SAMMY: NEGLECT and EMACIATED
My Name is: Sammy, 1.5 year old My Story: When I got picked up as a stray, I weighed 38 pounds, was weak from starvation, my coat was a dirty mess and I had had lots of sores. The shelter staff took me under their [...]
HARDY: LIFE SAVING EMERGENCY SURGERY
My Name is: Hardy, 2 years old My Story:A month or so after I arrived at Safe Harbor I was losing weight, puffy, burpy, gassy and more, but I was still my frisky retrieving self. I’d been to the ER and was eating special food. [...]
DAISEY: HEARTWORM TREATMENT
My name is: Daisey, 10 years old My Story: I came to Safe Harbor when my lifelong owner went to assisted living. During my intake checkup, I tested positive for heartworms (yes, they were in my heart doing damage). I underwent a lengthy treatment involving [...]
Midas
Twelve-year-old Midas arrived at small shelter as a stray and very dirty, but neither could hide his cheerful, kind, and gentle personality. His back legs were stiff and he had a tennis ball lump on his side. Our vet found the lump was benign, and [...]
Pippa
Life with our Pippa was such a blessing. She brightened our lives with her sweet disposition, her greeting of everyone she met, her love of the water, special treats, playing fetch, and laying on her “Pippa blanket” when we allowed her on the bed to cuddle. Pippa brought us [...]
Skye (formerly known as Shilo)
Here is Shiloh who we renamed as Skye. He is now about 100 lbs, so we think he was only about nine months old when we got him, and not 1.5 years old. He went from 60 lbs to 100 lbs! He gets along great [...]
Daisy
One day when you're not looking, an adorable four-legged, tail-wagging, brown-eyed girl may come along and steal your heart. And that's how the lovely Miss Daisy came to be the newest member of Royce and Laura's family. Daisy's parents sent us an update on their [...]
Maisie (formerly known as Mei)
When five-month-old Mei arrived at SHLR, we reached out to Bonnie, one of our longtime volunteers, and she and her husband, Chris, agreed to foster this sweet little black Lab pup. Just two days later, Mei had officially found her forever home with them and [...]
Gracie Mae (formerly known as Blondie)
It was puppy love at first sight for Marsha and Elwood when they met little 8.5-month-old Gracie Mae and that was just the beginning of their happily ever after. This sweet pup has settled right in and is thriving in her new role of beloved [...]
Red (Formerly known as Rocco)
Red was an eleven-month-old overgrown puppy when he joined Abby and Allen's family and while he was a sweet, good-natured youngster, his skill set was in need of an upgrade. With the help of his new parents, he soon learned that well-mannered pups get to [...]