Success Stories by Name

Just over one year ago today, on February 12, 2018, we met and adopted our baby girl, Lilly. It’s not an understatement to say this was one of the best decisions we ever made and we are forever grateful to the LRRoF for saving her and allowing us to give her a furever home. Lilly is absolutely thriving. She loves cuddles, giving all the kisses, running super fast, swimming, car rides and walks. She lives for treats and is always at the door to greet you, butt wiggling out of control. Everyone she meets adores her. She has seen snow (and are all of it), the ocean, and traveled through eleven states! We are looking forward to a long, happy, crazy life together. Thank you for everything you did for her, and everything you continue to do for all the other wonderful dogs out there waiting to meet their families. Love, Chelsea, Matt, & Lilly

I would like everyone to know that we were the proud owners of a yellow lab named Logan. Unfortunately he passed away on 2/28/2016. We were very fortunate to have spent the quality time with him after all these years, We miss him very much. He had a great personality and loved to bug my wife at exactly 7:00pm for his walk around the neighborhood to see his friends. He was a friend maker. Thank you Labrador Retriever Rescue for providing us Logan to share in our lives. He will always have a place in our hearts. Respectfully, Jon and Haydee Mahannah

Roughly 14 years ago I adopted Logan from your rescue. He must have been one of the first dogs part of the organization. My sweet boy was born in May 2000 and just passed away. He was the best dog ever- he joined us in 6 moves and helped welcome two beautiful daughters into this world. I remember like yesterday the day the foster mom showed up at our house with three labs, Logan was one of them. They ran around my backyard like crazy and then Logan came inside on the tile and did his superman lay down. In that instance I knew I needed him as much as he needed me. His foster mom shared that he was in two homes prior and was abused; he was terrible thin and had skin coat infection from the stress of his previous life. Logan never chewed a shoe, turn anything up and rarely had accidents in the house. He was a member of family who enjoyed the comforts of sleeping in bed with us, lounging on the couch. He favorites things to do was "bomb" people while swimming in the pool and playing frisbee in the lake. I am so lucky to have enjoyed his companionship for as many years as I did and blessed to have found your organization that introduced us.

Lola was fostered in a home along with 7 pugs. On our way to meet her, we agreed that we'd not make any decision that night. 2 hours later, we were driving home with her. She is a joyous animal and is better trained than any other dog I've known. We are so lucky to have found her. Thank you Lab Recue.

It all started with our first lab, a wonderful, beautiful black "block head" Baby Dog. She was with us for 17 years and she filled our hearts with love. We first adopted KoKo, a chocolate beauty, from LROF when she was 5 years old, we later "inherited" Ranger from our son and his wife when our granddaughter was born and they couldn't have a pup in their leased house, Ranger was also a LROF pup! Ranger was a "block" head chocolate lab who was stone deaf, he became my velcro dog who watched me constantly with his goofy smile! We lost both of our pups to cancer, KoKo at 13 and then Ranger at 8 years, too young - our hearts were broken. I knew my life wouldn't be complete nor would my house be a home without another labbie. We adopted Lulubelle, a beautiful, smart, fun loving little girl (3 years old) in July - she's a yellow "block head" and she has taken over our hearts with her sweet ways!!! Thank you to everyone at LROF, especially Ronda, Pat & Debra!

We got lady from Little animal hospital-someone had just left her at the hospital in the middle of the night & when they opened in the morning lady was there -no note or anything they put an ad in the paper for 4 weeks & no one claimed her-Lady was a english vergin (yellow lab) lady just died last month & my wife is so broken hearted Lady was her life she has pictures of her all over.My wife & i are in our 70's we live on a dead end street-our kids & grand kids live up north.I would like to get another Lady for my wife we really loved my wifes baby i would really like to suprise her with another one about 2-3 yrs old house broken -would like to have a female (if possible) to help heal the hurt in her heart.I really dont want her to know anything about it. Thanks Bob Johnson

We found a picture of Levi on your website and fell in love. We applied and found he was still available. He had been placed from the foster home to a kennel. We made arrangements to go meet him at the kennel. We were told by the foster Sandra, that she wasn't sure if he was housebroken and that there were some behavioral issues. My husband is retired so we felt like he would have the time to devote to him to train him properly. We met him at the kennel and just knew he was the one we wanted to add to our family, even with the possible issues. He rode home beautifully and exceeded anything we expected. He adjusted right away to our home and is now friends with our three cats. He had never swam before so we slowly introduced him to our swimming pool - he had the stairs memorized within a day. He now goes swimming and walking everyday. He has never had an accident in the house and has never chewed anything that wasn't a toy for him. I find that I can't speak to someone about him without filling up with joy. He is forever our family member and we love him so completely! I can't imagine our lives without Levi!

Back in 2002 my family adopted the most wonderful dog, Lucy a black lab. When we got her it was like it was meant to be, she walked into our house like she knew she was supposed to be there. With us having 2 other family pets she got along great with both of them. But after almost 11 years we had to put her down 4/26/2012. We want to Thank the LRROF for such wonderful dogs that you have, without you we wouldn't have met and fell in love with such a great dog. She will be deeply missed and will remain in our hearts forever. I think this is definitely a success story because she changed our lives and and we changed hers by giving her a family and wonderful home and life and lots of love over a lifetime. Sincerley, The Della Russo Family

We adopted our lab, Lady Godiva, in April of 2011 after my husband and I were married in March. My husband, Danny, has always been a dog lover and had many dogs growing up. After returning froma tour in Kuwait (his second tour after 9/11) his one wish was to adopt a dog that could complete our family. During the time my husband was away I was asked to watch a friend's dog, which was a loving black lab, while they were out of the country. I fell in love with the breed so I knew when it was time to adopt a dog I wanted a lab. My husband called me at work one day and told me he had found our dog and could I come home so we could go get her. I did indeed take off work for the rest of the day, however, I was more indulging him then actually thinking we were about to adopt a dog. I should have know better because as soon as we met Godiva (her name then) it was love. We immediately felt a connection as we walked with her, brushed her and cuddled with her on the couch. Although the first few weeks were tough because we didn't know her history and she seemed to be very scared of everything within two months she was fully adjusted and coming out of her shell more and more everyday. We can't imagine life without her now!