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Labrador Friends of the South

A non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue and adoption of homeless Labrador Retrievers in Georgia, Alabama and the entire Southeast region

The Labrador News

Our new project is to bring the dogs to school to educate students about various issues we face in Georgia with emphasis on Heartworms prevention. We are now organizing interactive lectures around Atlanta for the next academic year. Students can virtually adopt a dog, raise money, or start one year long projects with us for community outreach or fundraising for Labrador Friends. Email us at labfriendinfo@gmail.com if you would like more information or to schedule a lecture at your school. We did it once already and the students loved it. To see pictures of our visit with Brutus to the Woodward Academy go to http://www.labradorfriends.com/Available/available_main.htm

Education is part of our mission so help spread the word.

Vol. 2, No.1, August 2007

Meet Darla. Darla is a great dog ready to be a loyal friend to any family. She has been living at a training facility for the past couple of months to work on her manners and obedience. Now she is ready to go to a home to start her new life.

The trainer who is working with her loves her. She describes her as a "very loving, intelligent and energetic lab". She has obedience training and she knows her basic commands plus a few fun tricks. Darla is very loyal and is protective of the people she loves and her territory. Because she is so smart and protective, Darla requires a confident owner with previous experience with dogs….but hey, there are many of you out there! She loves to play with other dogs, she rides extremely well in the car, and she is very affectionate. If you are looking for a loyal sweet companion this is the one!

If you have not checked out our affiliates page now is the time. Do you know you can help us while shopping at Amazon, ebay, REI, Dr. Forster and Smith, Petsmart, Orvis, The Body Shop, Circuit City, Activa, Dean and DeLuca, Dell, FlowerStore, Kmart, Overstock, Starbucks, VistaPrint, Tapperware, Office Max…..and many, many more?

And don’t forget August 2nd to 5th is Georgia’s tax free holiday. What you pay is the same but you help us just by shopping

http://www.labradorfriends.com/affiliates.htm

More Adopted Pictures and Stories

Dog Tips

A Feature Issue on Fostering

Does your dog love treats but need to loose weight? Give him raw vegetables: Carrots, zucchini squash, a few slices of apple (for the ones not on a diet you can add a little peanut butter on the slice), even romaine lettuce are healthy choices. You will be surprised how much your dog will like this healthy treats. Of course, don’t forget to get out of the door and exercise together.

14 lucky Labradors found their forever homes last month: May, Coco TN, Fungo, Chica, Bear AL, Bella Linda, Mickey, Molly, Ashley, Bali, Mocha, Brandi, Carla and our survivor, Mr. Augustus, have all gone to wonderful homes.

We also have some great new additions. Go to our available dogs webpage to see them all.

Thank you everyone for the praises for “The Labrador News”, the monthly newsletter of Labrador Friends of the South. Don’t forget to send us small write ups and pictures to include in future issues. We welcome your contributions, adoption stories, or fun moments of your new dog. Just email them to us so that our newsletter can expand. Deadline for contributions is the last week of the month.