Lu’s in the News
Check out our five-paw rating in The Canine Review!
“Once a Lu’s Labs dog, always a Lu’s Labs dog. Always.”
“The Canine Review’s mission is to provide fair, complete, and unvarnished reporting focused on dogs. We believe that caregivers and vendors devoted to treating dog owners and their loved ones professionally and fairly deserve a spotlight – as do those who operate outside those important boundaries.”
Operation Seniors Saved
A short documentary film from our partners at the Animal Rescue Corps about our joint effort to rescue nearly 200 dogs from a “sanctuary” in Louisiana
PawsGo PAWdcast
“I just want to drink wine and save dogs”
Listen to Lu’s Labs Founder and President Luisa Paucchi on the PawsGo PAWdcast. PawsGo is a Lu’s Labs partner that donates a portion of their proceeds from “Get a Lab” T-Shirts to Lu’s Labs.
Party Time: Lu’s Labs Has Rescued Over 1,000 Dogs!
Read our recent feature in The Zebra celebrating our 5th Birthday and the rescue of more than 1,000 labs.
Great Day Washington
Watch WUSA9’s Great Day Washington interview with Luisa Paucchi
The Pet Show
Luisa Paucchi on The Pet Show with Dr. Katy Nelson
Alumni Sasha
Check out Sasha’s dock-diving feature in The Virginian-Pilot
“When Luisa incorporated a love of animals into her life, dogs in shelters gained a new champion.”
Michelle Kane tosses a dog toy to Sasha during their training session for dock diving. (Lee Belote/For The Virginian-Pilot)
Original post written by Nina Biggar Del Vecchio on April 26, 2017
When grief over the loss of a beloved pet needs to be channeled and your love of animals runs deep, you get forces of nature like Luisa Paucchi starting a foster based dog rescue in Alexandria, VA. Since taking this on in 2015 Luisa and her devoted team of volunteers have saved at least a couple hundred dogs (some quite sick and needing immediate medical attention) and brought so much joy to the families who were lucky enough to be entrusted with this new family member.
Luisa has been saving homeless animals since she was just a little girl (including a monkey!) but her love for Labradors began in 1999 when she welcomed Petey into her home and heart.
Her first dog transport over-night turned into a week-long emergency foster and she was so hooked she never looked back. After several years of being involved in every aspect of animal rescue…from transporting to fostering, adoption and foster coordinating, joining a rescue to understand the ins and outs, and then to independent rescue, she finally decided to take a huge leap of faith and begin her own animal rescue. Lu’s Labs was born in February 2015 and this endeavor is the culmination of her lifelong dream. Lu’s Labs likes to focus on dogs in the South that are in high-kill shelters, but we will pull from anywhere we see a need.
Follow Lu’s Labs and the wonderful stories of these dogs – you’ll be surprised at how attached one can get to these dogs via pictures and stories!
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