The Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue, Inc. (GGLRR) is a nonprofit tax-exempt corporation. The corporation is organized 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 ownership 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 complete an application form and, upon acceptance, are introduced to potential pets. Our purpose is solely 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.

We are an all-volunteer organization.

• Your name;
• The name of the city where you reside;
• Your home phone number;
• Best time of day for our Rescue Representative to call you on the phone.

Our Rescue Representative will call you to discuss your interest in Labrador Retriever Rescue and how we might be of assistance. As appropriate, our Representative will mail the necessary paperwork to you, answer your questions and, in general, facilitate the adoption process.

If you do not reside in one of the telephone area codes listed below, contact another Rescue Organization nearer your home. This information is provided at our Internet Link under "Other Resources".

Adopting A Rescue Dog from GGLRR:

• We require a minimum donation of $200.00 to become a prospective adopting family, $150.00 for seniors and/or disabled).  If the Lab is not already spayed/neutered, the adopting family will provide a $200.00 deposit (and sign a spay/neuter contract) which is refunded upon proof of spay/neutering.
• Our nominal Listing Fee also helps us cover our costs of bailing a dog out of a shelter, transportation, "room and board" at one of our private contract kennels, immediate veterinary medical expenses such as vaccinations, worming, antibiotics for possible kennel cough and other ailments, treatment of ear infections, etc.
• We place our Rescued Labs ONLY in our Northern California service area. The reason for this policy is that if the adoption does not work out, we often have to drive somewhere, re-claim the Lab, and secure private kenneling facilities until such time that the Lab can go out for adoption with a new family.
• Prospective adopting families accepted into our program are under no obligation to accept any Rescued Lab referred by GGLRR. We will continue to refer other Labs that we believe may be suitable for the term of the listing period.
• We provide a two-week trial period for the new family to get acquainted with the Rescued Lab and to evaluate the match. If the match isn’t successful, arrangements are made to return the dog to GGLRR.
• Any Labrador Retrievers listed on our "Labs Available" Page that are owned by another animal welfare organization are available for adoption subject only to the adoption policies of each agency. Prospective adopting families do not incur our Listing Fee if they adopt from another organization. Please contact the agency directly.
• A current list of other Labrador Retriever Rescue and other Lab Resources, including the relevant Internet links, can be found by going directly to our "Other Resources" Page.
  

Placing A Labrador with GGLRR

If you reside in our Northern California service area (telephone area codes 408, 415, 510, 650, 707 and 925) and own a purebred Labrador Retriever, we may be able to assist you in placing your dog up for adoption. Contact one of our Rescue Representatives listed under "Who Do I Contact?".

We request a modest donation from families seeking to adopt or place a Labrador Retriever through us. This is NOT an adoption fee (there is no adoption fee to adopt a Lab directly from us). The donation helps to offset the direct expenses of our Rescue and Placement Services. A suggested donation of $200 per Lab for individuals/families and $150 for seniors (age 62 and better).

GGLRR is organized under the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable and educational purposes. We have been granted tax-exempt status by the IRS under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All donations to GGLRR are deductible from your personal tax return to the extent allowed by law. Donations are acknowledged by receipt.

Volunteers

We believe it is essential for our Rescue Representatives to speak with the prospective families seeking to adopt or give up a Lab. Most people appreciate the personal consultation and advice, particularly if they are prospective first-time Lab owners. Our experience has shown that this personal consultation results in a much greater adoption success rate by reducing the number of inappropriate matches.

Following the initial telephone consultation, our Rescue Representatives may mail the appropriate paperwork to families seeking to either adopt or give up a Lab.

We have documented our policies in writing and provide a policy/procedure manual to our Rescue Representatives. In an annual basis we conduct a training seminar for all of our volunteers.

We also have some volunteers who prefer to deal less with the public and devote their energies to aiding our Rescued Labs awaiting adoption. These dedicated volunteers may, for example, transport Labs from "death row" to one of our private contract kennels, transport dogs to the Vet, visit the kennels and exercise and socialize the dogs until they go to their new families. As you can appreciate, many of our Rescued Labs have had little or no obedience training and so our volunteers work on basic dog obedience skills.

If you are interested in possibly volunteering with us in either of the two capacities described above, please send a brief email message to our President at DJRichardson1@msn.com