New Beginnings

It is very well known among the senior Lab set that if you are looking for a home there's no better place to spend your retirement years than Les' house! Lil' Blondie is one of the latest very lucky Labs of a certain age to [...]

Lovely Ms. Zoe is very excited to announce that she is home forever with her new parents, Karen and Ralph.  With beautiful big brown saucer eyes that will melt your heart with just a glance, and jaunty ears that can't always decide whether to flop [...]

Lesley and Brent have added a new four-legged kid to their family. The lucky Lab lad they chose is 1.5-year-old Creek, who couldn't stop wagging and grinning when he learned that he has two new human sisters, Mia and Anna, and a canine sister, Ruby, [...]

Zeke joined Peter and Trish's family late last summer, and his new dad recently sent us this wonderful update on their lives together: Peter and Trish first met Zeke after the Silent Auction event at City Bark in August 2017 when visiting his foster location. [...]

Seven-year-old Maggie has a new family and eight-year-old Misty has a new sister and BFF! Maggie is a lovely raven-haired Lab with the glossiest coat around, and with her sweet disposition and playful, confident nature she is just the perfect pup to complete Elsie and [...]

One-year-old Letti arrived at Safe Harbor with an injured, atrophied leg and shoulder, and spent some time in the expert care of one of our wonderful medical fosters. When she was feeling better and was ready to shake off her past and make a fresh [...]

Sherrie and Kenny were missing that special companionship of a four-legged friend and family member who loves to live life by your side and "help" with everything you do. After the loss of their previous dog, Zoe, they were ready to look for a new [...]

Autumn arrived at Safe Harbor full of fear, feeling completely lost and alone, but she soon found her forever home and a brand new lease on life when she was chosen by Jenny, Brian, and Red, to join their family. Autumn has blossomed in their [...]

Six-month-old Aspen has an eye condition which limits her vision somewhat, but there's no limit to this beautiful girl's ability to live life to the fullest and squeeze every last drop of joy out of each new day. Aspen is now in her forever home [...]

Lovely little Scout walked off the transport van and straight into the arms and heart of SHLR co-founder and longtime foster extraordinaire, Les. Foster quickly turned into forever, and Scout was finally home to stay. Les tells us: My most vivid memory of 9-year-old Scout [...]