Rainbow Bridge

October 2002 we adopted our sweet Bailey from Safe Harbor Lab Rescue. This is a picture of the day we brought him home. We were so excited. We think he was probably a year or a little older. On June 29, 2018, we said goodbye [...]

We are so sad to say goodbye to our friend Harley after over 11 years. Bone cancer finally took him. He was our funny, happy, high-speed weirdo, the perfect wagging counterpart to our serious minded German Shepherds. He was kicked out of a service dog [...]

Maggie, whose birth name is a mystery, grew up in eastern Colorado at a puppy mill where she was impregnated several times before the age of six. Her original owners scared the bark out of her and apparently beat her with some consistency. She was [...]

When we adopted Dozer we knew this big boy wouldn't be around forever. He was about 10 at the time we adopted him in December of 2016 and had been in a kill shelter in Utah before he came to Safe Harbor. Dozer enjoyed his [...]

Sophie joined our family 10 years ago with severe arthritis in all of her joints. Our Vet and our daughter who is also a Vet, could not believe this Lab was the same as the x-rays for her. She did not let her pain keep [...]

From the first day we met our sweet Remo (formerly Cadbury) in 2009, we fell in love with him. He fit right in his new home with us. How he loved running on our 6+ acres in Pine, CO! Then after three years living there [...]

We adopted Sampson (Sam) or should I say he adopted us. Our lives were forever changed by his love, sense of adventure and unconditional love. We lost Sam to cancer two weeks ago after 10 wonderful years. He was the perfect dog for our very [...]

Truman was our last "kid" and he was the best Lab we could ever hope for. We are a military family and move every 2-3 years, and everywhere we went Truman quickly became the most popular dog in the neighborhood. We arrived here in the [...]

Charlie passed away on Christmas day 2017. My Charlie girl was a true love. She rode in the back seat of my car all the way to LA and back when we tried to live in LA. It didn't work out there, so we came [...]

Over the years we have met many wonderful caring rescuers, fosters, volunteers, adopters, veterinarians, donors and supporters who have played a key role in enriching the lives of the Labs we rescue. We would like to share a recent remarkable story about one of these [...]