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Former Laredo shelter dog finds second chance through rescue…

A former Laredo shelter dog landed a new home after a rescue partnership stepped in, a story the Laredo Morning Times ran this weekend; the dog passed screening.

On air: Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on The Weekend Shift
Published 10:45 AM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

Photo: M. Rehemtulla · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 10:45 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Laredo Morning Times's, the jokes are ours.

Photo: Dog — Photo: M. Rehemtulla · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by Laredo Morning Times: “Former Laredo shelter dog finds second chance through rescue partnership”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 10:45 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson.
BBN covered this story before: Officer shoots dog after animal bite call in Laredo (October 14).

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Laredo Morning TimesFormer Laredo shelter dog finds second chance through rescue partnership

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Laredo Morning Times reports a former Laredo shelter dog has found a second chance through a rescue partnership.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA second chance! Vera, I'm on my fourth chance with a houseplant, and nobody has offered me a partnership.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe dog was vetted, placed and approved for a home. Clearly he has better documentation than the rest of us combined.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'd fail that screening in the first minute. They'd ask about my stability and I'd mention the pressure systems.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the weekend plan is simple. We all adopt a rescue dog, and by Sunday the dog is raising us.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd bring him home Saturday and have a name picked by noon. Then I'd change it twice and he'd answer to none.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFair. Moving on.

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