As the holidays approach, we enter a time filled with gratitude, celebration, and reflection. It’s also the season of giving — a moment each year when many of us pause to support the causes that matter most to us. For Houston Shih Tzu Rescue Tzus & Mews, this season is a lifeline. Your generosity provides medical care, food, rehabilitation, and safe, loving homes for babies who have nowhere else to turn.

Stormi—with an i—is a 3-year-old Shih Tzu who came to Tzus and Mews after being listed on Craigslist. When we first saw her photo, her coat was matted, her paws were brown, and her eyes told the story of a girl who’d been through too much for her size. She arrived covered in fleas, confused, and carrying the weight of abandonment.