About Tri-City Animal Sanctuary

Tri-City Animal Sanctuary was started in 2005 by Vickie Eckert and Lawrence Patrick. Lawrence and Vickie purchased five acres in 2005. Our kennels are not the average kennels because we are a sanctuary we want our dogs to feel they have a yard to run and play. Our smallest kennel is 50x30 and our largest kennel is 100x100.  We have in 4 years taken in over 900 dogs and adopted out over 820 dogs. The first years were hectic for the Sanctuary due to many obsticles that happened. Lawrence was in a bad car accident that broke his back in September 2005. During that time we thought about stopping the sanctuary but we kept going cause we knew our purpose in life was to help "God's creatures." It was also during this time the scandal in Jourdanton Texas was taking place where a public works supervisor gave order to drown the pounds dogs in the water sewer plant. Many meetings and news media were in Jourdanton, Texas during this time. Vickie didn't back down and made her presence known at those meetings.

In 2007 Vickie was diagnosed with Cancer once again the thought was to stop the Sanctuary but we didn't. Vickie had  surgery in May 2007 to remove the cancer. She didn't need chemotherapy or radiation due to the tumor being found 2mm in size.  Lawrence and Vickie have been through trials and money issues through out this all but we continue to do what we believe. We currently have 115 dogs and 16 cats. We are continuously needing support. We currently have a program where we will help spay/neuter family pets for $20. We are able to do this because of our very generous vet in San Antonio who helps us out so much. This past year we have written grants and got some small ones. So we would like to thank the following organizations:

Pedigree Foundation

Petco Foundation

Build a Bear Foundation

Getting these grants help us keep going. We would also like to thank:

HEB for their support in Dog food. Without HEB we wouldn't be able to help all the animals we have helped.

Our friend Mark Crider from Corpus Christi who has driven a truck full of dog food to us many times.

The Utah Angel who wants to remain anonymous so I gave him this nickname.