Miami Valley OKI Lab Rescue

Who We Are
The Miami Valley Labrador Retriever Rescue is a small group of volunteers from the Miami Valley Labrador Retriever Club (an AKC licensed specialty club in southwestern Ohio)?and other caring community members. We are dedicated to the Labrador Retriever breed and support the rescue and referral of Labs in need of new homes in our geographic area.

What We Do
Through the use of e-mail and a telephone mailbox, we coordinate information about Labradors who can no longer be kept by their owners, have been surrendered to an animal shelter, or have been rescued as strays, and we try to match them with an adoptive family. Our area of operation includes counties in southwestern Ohio, southeastern Indiana, and northern Kentucky. Our members contribute their time, effort, financial support, and "heartstrings" to try to help Labradors in need.

How We Work
If you have found a stray that you believe is a Labrador, or if you own a Lab you can no longer care for, call the hotline at 513-588-0124 and leave your name, phone number, and information about the dog. A volunteer will contact you as soon as the message is taken off the system. In the event that we are able to help you, we request a contribution to rescue in return for our services.

If you are interested in adopting a Labrador, you will be asked to complete an adoption application. If you adopt a Labrador that is in our foster care, a donation is requested to help cover our vet expenses for the dogs in rescue.

OKI Lab Rescue
OKI Lab Rescue sprung from the need to pay for surgery to fix a neglected pup's seriously broken leg. We now use this fund to continue to help other Labs in MVLRC Rescue who need expensive surgeries to make their lives complete. We continue to use OKI Lab Rescue to accept tax deductible donations for special needs rescued Labradors.

To date we have supported:

Sherman, ACL Surgery
Sweet Georgia Brown, Heartworm disease
Scarlett, Heartworm disease
Joy, Heartworm disease
Jessie, Eyelid Surgery
Abigail, Heartworm disease
George, Heartworm disease
Sadie, Heartworm disease
Rikki, Heartworm disease
Chocolate, Heartworm disease
Bosley, Heartworm disease
Vincent, Heartworm disease
Molly, Heartworm disease
Benny, Heartworm disease
Gunner , surgery to remove an embedded rock from his nostril
Gypsy, Surgery
Shadow, Heartworm Treatment
Bayou-Buddy, Heartworm Treatment
Dallas, Heartworm Treatment
Candi, Heartworm Treatment
Lucky, Hit by a Car
Jordan, Pinched Nerve in Back
Roxy, Heartworm Treatment
Oscar, Heartworm Treatment
Remington, Heartworm Treatment
Bella, Heartworm Treatment
Tank, Leg surgery
Sterling, Knee Surgery
Jesse, Internal Injuries
Morgan (Choc. F), Skin Allergies
Chloe, Removal of Non-Malignant Tumors Around Eyes
Maxx, Tumour Removal
Nahru, Heartworm Treatment
Bruno, Heartworm Treatment
Carley, Heartworm Treatment
Whisper, Heartworm Treatment
Sony, Heartworm Treatment
Tucker, Poisoned
Hunter, Heartworm treatment
Cynder, Distemper
Cooper, Eye surgery
Dodger, Broken hind leg
Jackson, ACL surgery
Cooper, Heartworm Treatment
Tommy Boy, Hip Dysplasia
Lucky, Lymphoma

All have made a FULL RECOVERY (or are on their way)!

Tommy Boy & Lucky have a forever home but OKI Labrador Rescue is paying their vet bills. Donations are still needed. Donations are payable to:
"OKI Lab Rescue" c/o Jan Thaman
Jan Thaman
27175 Leona Drive
St. Leon, IN 47012-8441

or via Paypal, Click Add to Cart button below to donate $20 Thanks to your generous donations, Our special Labs will live a normal happy life!

Ronald Elam, Kathy Brown, Ronald and Carol Wilson, Linda Corcoran, Lydia Trefzger, Nadine Glaub, Michelle Swab, Kristi Beck, Patricia Davis, Nancy Meeker, Dr. Auvil, Katie Robbins, Marcy Beatty-Gray, Steve Inkrot, Julie Boorman, Patricia and David Bowling, Lisa M. Brown,Victoria Blankenship, Mindy Gilreath, Linda Kiernan, Sally Mahrt, Kathleen Cox, and those who sold and purchased candy bars, and left donations in our "Tank Fund Buckets"

The biggest THANK YOU goes to Cindy Hiles, who took Tank into her home and contacted us for help. Cindy was responsible for taking him to the surgeon and his care through the critical healing period.