SHLR Hospice Labs

Emma

Emma was ten years old when Animal Control found her in the home of an animal hoarder who had recently passed away. She was taken to the shelter where she failed to thrive. Ill, fearful and under socialized, every noise startled her, and she lay [...]

Jack

A Lab who had seen more than his share of hardship in life in his eleven years, gentle and good-natured Jack always saw the glass as “half full”.  He was found thin and bedraggled on a dusty road in a rural area with a collar [...]

Jett, Sr.

After Jett’s family moved from their Nebraska farm to town, Jett greatly enjoyed meandering around town visiting all the neighbors. His family, busy with several small children, worried about keeping him safe. And so, this 9.5-year-old traveled several hundred miles to us. Our volunteer remembered [...]

Karma

Ten-year-old Miss Karma is pictured here shortly after her rescue and after a refreshing dip in a cool fountain on a hot summer day.  She came to us as a stray with a wooly, unkempt coat, and was badly neglected overall. The first order of [...]

Kate

When Kate arrived, this cutie had everyone smiling as she rolled around on her back with all four legs in the air.  Unless you knew, you would never have guessed she was totally blind.  This super friendly, beautiful six-year-old girl relished affection, but her chances [...]

King

King sported the most majestic grey muzzle a Lab could have. He and his brother, Snowball, were adopted together after being left alone in a house for eight months with a neighbor coming by to feed and let them out. They were adopted by a [...]

Miles

Miles was a gentleman in all respects, but quite a character, too. On the gentlemanly side of things: No one was a stranger to Miles for even a nanosecond and his hospice mom remarked he was one of the best dogs she ever cared for. [...]

Missy

Twelve-year-old Missy was left at a shelter on a wintry day shortly before Christmas. A happy soul with a variety of health issues, the shelter staff asked if we would take her as a hospice pup. Her foster mom, an oncology nurse, was delighted to [...]

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