What Friends Are For

Today my latest foster’s family posted a new picture on their Facebook page that I need share with everyone. This is exactly why what we do is so rewarding: Our job is not simply saving dogs and finding them a home, it is matching them with the right family....

Demystifying Growling

Let’s finally put this out in the open once and for all: growling in dogs is a good thing! Why? Because when a dog growls is giving a warning and he is communicating important information. The dog you do not want is one that bites without any warning. So what should...

Life Learning and Dog Training – Part II

After we started Labrador Friends I got more and more involved with dogs. I observed countless dogs come by. The more I watched all the different personalities, the more I wanted to learn. I observed, studied (I guess studying is in my blood), I asked a lot of...

Life Learning and Dog Training – Part I

I have only owned three dogs, yet I had the chance to evaluate hundreds of dogs that came through Labrador Friends. When I first got Oliver in 1998 I knew very little about dog behavior, but I wanted a dog and I jumped in. I still remember the day when I called a...

Listen, Learn, Snuggle

As part of our mission we like to go around town to educate kids about ethical treatment of animals and safety around dogs.   The helper this year was Rex, adopted from LFS a few years ago. The mission was to impress the students at Heards Ferry Elementary...

Cold but Warm

It was very windy on Saturday and we were all freezing, but when the right couple comes around and falls in love with a great dog, your heart gets warm no matter how cold it is! Come to adoption with an open heart, search for the right personality rather than the...

Adoption Day – Saturday, February 25th

Everyone is welcome to come and hang out. The LFS Labbies would love it if you would  come and spend a few hours with them.  They promise to give plenty of lab kisses and  some puppy love from one of the cereal puppies! CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE DETAILS...