Eight-year-old Miss Aspen, a senior with a wonderful personality, came to us as a stray from a local shelter. Each Lab who joins us receives an intake exam by our veterinarian, and seniors receive special lab work to guide any care they might need. Aspen’s [...]
It’s no secret most Labs love to eat. Miss Joplin, who is only a year and a half old, apparently never met a morsel of food she didn’t love. She arrived at the shelter as a stray weighing a whopping 124 pounds -- about 50 [...]
My family clipped on my leash, put me in the car, drove me to a building full of barking dogs and handed my leash to a person on the other side of a counter. “His name is Beau, he’s 9 or 10 years old, he [...]
A local shelter was desperate to find a place for Max, a two-year-old stray Chocolate Lab who was happy, playful, affectionate and friendly with all. The problem? He appeared to have a neurological issue that caused his back legs to be wobbly. Our vets and [...]
Good-natured Maple Syrup, a ten-year-old stray, was referred to us by a local humane society. Since she drank several gallons of water every day and had a rather pot-bellied appearance, they were concerned about her health. Advanced diagnostics revealed she has Cushing’s Disease, a treatable [...]
Thank you from Dixie and SHLR! Tracy Gregory Margo and Gary Boyer Deborah Ollila and Colleen Schell Pat McCausland John Brown Francie Rogers Amy Urban David and Jana Greene Kaye Marks Natalie Solvason Leslie Brown
Gentle ten-year-old Dixie came to us from a disabled community member in crisis who had to leave her home and Dixie behind. Once with us, Dixie received much-needed vet care and pain medication for her arthritis. She seemed uncomfortable doing her business outside; diagnostic imaging [...]
Bentley, who is about a year and a half old, came to us from Arkansas, one of the top five states with incidence of heartworm disease. Although he tested negative for heartworms before he arrived, our vets found that test was in error. After his [...]
Four-year-old Rudy was found in rural Arkansas with a gunshot wound to his leg. A shelter partner called us for help with this good-natured chocolate Lab, and we soon had him seen by a local vet for the immediate wound treatment he needed. Before coming [...]