When our shelter partner called and asked us to help with 13-year-old Mike, a stray senior, we didn’t hesitate to welcome this elegant gentleman. He came to us with sore joints, severe dental disease, and a suspicious mass on his leg. Mike, a gentle soul [...]
While in a Kansas shelter waiting to be rescued, five-year-old Sandler was exposed to kennel cough which quickly progressed to pneumonia in his foster home shortly after he arrived with us. Feverish, coughing, uninterested in eating and lethargic, he was seen in the ER and [...]
Rosie, a six-month-old stray puppy from a Kansas shelter, arrived happy and waggy, but after a little while she was not feeling very well. She was taken to the ER where she was tested positive for parvovirus. Rosie spent the next six days hospitalized in [...]
Miss Firefly, a gentle 10.5-year-old soul, spent close to a year in a shelter in a hot, muggy part of the country where she contracted heartworm disease. X-rays of her heart and lungs show she has had it for some time. She will be with [...]
In Memory of Randy Yarnell from the West Monona Class of 1979. ~ Loren Sawyer:
In honor of Zoe, my 13 year old SHLR Lab. She is the love of my life and enjoying the good life in Edwards, Colorado. Thanks for all you do! ~ Jane Hall
In memory of Gracie and Twixx, both SHLR Labs who have since passed away. My family loved them dearly and they are still missed very much! Thank you for all that your organization does and will continue to do. ~ Suzanne Salazar
When eleven-month-old Sheamus met his new big brother and fellow Safe Harbor grad, Buddy, it was clear that these two handsome boys were well matched and would become fast friends in no time. Buddy's parents, Gary and Irene, were instantly smitten with the new kid, [...]
Colonel Drifter now proudly answers to "Hugo" and has happily left his drifting days behind. Hugo is an oh-so-handsome, sweet and energetic 1.5-year-old boy who is thoroughly enjoying his new role of head family Lab. In addition to his new parents, Mike and Anita, Hugo [...]
One-year-old Caspian arrived at Kathleen's home as a foster dog but that didn't last long. It would be hard to find a more adorable Lab than young Caspian or a sweeter tale of foster failure. Kathleen tells their story: It seems a bit cliché to [...]
