help sustain relationships between pet owners and their pets through a period of the owner's terminal and/or chronic illness. PAWS Houston arranges and facilitates personal pet visits to the hospital, hospice, nursing home and rehabilitation centers to improve physical and mental health for the pet owner. PAWS Houston participates in research to support that the human-animal bond is beneficial. 

Contact Us

713-840-PAWS (7297)

To request a hospital pet visit: 713-305-4887

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