Florida Artist Chooses Heart of Texas Lab Rescue for Save A Lab A Day Campaign

Miss May as a Monet??? What could be a greater compliment???

Thanks goes out to Sheila Wedegis of Palm Bay, Florida who not only is a wonderful artist but a fellow Lab Lover as well. Ms. Wedegis has begun a campaign to paint a Labrador a day to help raise money and awareness about the various Labrador rescue groups across the US and the dogs that are available through these rescue programs.

Heart of Texas Lab Rescue (HOTLR) is proud to be the recipient of proceeds from the sale of Ms. Wedegis 11x14 painting of one of our own...Miss May. May's story touched the heart of Ms. Wedegis when she heard about May through HOTLR's Twitter page. May came to us in January from Marshall, Texas. Animal control was called to a residence where 3-4 dogs were reportedly incessantly barking. When animal control arrived, they found not three or four dogs, but 10 dogs living in a duplex in terrible conditions. It is uncertain whether a human was actually residing there, but the dogs at this residence were forced to use the floor as their food bowl as well as their toilet. Animal control was forced to destroy 3 dogs for asocial behavior, one dog went immediately to vet care for wounds and lacerations on and around his ankles, a few dogs were adopted immediately and Heart of Texas was contacted about the remainder. Margaret Huston, President of HOTLR, drove to Marshall and retrieved 3 beautiful girls - April, May and June. Both April and June have been adopted, but Miss May needed medical treatment for heartworms before she was able to meet any potential adopters. After 8 weeks of treatment, Miss May is finally available to meet people and be matched to her forever family.

To view Sheila Wedegis' website, blog and her beautiful rendition of May, please go to:http://savingalabaday.blogspot.com/. To get more information about adopting, fostering or donating to Heart of Texas Lab Rescue, please go to: http://hotlabrescue.org/. To get more information about May, please click on the "Labs Needing Homes" tab on HOTLR's website. To follow HOTLR on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/HOTLabRescue