Indiana Labrador Retriever Rescue
Love of Labs, IN
Making A Difference, One Lab At A Time!

 

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We find FOREVER homes to ensure that our dogs will NEVER return to any shelter ever AGAIN!  We have 584 dogs adopted into wonderful forever homes! If you want to help LOLIN help the unwanted, unloved, abused &/or neglected Labs, please consider fostering or donate to us via check or money order to LOLIN, PO Box 237, Noblesville, IN 46061-0237. Thank you.
 
There are so very many labs and lab mixes dying daily at Indiana's shelters for space ONLY! We are desperate for FOSTERS, the most rewarding 'job' in dog rescue. If money is the only reason that you cannot foster, please contact us at foster@lolin.org ASAP.
 
WE ENCOURAGE you to speak with some of our current fosters ......we have a few volunteers that have fostered more than 30 dogs (and that is fostering our Labs 1 at a time, never more than 2 in a foster home at once!) We do not 'warehouse' our dogs, all are in family environments!
 
 
Subject: OHIO RESIDENTS - ACTION NEEDED - HERE'S OUR CHANCE TO REPEAL OHIO'S BREED SPECIFIC LEGISLATION
House Bill 79, the proposed bill to remove the language in the Ohio Revised Code deeming pit bull dogs vicious merely by their appearance, is SET FOR HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010 AT 9:30 A.M. in the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Rm. 18.

This is the hearing for supporters of the bill to speak. You do not need to speak but you MUST be in attendance. We need the room to be overflowing with supporters.

If you choose to speak, please do not discuss how wonderful your dog is or how much you love the dogs. This content does not generally convince the representatives to vote in favor of the dogs. Please keep your testimony short and to the point and PLEASE MAKE SURE ANY AND ALL TESTIMONY IS POLITE, EDUCATIONAL AND RESPECTFUL!!!!

Please dress to impress. Do not wear shorts, jeans or tees. Business casual is appropriate.

I know this is short notice but YOU MUST BE PRESENT. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO STOP THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST US AND OUR DOGS!!!
 
     
    INDIANA UPDATE FROM the Human Society of the U.S.
     
    I�m very sorry to report that our bill, or language, technically, died Wednesday night when the Senator Brent Steele refused to allow his caucus to sign the conference committee report.
     
    To recap: the bill, HB 1258, would have required people to provide their horses with shelter, required pet store disclosure & would have made it a felony to attend an animal fight. The bill itself officially died several weeks ago, when the chair of the Senate Committee (again, Senator Steele) to which it was assigned, failed to schedule it for a hearing. The deadline for a hearing came & went & the bill was officially dead.
     
    However, because the language passed one chamber (the House of Representatives, with a vote of 71-26) it was eligible to be amended into another bill, so we still had some options. The legislature is scheduled to end this week & we had already tried amending another bill, to no avail. In a final attempt, we tried to amend just the animal fighting language into a bill yesterday & 3 of the 4 conferees from the conference committee were ready to sign the committee report, to allow it to move forward, when Senator Steele objected & refused to allow the Republican Senator assigned to the committee to sign the report. If all 4 conferees do not sign the conference committee report, the bill is dead.
     
    It�s obviously incredibly unfortunate that not even the animal fighting language made it through this year, due to the objections of essentially one legislator. This is particularly frustrating in light of the August 2009 dogfighting raid in Orange County, Indiana, in which 109 dogs were seized from deplorable & inhumane conditions.
     
    As always, Representative Linda Lawson, the sponsor of the bill, was a true advocate for the animals in Indiana and did absolutely everything she could to try and get this through. Please take a moment to contact her and thank her for her tireless efforts to protect the animals Indiana. She can be reached via email at: h1@in.gov or via phone at: 1-800-382-9842.
     
    If you would like, you can also take a moment to call or email Senator Steele�s Office & voice your displeasure with him for killing, for the 5th time, a provision that would have made it a felony to attend an animal fight in Indiana. With his refusal to support this common-sense legislation, he is consistent in his support of those who participate in the blood sport of animal fighting, and has secured yet another win for the dogfighters in Indiana. Senator Steele can be reached via email at: s44@in.gov or via phone at: (317) 232-9814.
     
    On a happier note, Representative Lawson also introduced a resolution to declare October 1st �Adopt a Shelter Pet Day� in Indiana. Thankfully, this resolution passed overwhelmingly.
     
    Thanks so much to each and every one of you who made phone calls and sent emails throughout these past few months!
     
    Best,
    Anne Sterling
    Indiana State Director
     asterling@humanesociety.org
    c 812.606.7649     f 812.339.6330

    The Humane Society of the United States
    Central Regional Office, P.O. Box 1171, Bloomington, Indiana, 47402
     humanesociety.org
 
 
HAPPY TAILS

 

Junior Fitzpatrick

It's hard to believe, but one family kept Junior for a week and returned him because they thought he was a Pit Bull......I am certain he is an English Lab, and a purebred at that. We ask all families to keep the relatively quiet at first, the dogs need several weeks to adjust to the big change from a shelter to a foster and to their forever home relatively quick... The family tried to socialize him too quickly, he needed more reassurance and that is what he got with his wonderful 'Dad' Bob. Their loss was Bob's good fortune....
 
ANNIE
 
 
All is well with Annie.  We absolutely love

having her in our lives, and I think she is equally happy to be with us.
 
 

Sonny Boy [above (1 of Sunshine's pups, we have SEVERAL more if you would like one of these gorgeous babies)]

MISS NOEL IN HER NEW WONDERFUL HOME & AS PART OF THE McDONALD FAMILY!

A quick update on "The Princess".

The attached photo shows how much she enjoys watching TV on our bed with the grandgirls - Kendra and Aubrey.

We've discovered she can get up on the green leather chair all by herself.  When we're here she demands to be helped up onto the couch.  This weekend we need to find her a floss toss tug toy so we can play some.  She chases a tennis ball around some and doesn't like to give it back so a tug toy is a must.  Last Sunday she got bored so we wandered out in the snow to the horse barn.  She and Rebel had a nice nose to nose visit.  Jake seems to be connecting more with her - actually touching her while they sleep on our bed.  Maurice (our dog loving cat) also sleeps close to her at night.  We're having a great time!  Thanks bringing her into our lives.

Quigley when he 'joined' LOLIN in 2009

QUIGS at his new forever home.. February, 2010

To My Foster Mom and Dad
 
There I  sat, alone and afraid,
You got a call and came right to my aid.
You  bundled me up with blankets and love.
And, when i needed it most, you gave me  a hug.
I learned that the world was not all that scary and cold.
That  sometimes there is someone to have and to hold.
You taught me what love is,  you helped me to mend.
You loved me and healed me and became my first  friend.
And just when I thought you'd done all you do,
There came along  not one new lesson, but two.
First you said, "Sweetheart, you're ready to  go.
I've done all I can, and you've learned all I know."
Then you bundled  me up with a blanket and kiss.
Along came a new family, they even have  kids!
They took me to their home, forever to stay.
At first I thought you  sent me away.
Then that second lesson became perfectly clear.
No matter  how far, you will always be near.
And so, Foster Mom, you know I've moved  on.
I have a new home, with toys and a lawn.
But I'll never forget what I  learned that first day.
You never really give your fosters away.
You gave  me these thoughts to remember you by.
We may never meet again, and now I know  why.
You'll remember I lived with you for a time.
I may not be yours, but  you'll always be mine.
 
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Prior Special Needs dogs that have been adopted and HELPED financially by YOU!

Thanks to you, LOLIN pulled all these dogs and found loving forever homes for them.

Love of Labs has a wonderful reputation of taking in dogs that MOST rescues wouldn't dare, such as Duffy, Quigley, Mimi, Shamus and Abbey, to name a few.  We plan on continuing to do so, with your help.

Please consider donating to help the needy Labs such as Chance, Roscoe,  Talen, Quinn & any of the other many dogs that we have helped.  Love of Labs does more than many other rescues, we try to help all Lab and Lab mixes, even if they aren't LOLIN's dogs. We particularly love to help the Senior, the sick/injured, the BIG BLACK, & the Heartworm positive as well as the Special Needs Labs & Lab mixes. 

If you want to feel like you've helped, truly helped and save a dog's life, please mail a check or money order to LOLIN, PO Box 237, Noblesville, IN 46061-0237, adopt or FOSTER.  You, too, can make a difference!

Heartworm treatment is very expensive.  The dogs must remain calm and quiet for a few weeks after treatment to prohibit any health issues that may arise.  If you have ever wanted to help animals, please consider fostering a Heartworm positive dog!  (It is so easy, as they need crated for 24/7 pretty much, the first 2 or 3 weeks!)  Help us save a life, foster one of these furbabies.
 
But, remember, we can't save them all, especially without your donations! It is quite evident that the economy is doing poorly, many more dogs are at the shelters and being dumped EVERYDAY, especially if the dog is sick or injured (just when they need the love of their owners most).  Labs CRAVE humans, plain and simple.  It is cruel to deprive them of  human contact, as they are at shelters simply due to most of the shelters being understaffed.
 
LOLIN and these Special Needs dogs THANK YOU so very much, we really couldn't do it without your help! Thank you and your donation is tax deductible, as we are a 501(c)3 non-profit PUBLIC CHARITY per IRS tax rules.
 

Love of Labs

LOLIN, INC.

If you're looking for a Lab to love, look for Love of Labs, we are making a difference one Lab at a time!

a 501(c)3 Public Charity Organization

PO Box 237, Noblesville, IN 46061-0237 fax 1-801-640-7688
Snail mail or email only ~ LOLIN

Please don't breed or buy, while shelter animals die.