{"id":464270,"date":"2026-10-13T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464270\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:12:09","slug":"beloved-north-texas-school-service-dog-missing-community-asked-to-help-find-ruffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464270\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved North Texas school service dog missing, community asked to help find Ruffles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Stephenville middle school is asking for the community&#8217;s help to find its missing service dog, Ruffles.<\/p>\n<p>According to the district, the Henderson Junior High service dog went missing on Sunday, between 8:30 and 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While Ruffles provides comfort and support to many in her role as a facility dog, it is important to remember that off-duty\u2014when her vest comes off\u2014she is just like any other dog. She may be scared, disoriented, or simply wandering,&#8221; the Stephenville Independent School District said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ruffles is a 6-year-old poodle with a blond, curly coat. She was last seen near the Diamond C Ranch Estates, off Highway 281. The owner said she is chipped.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/landscape-4.png#.png\" alt=\"Ruffles, Stephenville ISD service dog \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We remain hopeful for her safe return home and urge neighbors, business owners, and community members to keep a close eye out for her,&#8221; Stephenville ISD said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you see Ruffles, please do not attempt to chase her. Anyone with information is asked to call 254-592-9165. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Stephenville middle school is asking for the community&#8217;s help to find its missing service dog, Ruffles. According&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[430,92957,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-464270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-north-texas","tag-service-dogs","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}