Jewel Yellow Labrador Retriever Female 4 Years Old ID #3502

Jewel is now available please read her PetFinder post https://www.petfinder.com/dog/jewel-3964d490-9a20-4073-90ad-59b135b50ed1/pa/warrington/brookline-labrador-rescue-pa06/details/

This gem of a dog was a stray in NE Philly. She deserves a better name and we chose “Jewel”. Jewel is a 76 lb. unaltered yellow gal who has a URI but is doing really well. She’s eating, drinking and is really pleasant considering her recent time as homeless and at the shelter. Please read her blog updates from the bottom to the top

March 22, 2026

Hi all,

Here’s an update on Miss Jewel.

She’s really coming into her own now that it’s warming up some.

Today we went for a good car ride together. Jewel is well behaved in the safety restraint. At first, she was nervous in the car -I think she thought she was going to the vet. We stopped a couple places for Michael to do errands and she patiently waited and watched the shop doors for him to return to the car. Then they went for a second walk of the day while I was in the grocery store.

We then came home to do yard work.

Jewel and Mike were supposed to start prepping the veg garden. I don’t think she helped much!

She also discovered that a nap outside is pretty nice while under an umbrella.

Previously she did not want to stay outside. She would potty and go right back inside. After being on the streets who could blame her?

She’s now settling into life as a family member again and likes it best when we go out together.

We’re on week 3 of her four week anti-inflammatory treatment and, while she still shows a limp, she doesn’t appear to be in any pain. We just listen to her when she says that she wants to stop and rest or that she wants to come home from a walk.

Today was a perfect amount of activity for Jewel.

Two 20–30-minute walks plus a little ball play and discovery in the yard.

She had a good dinner and her meds and is having another nice nap.

This gem of a dog is really growing into her name. While still ruff around a few edges, Jewel is shining more each day. She just needs the right home to smooth out a few remaining rough edges so she can shine like we believe she can shine.

March 11, 2026

After multiple visits to the vet’s office, we learned that Jewel’s right front limp is due to a soft tissue injury to her shoulder from her time on the streets.

Jewel is currently on a treatment plan with pain and anti-inflammatory medications.

Now that we know the cause and treatment , she is ready to go to her forever home.

February 20, 2026

Jewel went back to the Vets to have X-rays taken. The good news is that she doesn’t have dysplasia and signs of arthritis are minimal. Unfortunately, it now appears to be a soft tissue issue and we need another study to fully understand what that means. In other good news, she was much better behaved with the doctors and the VAs. They didn’t have the personal protective gear on that they wore when she had pneumonia. But I think it’s mostly because she took her new bear Valentina for moral support!

The vet said she looks really good and healthy otherwise. While we look into next steps to further define the paw problem , Jewel continues to settle back in to life off the streets. She sleeps all night and is only in her crate when we leave her home alone.

We’ve been working on “take nice” because she was a little grabby when taking her pills. She’s doing quite well with that. While we’re disappointed that we cannot make her available just yet,  we anticipate learning more about this health issue so that we can better help her and to be able to fully disclose  to potential adopters.

While Jewel waits, she and Valentina bear are dreaming of their new family.

February 9, 2026

Jewel goes back to the vet on the 17th.

The goal is to find out what is causing her right front limp. She should be looking for her forever home soon afterwards. A few reminders about this girl.  Jewel was picked up as a stray in Northeast Philadelphia and taken to ACCT.  While there she was scared and timid and standoffish. She did well with other dogs but then she contracted an upper respiratory infection. She came into our house with the URI and immediately went into heat so she will need to be spayed.

She’s really flourished here in our home. She knows commands -she knows sit , she knows paw, she knows off. She’s housebroken and she’s crate trained. She’s affectionate and playful. She loves balls and toys – particularly her Christmas cactus from Aunt Dot. Jewel shows no sign of resource guarding.

She’s sort of active – she is not a hyper dog but she does like a bit of a walk and to play. She likes this weather better in her sweater!

She’s more on the calm side -she is a little older- around 4 years -so that makes sense

She’s met small children and adults and has been terrific with everyone that she has met.

Now that her foster parents are feeling better, we will get her back on short walks around the neighborhood where she can have some more interaction with other dogs.

Jewel was super interested in our cat however he has passed away so we haven’t had much chance to retest her since she’s calmed down and settled into the home.

Her one challenge we want to acknowledge is that she is very food motivated which can be helpful for training but it also means that she will counter surf and trash pick given the opportunity.

I forgot to mention that she’s beautiful and sweet and she has freckles on her nose!

February 2, 2026

Hi everyone it’s Jewel here I’m taking over the blog because Foster mom is sick.

I’m helping out around here -mostly with naps.

I feel like I’m finally settled into a home from being on the streets. Everything is good but I still need to go have my leg checked.

As soon as mom is clear of quarantine we will go to the vet and I’ll report back what’s needed to make my leg be better again.

Otherwise, I’ll just keep on being my happy self-dreaming of my next chapter with my new family.

Until then, here’s a snap me having fun in the snow. Foster dad likes snow so I kinda do now. too!

January 11, 2026

FM was away on business this past week so the freckle nosed gal was home with FD and they had a great bonding experience.

While she likes both of us, she’s spent more time with me because I usually work from home.

Jewel’s URI is now fully resolved and she’s also nearing the end of her heat cycle.

When she’s not walking around indoors with a toy in her mouth, she’s outside exploring the yard and rolling in the grass.

Now that she’s feeling better and settling, we see Jewel being much more trusting, affectionate and snuggly.

We’ve also seen just a few instances of naughtiness around food and garbage. It was just 2 times and we understand that she was homeless and likely had to eat out of the trash. The longer she is in our home and regularly fed, the less she’s interested in scrounging and more interested in regular mealtimes. Like most labs, we could set a clock by her reminders about breakfast and dinner!

We are both happy to continue working on her health so that she can find her forever home.

I think we can also safely say that this pretty Jewel of a pup is also happy now that she’s a Brookline dog

December 23, 2025

She’s had no accidents and learned the bells and doggy door today. She likes rolling on her back in the yard. It was super cute to see.

Jewel is clearly crate trained but I brought her into the bedroom onto a dog bed around 11 pm last night and she slept there until I woke up at 6:30 AM.

Then she fell asleep today sitting up in her crate.

Jewel had her first shower today. In addition to shedding some shelter stink, it helps with the URI.

While she didn’t volunteer to enter the stall, she was a gold star student when the scrubbing began.

Here is a clean pupper picture. ( She placed those toys there!) She is enjoying having options. She bounced back forth between the crate and her bed all day.

Shhh- don’t tell Jewel, but I think Santa may bring her a new bed for the bedroom!

I look at her sweet self and imagine little orphan Annie singing her to sleep with “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here!”