Southwest Oasis Labrador Rescue (SOLR)

Hope is all a homeless dog has when nothing else seems possible.

Through no fault of its own, a loving dog can end up abandoned and alone. An owner may get sick or pass away. A family may fall on hard times. A puppy may need more time than a family bargained for. Some Labradors are surrendered to responsible rescue groups like ours, while others are simply abandoned – left to wander empty fields and deserted streets, frightened, hungry, cold. Do they remember what they lost?

In April 2019, a small group of volunteers founded Southwest Oasis Labrador Rescue (SOLR) with the goal of saving dogs where the need was greatest – in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and across the border in Mexico. Today, SOLR is thriving.  We have over 150 members who help us rescue dogs in need. This past year alone (2022), we saved 265 homeless Labs, including nine dogs with heartworm, three with cancer, four with broken legs, fourteen with Parvo, and two pregnant Moms with unwanted puppies. These are heartbreaking stories, but all had happy endings. We did it with your help – and with the help of our generous group of donors, foster families, adopters, and volunteers, who open their hearts and homes to dogs in need.  Together, we are able to provide homeless dogs with shelter, warmth, compassion, health, love, and life itself.  We give them a chance to love again.  We create hope.

I invite you to become part of this wonderful journey.  It is not hard. You can help simply by following us on Facebook or Instagram.  Or by spreading the word about our rescue. If you want to become more involved, you can volunteer, adopt, or donate.  Along the way, you will experience some amazing, beautiful, surprisingly, and joyful rewards.  I guarantee it. One of our volunteers once put it this way: “Sometimes we rescue the dog, but sometimes the dog rescues us.”

Susan Krase

President, SOLR