12/05/2025
Everyone meet Simba and Tinkerbell!
⭐️🌟 SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK! 🌟⭐️
AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! ✨💫
Simba and Tinkerbell are 5-year-old Labrador Retriever siblings who were owner-surrendered to Harris County Shelter the day before Thanksgiving… with their holiday collars still on. Yes, you read that correctly. Extremely heartbreaking - but true.
The moment we were notified they had arrived at the shelter, our staff immediately said, “We have to help them so they don’t get separated.”
When Max and Cassidy walked through the shelter doors and found these two babies still wearing their pumpkin and fall collars… there truly were no words
They were surrendered because their owners had “no time” for them anymore. But those same owners?
They had enough time to schedule a surrender appointment weeks—if not months—in advance.
Enough time to load them up.
Drive them to the shelter.
And drop them off… fully knowing owner surrenders are at high risk for euthanasia.
And so now your first question is probably: “Okay, so what’s wrong with them?”
Let us be the first to tell you: absolutely nothing.
No behavior issues. No concerns. Not a single red flag. Just two incredibly sweet, well-trained dogs who deserved so much better. So much more.
Simba is our big, handsome, white chunky mister man!
• 117 lbs of pure gentle giant sweetness
• Loves chewing on bones
• Loves chasing his sister (emphasis on chasing - he’s definitely not keeping up 🤣🤪)
Tinkerbell is our beautiful chocolate sweetheart!
• Smaller than her brother
• Obsessed with playing fetch
• Jumps and quite literally spins for a tennis ball
• Knows all her commands
These two are trained, housebroken, and trustworthy in the home.
No crate needed.
No destruction.
No accidents.
And… they LOVE to swim.
On Thanksgiving morning we let them into the backyard for the first time. We turned around while cooking and there they were—splashing in the wading area. Max and Cass just looked at each other and teared up.
On their freedom walk out of the shelter, they practically dragged us to the car—they couldn’t jump in fast enough. A loud, high-intake shelter where owner surrenders are euthanized far too often was no place for these two angels.
Their shelter intake and freedom walk were deeply emotional, and it was clear these two rely on each other for comfort and stability. Yes—someone could’ve walked into the shelter and adopted them separately. But dogs can’t speak. Dogs can’t say, “Please don’t take me without my sibling.”
That’s what we’re here for.
That’s what makes our rescue special and unique. ❤️
They are truly a bonded pair and match made in heaven. For this reason, they will only be placed as a pair.
They deserve a forever HOME, together. ❤️⭐️🌟
Apply to adopt or donate to their care:
🔗 https://linktr.ee/stayscharprescue
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