September 2009 Archives

Update: Hooray! The dog has been returned to his owners!

Sweet Older Chocolate Lab found in Charleston National neighborhood in Mt. Pleasant. If you are looking for this gentle soul or might know his family, please contact us and we will pass the message along.

Bring your BFF (best fur friend!) and join Wild Heir on Sunday, October 4th at The Blessing of the Animals at Grace Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston. As an animal lover, you won't want to miss this special event where Grace Episcopal invites all creatures great and small to be blessed! The event starts at 4:00. Wild Heir will meet in the parking lot behind the church at 3:30. Don't be late as this is a very popular event and the church fills up quickly! Grace Episcopal is located at 98 Wentworth Street. If you'd like to join us, send our Volunteer Coordinator an email and let her know you'll be coming in case we have any changes in meeting location. If you're bringing your foster dog, please touch base with our Foster Director

Hello Wild Heir Family!

It's been a busy summer in Lab rescue. As most of you know, our Second Annual Bow Wow Luau was a big success with over 200 people and their BFFs (best fur friends!) in attendance. If you missed the big event, you can view photos on our website. As you'll see, a great time was had by all! We've placed nearly 200 Labs into loving forever homes so far this year,20 of whom are part of our Daisy's Place program dedicated to Labs six and older. We couldn't continue our mission to save and find loving homes for Labs without the help of our generous fosters, volunteers and supporters!

As we near the end of summer and head into fall, Wild Heir is undergoing some changes that we wanted to share with all of you. Mary Zapatka has resigned as President of the Board and Suzanne Fox, our founder, has returned refreshed from a much needed sabbatical. During her time on the Board, Mary worked tirelessly to increase visibility and build community ties with Wild Heir and we are committed to continuing this effort.

We've also been working hard to restructure Wild Heir in order to improve communication within the organization and ensure that we operate as efficiently as possible. Following is a list of key roles and the enthusiastic volunteers who will be our specific points of contact:

Foster Director: Tricia Brown
Volunteer Coordinator: Adrienne Leino
Adoption Application Coordinator :Julie Bennett
Special Projects Coordinator:Lauren Holthaus

We are always in need of volunteers and fosters. If you are interested in volunteering your time, please contact Adrienne Leino or fill out our volunteer application form. If you have room in your heart and home to foster one of our Labs, please touch base with Tricia Brown and she'll help match the right Lab to fit your lifestyle!

Please check our website often for upcoming events and Wild Heir happenings! Hope to see you at the Post & Courier Paws and Claws Pet Expo this Saturday, September 26th at the Charleston Area Convention Center. We'll be there from 11:00 to 4:00 with many of our Labs who are looking for a foster or forever home.

If you have any questions regarding changes within Wild Heir, please feel free to contact either me or Suzanne Fox.

Update: Midnight has been adopted.

Meet our Lady Midnight, the perfect example of the loyalty and sweetness embodied in most Labs. This older girl (about 8 years old) is lean, muscular, alert and affectionate. You can tell that her happiest days have been playing in the yard or lying at her master's feet. Now that she has matured, her short, black coat is sprinkled with white in the most endearing way. Midnight has white "eye brows" that just make her quizzical looks that much more funny! The only time she barks is when she is guarding her foster home. She is friendly to everyone including little dogs and cats which makes her a GEM! She does fine with the small children in her current foster home, but the noise makes her retire to a corner to retire at times. Embrace this sweetie and your heart will KNOW what you have been missing!

Wild Heir Labrador Rescue is seeking responsible, loving foster homes for rescued retrievers. As an all volunteer, foster home based organization (we do not have a shelter facility), we rely on the kindness of dog lovers to help these wonderful Labs find safe haven prior to adoption. We offer medical and training advice, take care of vetting, provide an experienced support network and actively work to place our Labs into carefully screened permanent homes. Foster generally lasts from 2 weeks to 2 months and is crucial to our lifesaving efforts. Thanks to an enthusiastic volunteer network , Wild Heir was able to save over 250 dogs from life threatening situations in 2008. Please consider helping a Lab in need today!