On this page you’ll find stories of successful matches between rescued LRROF dogs and their families.  These stories are written by the families themselves.  We hope you enjoy reading them as much as much as we do! Please note that we post the stories as volunteer time permits.

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Stories are ordered by date submitted, newest first.

Whiskey

We had to put our Duke down at the young age of 11 due to cancer. We were looking on LRRofF for a few weeks looking for another chocolate lab. Not a puppy or a senior dog, but an adult dog. We found Whiskey who is a chocolate lab. 5 1/2 years young. We called Merrianne and she walked us through the process not letting us have any expectations, but what could happen. Which we appreciated that we were not misled. We filled out all the necessary paperwork. Then we did a virtual tour of our home to make sure it was safe for Whiskey. Some hard professional questions as we toured the property. Somethings that we would not have thought of. She then set us up with Robin, the foster mom to set a time and date to meet with her and Whiskey. Yesterday, we met them both and were we surprised what a handsome dude Whiskey was and is! And talk about polite showing himself off. LOL Well, lucky us, Robin approved us and after about an hour or so. We were on our way home with Whiskey in the back seat with my daughter. It's been about a day now and he is starting to feel comfortable in our, his home! He loves to be with someone all day and we will not leave him at home alone. I can't say enough good about Robin and Merrianne and what they do. It takes a special person to do this. Thanks to the both of you!!! Whiskey, Joline, Cindy & Walt
-- Cindy & Walt Angel (01/08/2024)

 

Wraith

We lost our precious lab Erica in November of 2015. In January of 2016 we adopted a lab mix from Safe Pet Rescue. She ended up needing a lot of veterinary care to get her healthy which took about 8 months. During that time, we discovered that she had separation anxiety. She is an incredibly social dog and we decided to try adopting a second dog to keep her company. We contacted Lab Rescue because we knew that you foster your dogs and we were hopeful that you could help us find a good companion for her. We were contacted quickly after our home visit with our now rascally Wraith. As you can see from the photo, they are doing just great! (He is the one in the back of the photo spooning Trinity). They get along great and he takes great care of her if we have to leave them alone. Thank you so much for pairing him with us and everything you do for all these dogs!
-- Dianna Likens (05/02/2017)

 

Wesley

We rescued Wesley in June of this year. He is the sweetest most loving dog, we had an instant bond actually, despite our mutual nervousness. He was only 8 months old and he grown to be a stunning young man in such a short time 🙂 He has the most innocent ways and gives true meaning to unconditional love, I sometimes think he gives us hugs. He has brought such a loving fun dynamic to our family, I think he rescued us as much as we did him. We love Wesley very much! ** We have had Wesley for 3 Months now. I like to teach him trick and play games. He has made our family so proud we decided to enter him in the Calendar Contest, I hope he wins! To me he is one of a kind ** Alyssa Mahoney 9 years old
-- Alyssa Mahoney (09/10/2012)

 

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