{"id":481162,"date":"2026-10-30T06:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481162\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T06:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:42:27","slug":"dennis-quaid-and-his-english-bulldog-peaches-keep-houstons-1-2-million-howl-o-ween-ball-rocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481162\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Quaid and His English Bulldog Peaches Keep Houston’s $1.2 Million Howl-O-Ween Ball Rocking"},"content":{"rendered":"

What: Houston SPCA Howl-O-Ween Ball<\/p>\n

Where: Houston SPCA Equine Rescue Arena<\/a><\/p>\n

PC Moment: You gotta love native Houstonian Dennis Quaid. The actor, musician, singer and all around good guy posed endlessly for photos with VIP guests during a SPCA Howl-O-Ween Ball that brought in $1.2 million for the nonprofit<\/a>\u2018s work in rescuing, rehabilitating and protecting animals across the Gulf Coast region. Joining Quaid in the spotlight was Peaches, his miniature English bulldog, who was so chill that at one point during the photo ops, the dog fell asleep.<\/p>\n

\"PeachesPeaches at Houston SPCA\u2019s 2026 Howl-O-Ween Ball (Photo by Wilson Parish)<\/p>\n

In brief remarks to the gathering, the evening\u2019s honorary chair recalled his days growing up in Houston\u2019s Bellaire neighborhood and attending Bellaire High School. Quaid\u2019s closeness to the cause was driven home by the fact that as a kid his first two dogs \u2014 including his beloved basset hound Gertrude \u2014 came from the Houston SPCA.<\/p>\n

Before the night was over, Quaid charmed the audience further by joining the band Doppleganger<\/a> on stage to sing \u201cRiders in the Storm.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JoannaJoanna Hartland joins the \u2018Paws Up\u2019 fundraising at Houston SPCA\u2019s 2026 Howl-O-Ween Ball (Photo by Wilson Parish)<\/p>\n

Grace and George Lane chaired the fundraiser that honored Alan Rosen,<\/a> the popular Constable of Harris County Precinct 1. While many among the Halloween themed event wore costumes, Rosen dressed professionally in his uniform and the Lanes stepped out in more formal attire. Also on stage was KHOU Channel 11\u2019s Great Day Houston host Deborah Duncan who reprised her role as emcee.<\/p>\n

\t SHOP<\/p>\n

Grove Hill <\/p>\n

Eighteen Forty Two <\/p>\n

MacKenzie-Childs <\/p>\n

Verdadero Tequila<\/p>\n

Pecos Jane <\/p>\n

Zilker Belts<\/p>\n

Zilker Brewing<\/p>\n

Hutson Clothing Co.<\/p>\n

Zadok Jewelers<\/p>\n

The night rocked on during the after-party when many among the 425 attendees shifted to the Adoption Center where they enjoyed desserts and specialty cocktails while their heartstrings were tugged by the adorable adoptable puppies and kittens.<\/p>\n

\"KristiKristi Gilliam, John Putnam, Yoon Smith in the crowd at Houston SPCA\u2019s 2026 Howl-O-Ween Ball (Photo by Wilson Parish)<\/p>\n

PC Seen: Zane and Brady Carruth, Patricia E. Mercer, Frank Billingsley and Kevin Gilliard, Edna Meyer-Nelson, Hershey Grace, Michelle Mantor, Kandace G. Longoria, Amy Hoechstetter, Judge Roberta Lloyd, Don McWilliams, Tommy Harper, Tracy LeRoy, L.D. Eckermann, Connie M. Bergen,\u00a0Annie and Bob Graham, Amy Gould, Fady Armanious Bill Baldwin, Joanna Hartland and Frank Edgerly, and Heather and Jeff Firestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What: Houston SPCA Howl-O-Ween Ball Where: Houston SPCA Equine Rescue Arena PC Moment: You gotta love native Houstonian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-481162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481162","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=481162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}