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 [...]
We adopted Mick in February, 2014. He crossed the rainbow bridge in January, 2022. Mick was a great companion, and exceeded more than being a house pet. He was the love of the neighborhood. When our Air Force kids were deployed for two years, we [...]
Sunny was a sweet girl. She loved to play fetch. She was part of our family when it was just my husband and I. She watched our family grow to include two kids. Those kids would climb on her and play with her and gave [...]
