“Lu would save a million dogs if she could, and I know for a fact, she would love everyone of them!”
Luisa’s first Labrador Retriever, Petey. Petey was the love of Luisa’s life; her “heart dog”. When cancer took Petey away from her way too soon, Luisa looked for an outlet; she needed to do something. She happened across an animal rescue site, and jumped in with both feet.
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Luisa. This little girl loved animals, big and small. She loved animals so much that whenever she saw an animal in need, she would bring them home. Luisa didn’t discriminate between species. She didn’t care if it was a dog, a cat, a chicken or a monkey- yes, a monkey. She saved the monkey from a pet store in her town… it was living in a very small cage and was horribly unhappy. After spending several years caring for Ziara and reading about animal sanctuaries, she was able to locate a one for Ziara.
Through all of this her love of animals grew, encouraged by her father and mother (even though there was a finger wagging incident where her mother told her “no more animals!”) she proclaimed that she didn’t want children, just animals… and LOTS of them.
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 southeast that are in high-kill shelters, but we will pull from anywhere we see a need.
Petey’s Tribute Video