2017 Statistics
as of April 30:
Labs Taken In ... 94
Labs Placed ... 92
Spayed/Neutered ... 30
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Featured Lab
Meet Frankie
Click on the photo to learn about all of our Available Labs!
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Three Cheers for Our Newest Volunteers
New Transport
Team Members
Vikki and George Kourkouliotis
Kandice Estes
New Adoption Team Application Reference Check Volunteers
Megan Zimmerman
Event Team
Nikki Kane
Kandice Estes
Shawn Raglin
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2018 Calendar Contest
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You still have time to enter this year's Photo Contest and win a chance to show off your Lab in our 2018 Calendar! The deadline for entering is June 15th.
Please send high resolution photos and remember we can only accept horizontal (landscape) images.
Don't miss out! Your entry fees and calendar sales' proceeds will help pay for our Labs' medical expenses.
Tell all your Lab-loving friends too and thank you!
Click
here
for guidelines, entering options
and entry form.
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Meet and Greets
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AutoNation Subaru
Saturday, May 13, 2017
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9955 East Arapahoe
Centennial, CO 80112
The Delectable Egg
Sunday, May 21, 2017
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Village Plaza
5312 DTC Blvd.,
Greenwood, CO 80111
Chuck & Don's
Pet Food and Supplies
Saturday, June 10, 2017
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lochwood Square
1535 S. Kipling Parkway
Lakewood, CO 80232
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LabFest 2017
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Saturday, August 26, 2017
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
City Bark- Denver
2000 W. 8th Avenue
Denver, CO 80204
Please join our annual most fun and biggest fundraiser, LabFest 2017! Swimming and hot dog stealing for the Labs; a BBQ, beer, the 2018 SHLR calendar hot off the presses and an amazing Silent Auction for y
ou!
If you or your company would like to be recognized as a financial sponsor on our website, on Facebook and at LabFest, please contact
Mary
Please contact
Jaime
about interest in donating to our Silent Auction and Polly for other questions.
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Hello Friends of Safe Harbor Lab Rescue,
This month, Safe Harbor is celebrating its 15
th
Anniversary! Thanks to
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SHLR co-founders Les and Lauren in 2003
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your support and encouragement we have rescued over 3,300 dogs in those fifteen years. As an all-volunteer organization with amazing dedicated volunteers, we have steadily grown into a stable and sustainable rescue that has remained true to its mission. It's a lot of work, but every Lab whose life is made better by our touch makes it very rewarding. Our growing Safe Harbor family of adopters, donors, volunteers, and supporters is a big and wonderful one. Working together we can make sure the future holds hope for those Labs who need our help.
Best Wishes,
Jacky
President
Safe Harbor Lab Rescue
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May is National Foster Care Month
We would like to say a special "Thank You" our wonderful foster parents!
Some have recently joined our Foster Team and others are long time volunteers who have fostered over 60 Labs; all have our deepest thanks for their invaluable contribution to Safe Harbor's success and sustainability. Each of these generous foster homes have given their time and opened their heart and home to a homeless Lab who needed a "safe harbor" in a time of often life-threatening adversity. They make a tremendous difference in our ability to rescue over 250 dogs a year!
Would you like to join them? We'll support you 24/7. It's a great team of Lab lovers and, you will be rewarded with endless funny and heartwarming stories to share! Many grateful adopters love to share news and photos of their new Lab with their foster family.
Click
here
to find out more about fostering for Safe Harbor.
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Dear Labby: Let's Hit the Trail!
Dear Labby is ready to offer advice on all matters "Labby" from both four and two-legged folks.
Dear Labby -
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Photo courtesy of Kateri Nelson - all rights reserved
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With the nice weather coming up I can't wait to get out and do some running with my dad! He's been going to the gym all winter while I've been watching TV on the couch til he gets home. I'll admit it, I'm a little out of shape, but ready to hit the road. My dad says: "Whoa, my co-pilot friend. We need to start out slow." What the heck is he talking about . . . I'm a Lab and do nothing slow!
~Pilot McP.
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Dear Pilot -
Ah, the Siren call of spring and being out with our Peeps! Running and  jogging is hugely fun for us and you dad is a wise one to make sure you're ready for the road. With a little planning and forethought you'll both be safe and healthy for many miles together. Sore
paws, achy joints or muscles and panting til you drop are no fun. Check out this great website "Road Rules for Rover" together. Then bring your dad his running shoes and grab your leash!
Love, Labby
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"Being labeled a failure isn't generally something to be proud of... but  Lindsay and Dane wear their new title - "Foster Failure", with pride! When it comes to our beloved Labrador Retrievers, loving a dog too much to give him back is a win all on its own, but for Benni, add on the pure tail-waggin' joy of changing your designation from Foster to Family? Well... Best. Failure. EVER! Three-year-old Benni certainly has a satisfied gleam in those big brown eyes that says this was his plan all along, and he is so glad that his new Mom and Dad were on board with it! This certainly is a happy ending for Benni, and we couldn't be happier that he found the perfect family!"
Benni's family sent us this update:
After we lost our Labrador of 12 years in October, we were devastated, and deeply missed our four-legged family member. Then we found Safe Harbor Lab Rescue, and decided fostering dogs would be the best cure to help us with our lost. After fostering several dogs, Bentley came to us, or as we now call him Benni. We fell in love instantly, and knew he was one pup we just could not give up. We became "foster failures" when we saw how much love Benni could offer us. He has been the best member of our new family.
Benni loves going to the dog park, and traveling with his mommy and daddy, and meeting new friends. He has learned many new tricks, and it a very mellow pooch, but still has his lab loving personality. We loved him so much we got Benni a DNA test and learned that he had part Chow in him, which was completely shock for us, but now we can see that in his fur.
He is the perfect addition to our family, and I cannot picture our family to be complete without him!
Congratulations to Lindsay and Dane, who fostered and adopted Benni!
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Volunteer Spotlight: Angie Maher
 Whether it be driving 16 hours round trip to adopt her own black lab, Flint, from a shelter in Kansas, or welcoming senior hospice dogs into her home, Angie Maher has a soft spot for rescue labs. Angie was introduced to Safe Harbor after seeing a picture about two years ago of Miles, a Safe Harbor hospice dog. She knew that Miles was meant to live the rest of his days with her, and Miles spent the next eight months with Angie soaking up lots of love and attention (including falling asleep to belly rubs each night). After that, Angie was hooked.
Angie's hospice and regular foster pups have provided no shortage of entertainment. She's had a counter-surfing banana thief, a senior hospice dog who still wants to play fetch for hours, and one foster dog who climbed up and sat on the patio table in order to be part of the conversation. Angie loves to keep in touch with the adoptive families of her foster dogs, and she writes "it's really hard for me to say goodbye to them so hearing how well they are doing and how happy they are makes it all worth it!"
Thank you, Angie!
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