Adoptable Dog

Social shepherd Brendan is ready to be your wingman and running buddy

The weather is well on its way to perfect, so you need a running or walking buddy. Luckily, Brendan the shepherd mix is ready to fall in step beside you.

This 43-pound, sweet and active boy is just shy of his third birthday, so he's got plenty of energy to burn off with you.

When it's time to post up on a patio or other dog-friendly hot spot, Brendan will happily make the rounds for adoring pets from friends and strangers alike.

This friendly pup is also good with other dogs, making puppy playdates at the dog park and walks with fellow canines a breeze.

He has been at the Houston SPCA, patiently waiting for the new home and family, for the last 100 days. Maybe it’s you he’s looking for?

Thanks to Houston Texans punter Cameron Johnston and his wife, Tia, Brendan's adoption fee is completely covered.

Every adoption includes a microchip, spay/neuter surgery, up-to-date vaccinations, a free sample bag of Hill’s Pet Nutrition, and a free post-exam from any VCA Animal Hospital.

Check out Brendan, and all the other adoptable pets, online or grab your leash and visit the William and Evelyn Griffin Campus for All Animals this weekend. Houston SPCA is open every day from 11 am-6 pm.

Photo courtesy of Houston SPCA

Brendan is nearly 3 years old.

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H-Town rising

Houston leaps back into top 50 'World's Best Cities' list for 2025

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Houston made a big leap back into the top 50, ranking No. 40, after previously plummeting into No. 72 last year.

Lively Houston has regained its rightful place among the top 50 best cities in the world, according to a prestigious new report by Resonance Consultancy.

The Canada-based real estate and tourism marketing advisors ranked Houston the 40th best city worldwide for 2025 in its annual "World's Best Cities" list.

The report quantifies the relative qualities of livability, "lovability," and prosperity for the world's top 100 cities with metropolitan populations of 1 million or more. New to the 10th anniversary edition, Resonance partnered with global market researchers Ipsos to include perception-based data into the rankings, surveying over 22,000 people in 30 countries worldwide to determine "the most desirable places to visit, live or work."

Houston made a major rebound after plummeting to No. 73 in last year's report. In 2022, Houston ranked No. 42.

Resonance refers to its previous "World's Best Cities" reports and its 2024 "America's Best Cities" list – which ranked Houston in the top 10 – when explaining the Bayou City's successes. The report praised Houston's vast cultural diversity and placed a great focus on its economic prosperity, even going so far as to suggest Houston residents make more money "and can sock more away."

"...[W]here America’s fourth-largest city truly takes off is in its economic heft and wealth, ranking No. 9 globally for GDP per Capita and No. 14 for Fortune 500 companies in town," the report said. "All that rolls up into an overall Prosperity index ranking of No. 36, which is even more impressive given the No. 14-ranked Price-to Income Ratio [of the city]."

Elsewhere in Texas, Austin and Dallas also earned spots on the World's Best Cities list for 2025, but only one made a similar rebound from the previous year's rankings. Dallas moved up from No. 66 in last year's report to its current rank as No. 55. Meanwhile, Austin took its first tumble out of the 43rd spot (which it had occupied for two years straight) and now ranks No. 53.

London held onto its crown as the No. 1 best city in the world for 2025, followed by New York (No. 2), Paris (No. 3), Tokyo (No. 4), and Singapore (No. 5).

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