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Welcome to Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue!
Lab Rescue Overview
GGLRR is an all-volunteer, nonprofit tax-exempt organization in the greater San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. Our Lab Rescue team saves purebred Labrador Retrievers and Lab mixes from shelters, as well as assists people giving up their dogs for adoption. We provide foster homes, veterinary care, and rehabilitation when needed, and place them with loving, forever families. Read some of our happy ending Stories.
Our services are limited to the greater San Francisco / Oakland / San Jose Bay Area (including up to Napa and down to Monterey/Carmel) and encompass the following area codes: 408, 415, 510, 650, 707, 831, and 925.
Please read about adoption options and process on our how to Adopt page, or see our Labs looking for homes and those recently adopted under Labs Available.
Show your support of lab rescue by shopping in our GGLRR logo and Lab merchandise Store. Profits from our product sales go towards helping more homeless Labs.
GGLRR saved over 400 Labs in 2011 (424 in 2011, 383 in 2010 and 347 in 2009!) but the need is far greater with so many people losing jobs and homes or other reasons for abandoning their dog. If you want to help Labs in need, please consider adopting a rescue/shelter dog, making a Donation of cash/vehicle, or donating your time as a Volunteer. GGLRR and the Labs we rescue are very appreciative of all the tremendous support we receive -- thanks to the people and businesses who are contributing their time, services, and money!
Please Help Carley
Carley came to GGLRR after her owners were convinced to give her up by some caring co-workers who knew about her plight. Carley is only 1 1/2 years old but has had three different owners. Her last owners had her for a year, during which time she was neglected, both physically and mentally. She came to Lab Rescue in pretty bad shape, with a litany of ailments including ear infections, a urinary tract infection, inflamed skin covered in flea bites, and a coat in horrendous condition with bald spots in many places. She was filthy. In addition GGLRR discovered that Carley couldn't sit or walk properly, and after X rays it was revealed that she had a badly dislocated kneecap which required surgery. Through all of it, Carley has been sweet and loving, and wags her tail constantly, as if knowing that help is finally on the way. GGLRR has had our vet treat all of her ailments, and the complicated surgery on her knee has been successfully completed (see second photo....sorry it's blurry, but she was wagging her tail so hard and wiggling so much that it was hard to get a good shot). Now she is in for eight weeks of recovery and rehab, but our vet assures us that she'll have full and normal use of the knee and will no longer be in pain. Once she's recovered, we'll find her a loving home, where she'll never want for anything ever again. Please help us recover the cost of Carley's treatment and surgery (which our vet...Carmel Holistic Veterinary Clinic in Carmel.... discounted almost 50%).
Update on Carley (4/11/12): Carley is three weeks into her recovery and is now putting full weight on her "new" knee. She's going for short walks and wants everyone to know that she's really feeling great. In fact, she's feeling so good that we need to be very careful not to let her do too much. In another five weeks, she'll be running and playing normally and she'll have all of you to thank.
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More about GGLRR
Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue, Inc. exists to:
- Encourage and promote responsible dog ownership and reduce the abuse and neglect of unwanted Labrador Retrievers through rehabilitation and adoption.
- Promote the humane treatment of Labrador Retrievers and accept for placement unwanted Labrador Retrievers, care for them medically, spay/neuter them and place them in caring homes.
- Provide educational services to interested public regarding responsible breeding and guardianship of Labrador Retrievers.
- Educate dog owners about training, spay/neuter and the humane care for their dogs and promote good canine citizenship.
Essentially GGLRR facilitates the placement of unwanted Labrador Retrievers into loving new homes. We have a spay/neuter requirement for all dogs that we place. If a dog has been abused or needs medical attention, we provide emotional and medical rehabilitation. Individuals who desire to adopt Labrador Retrievers must first contact one of our rescue representatives for adoption screening before being introduced to any of our dogs. Our primary purpose is to provide good homes for Labrador Retrievers who might otherwise be abandoned or euthanized by their previous owners. Through education, we seek to reduce the unwanted dog population and increase responsible pet ownership.
