Romeo entered our lives as a Senior. We adopted him in April 2017, he was nine. Such a distinguished gentleman, with his frosted features, he was a classic Black Lab mixed with a bit of something else. He captured my heart the day we met. [...]
Lucas (formerly known as Blackie) was really loved doggie here in Winter Park by many people and even from my family and friends in Colombia. He was a wonderful dog and he taught me so much about resilience and forgiveness. He taught me to let [...]
We adopted Jackson in July 2014. He immediately became not just a member of the family, but the most important member. Over the last 9+ years he was loyal, happy, loving, and mostly calm (except during thunder storms which he never got accustomed to). You'll [...]
Bronx (aka Bronxie) was simply the best (2011 - 2023). We adopted him from SHLR in 2013 when he was tw0 years old. There was some history of his first couple years, but it wasn't totally clear how he was cared for. He growled when [...]
We adopted Queenie when she was 10.5 and staying at the Golden Retriever Rescue. In the short time we had her, we went on 2 "dog vacations," to a lake cabin where she continued her dock-diving and toy retrieval for hours on end, with many [...]
We adopted Hercules (Herc) from Safe Harbor Lab Rescue on October 21, 2017. Herc was believed to be 10 years old when he entered care at Safe Harbor. We had recently lost our 16-year chocolate Lab mix. Brandy, and although we didn't know it, we [...]
I fostered labs with Safe Harbor for a while and then fostered Nacho when he was about two. When the people came to adopt him, he wouldn't go with them. My husband said, "it looks like you've been adopted." He was a devoted Retriever. I [...]
We loved the 1.5 years Murphy got to spend with us. He got lots of pets and attention from our family and loved wrestling with our other chocolate lab. Murphy never passed up the chance to snuggle on the couch or lay his head on [...]
Dearest Ben We want to let you know how much you are loved and missed. You were so joyous, so strong, so brave, so "Lab". it was a privilege to have you in our lives for almost 12 years, thank you so much for being [...]
Our sweet Daphne (aka Daph-Daph, aka DD, aka DD Nubs) joined our family 9/30/2019. From day one she was the sweetest, snuggly, most loving girl! She was always up for love and was just content to be in her family's presence. She had an affinity [...]
