Category: Adoption Stories

Sophie’s Angels: Her Long Road to Recovery

Last week the rescue community was frantic as CAWL volunteers were made aware of a tragic situation in Aurora where two Labrador Retrievers were hit by a semi truck and left on the side of the road to die. The male black lab died from his injuries, but luckily for Sophie, the beautiful chocolate pure-bred female, Malcolm…
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March 15, 2011 0

A Beachy Life for Dutch

My name is Audrey and I adopted a sweet black lab mix named Dutch from you last April. I just wanted to give you an update on his well being and to let you know how much we love him. We moved away from Colorado this past August and headed back to the east coast…
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November 22, 2010 0

Charlie the Golden Retriever: His Shocking and Amazing Rescue

Charlie was first noticed by rescuer Tanya Bomberger on February 1st, 2010. Tanya was driving her regular school bus route and saw a Golden Retriever in the yard of one of her young, student passengers. The child told her it was not his dog and Tanya recognized that he was not a dog from the…
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February 10, 2010 4

Galleta: The Story of Our Rescued Dominican Coconut Retriever

Galleta was approximately 7 weeks old when she was found wandering the streets of Cabrera, a small, seaside town in the Dominican Republic. Galleta was pretty near death, covered in fleas, full of worms, dehydrated and hungry. Her little belly was distended, due to her worms, and who knows the last time that she had…
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December 21, 2009 2

Guinness (aka Sallygator)

We adopted Guinness from the Colorado Animal Welfare League in October. We had a similar lab in the past that we lost to cancer and we weren’t really looking to replace her at the time. My husband saw a picture on Facebook of a sweet black lab looking for a home that had been posted…
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November 18, 2009 0

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