Save a life: Rescue a Labrador today

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Labrador Retriever rescue is the perfect way to get your next Labrador. You'll get a devoted new pet -- and that wonderful feeling you get from rescuing a dog that needs a home -- and the Labrador gets a new home and a devoted new owner. Finding your next pet at a rescue is a great lesson for kids.
Most Labs have nothing to do with the fact they end up as rescue dogs. For whatever reason, their owners have decided to surrender them to Labrador rescue. Some Labrador rescue owners have died or gone to an assisted living home. Others have new children, roommates or spouses who are allergic to dogs or don't get along with dogs for some reason. It's not the dog's fault that these circumstances occur, and yet it is the dog whose life gets disrupted. These dogs deserve loving homes.

When you adopt a dog from Labrador rescue, you will be asked to pay an adoption fee based on your individual dog and your ability to pay. Most Labrador rescues are non-profit organizations that rely on fees and charitable donations to stay in business. Your adoption fee goes to defray Labrador rescue's operating expenses. Remember, you are getting a purebred Labrador for much less than one costs in a pet store or from a breeder. Consult your tax preparer to determine if all or part of your adoption fee is tax deductible.

Most of the expenses Labrador rescue incurs for your dog are the cost of medical care. Labradors are spayed or neutered if they are still fertile when they are surrendered to Labrador rescue. Adoption fees helps cover the cost of the operation and the expenses a foster family incurs to care for your dog while it recuperates from surgery

Labradors that are not already spayed or neutered have the procedure done before they are put up for adoption. Your fee helps pay for the medical cost of the surgery and for the cost of a foster family to care for your dog while it recuperates.

Labrador Retriever rescue has offices in all fifty of the United States, and the Labradors available for adoption in each state vary from one location to another. Once you start looking at the dogs available for adoption, you'll see how many there are to choose from.

The fewer requirements you have for a Lab, the sooner you will find one in rescue. If you are willing to accept a boy or a girl and don't mind taking an older dog, you will probably find a Labrador rescue dog right away. Older dogs are easy to care for, because they like to nap.

If you want to adopt a Labrador from Labrador Retriever rescue, you must complete an application process that includes filling out a written application and submitting to a home visit. You must be twenty-one years of age or older, provide landlord's written permission to have a dog if you rent, and commit to get regular grooming for the dog. The application also asks about prior dogs you have owned.