SHLR Hospice Labs

Moose: A perfect name for this ninety plus pound chocolate Lab who loved all life could offer. He joined us as a six-year-old stray with a bum knee and a suspicious lump in his armpit.  That lump turned out to be bone cancer in one [...]

After Petey-Pooh, an eight-year-old neglected stray, spent several weeks in the shelter, the staff asked us to take this gentle boy. He had undergone surgery for a mass on his abdomen and clearly needed more TLC than the shelter could provide; and so, he joined [...]

As white as snow, sweet Miss Snowball arrived from Arkansas on a snowy January day after an urgent request to rescue her from a small vet clinic where she was unwanted. A senior girl, she was somewhere between 10-14 years old and had spent at [...]

Our vet described seven-year-old Miss Tara: “She is very happy and unbelievably sweet; she speaks volumes with her eyes and seems to desire only love and attention.” A mom to many puppies and in pretty rough condition with skin and severe ear infections, she ended [...]

Life can take unexpected turns, and an adopter may be unable to care for their Safe Harbor Lab. Our adoption contract requires Labs be returned to us if the adopter cannot keep them. We are truly their life-long “safety net.” Miss Tina came back to [...]

Wheeler, a gentle senior pup about ten-years-old, was found wandering the streets in cold February weather by a Good Samaritan. After a diligent search for his family that was nowhere to be found, we welcomed him to the Safe Harbor family for much needed love [...]

Winston’s favorite two places were by your side (or your feet if you were working on the computer) and on the couch. By your side on the couch together was the best, but he was happy to hop up and nest in available blankets to [...]

“When Wyatt first came to my house he went straight to kiss and hug me. He is the nicest dog; I can’t believe anyone let him go!” remarked Wyatt’s foster mom. “He is a sweetheart, really calm and loves to cuddle. He loves to be [...]