This poor guy was given up by his original family because he was "too much work". A wonderful couple took him in to prevent them from taking him to the pound. Unfortunately, it did not work out well with them, having a lab puppy running around, chewing and being a typical lab puppy, so they decided to find somewhere that could help but would still allow him to be safe and in a home environment.

    We got the email from this couple and a few days later went and for a few weeks, until we got an email from a wonderful family in Utah that had been searching for a lab after the loss of their previous lab. After application and emailing back and forth for a few days, we decided pending a home visit, we would adopt Splash to this family.

    That weekend we loaded up Splash and took him to a small town in Utah. The home visit went MORE than perfect and we left Splash with them that day with the utmost confidence that he was in the home he was meant to be in.

    The following was written by Splash's new family

Amazing!  How can you put in words about what we now have in our life?  We gifted into our family the incredible Splash.  Splash is a 10-month-old Lab that we happened upon with the Las Vegas Labrador Rescue.  We searched many shelters via the Internet; called many shelters, and we even sought out a breeder in Virginia.  We can’t conceive of finding a more awesome dog.  The process of working with LVLR was professional and they touched our lives not only with Splash, but also with their care and what they are about.  We live over 2 hours from Las Vegas and were blown away that they would come this far to make sure the dog was coming to a good home. 

Each week he has become more and more a part of our family.  We expected that he would be so hyper and out of control, but he really adapted well to us. Yeah, we had to go through a period of getting to understand him and him understand us.  But with a little patience and understanding we have the dog of our dreams.  This is my fourth dog and the second one we have adopted.  We have loved all of our dogs and it seems that the adopted ones have worked out the best. 

Splash is a lot of fun around the water; I know most labs love the water, but this dog goes nuts around water.  His name sure fits.  Our two-year old says that he “luz” (loves) Splash.  Our older boys play at the nearby creek a lot and the dog keeps a good eye on them.  The neighbor kids love Splash and he is like a new best friend to everyone he meets.  He is so gentle and loves to give love and be loved.  Anyhow, we could go on and on with pride about Splash. 

We wish to express our THANKS to LVLR and specifically to Lisa, Jason, Becky, and Lenny for changing our lives and making the trip!!!