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How To Adopt from GGLRR
We are always happy to learn of a potential home for one of our rescued Labrador Retrievers. Our volunteer Rescue Representatives work very hard to match each of our Rescued Labs with the most appropriate family in the hopes that each new home will be a happy and permanent one.
Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue (GGLRR) services are limited to the San Francisco Bay Area and encompass the following telephone area codes: 408, 415, 510, 650, 707, 831 and 925. If you live outside of our service area, contact another rescue organization nearer your home. This information is provided on our Resources page.
If you are interested in adopting a Lab from GGLRR and live in one of our service areas, the following summarizes our procedures:
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Please contact only one of the Rescue Representatives for your area code which can be found on our who to Contact page. |
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The Rescue Representative will discuss our requirements and eligibility with you, and further explain our adoption practices and procedures. |
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If the Rescue Representative confirms that you meet our terms of eligibility, then he or she will send you an adoption application. You will need to complete that adoption application completely and mail it to the Rescue Coordinator as noted on the application. Please note that it may take up to a week to have your application processed and approved by our volunteers. |
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We require a minimum donation of $300 to become a prospective adopting family ($350 for puppies). This nominal donation to our non-profit organization helps us cover our costs such as bailing a dog out of a shelter and necessary veterinary medical expenses such as spay/neuter, microchipping, vaccinations, worming, antibiotics for possible kennel cough and other ailments, treatment of ear infections, etc. The donation is not an adoption fee and must be submitted with your application. If you choose not to adopt a dog from us within the first two weeks upon receipt of your application, we will refund your donation if requested. |
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If the Lab is not already spayed/neutered, GGLRR will coordinate and fund the spay/neuter as part of the adoption process of Labs over 6 months old. For puppies, the adopting family will provide a $200.00 deposit (and sign a spay/neuter contract) which is refunded upon proof of spay/neutering. |
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We generally 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. |
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Prospective adopting families accepted into our program will receive email notification of Rescued Labs ready for adoption before they are posted on our website. Adopters 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. |
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We provide a 2-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. This rarely happens since our GGLRR volunteers work closely with prospective owners to find an ideal match the first time! |
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Any Labrador Retrievers listed on our website that are under the care of another animal welfare organization or being adopted by their current owner are available for adoption subject only to the adoption policies of each agency. Prospective adopting families do not incur our donation requirement if they adopt from another organization. Please contact that agency directly. A current list of other Lab Resources, including the relevant Internet links, can be found by going directly to Resources |
GGLRR Labs by the numbers
GGLRR places over 300 Labs each year (347 in 2009)! We often have 10-20 dogs ready to adopt on any given day.
Most of the Labrador Retrievers who need our assistance in finding a new home are black; males far out-number the females. It is rare that we have puppies in need of new homes. Many Labs come to us when they just reach adolescence, and the current owners have been unwilling or unable to provide the requisite socialization, obedience training, and exercise.
Many of our Rescued Labs are between 2 and 8 years of age. We also often have some Senior Citizen Labs in need of a loving new home. Yellow and Chocolate Female Labs are the most frequently requested by potential new families. We see few of these types of Labs. If this is the type of dog you are interested in adopting, you will need to be more patient and willing to wait longer. As you can appreciate, GGLRR has no control over the next phone call and Lab that will need a new home.
Happy Endings – Stories From Adopters
We have posted a few "happy ending" stories from our adoptive families who were so thrilled with Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue (GGLRR) that they took the time to write a letter for our website. Feel free to express your appreciation to the many volunteers at GGLRR helping with your Lab adoption. If you want to share your story with other prospective adopters, just send it to our webmaster.
