Ten Spider Pets - Golden Retriever Rescue

Rescue Groups by state (United States)
National Rescue Committee (GRCA-NRC),
Golden Retriever Club of America, Inc. (GRCA)

NORTHEAST
GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE

Sunshine Golden Retriever Rescue, LLC
Sunshine Golden Retriever Rescue, LLC (SGRR)
(serving the New England States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont plus New York & New Jersey)

Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue
Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue (YGRR)
(serving the New England States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont)

Vermont Golden Retriever Rescue

RagTag Golden Retriever Rescue
RagTag Golden Retriever Rescue
(serving the State of Vermont)

Golden Retriever Rescue Connecticut

Connecticut Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Connecticut Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (CTGRR)
(serving the State of Connecticut)

Golden Retriever Rescue New York

Golden Retriever Rescue of Central New York
Golden Retriever Rescue of Central New York, Inc. (GRRCNY)
(serving Central New York State including Binghampton, Corning, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica & Watertown)

GRROWLS-NY, Inc.
GRROWLS-NY, Inc.
(serving the State of New York)

Long Island Golden Retriever Rescue
Long Island Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (LIGRR)
(serving Long Island, New York)

Golden Retriever Rescue Pennsylvania

Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (DVGRR)
(serving Eastern Pennsylvania & New Jersey)

Golden Retriever Rescue of Central Pennsylvania
Golden Retriever Rescue of Central Pennsylvania (GRRCP)
(serving Central Pennsylvania)

GRAPE - Golden Retriever Adoption Placement & Education
Golden Retriever Adoption Placement & Education (GRAPE)
(serving the U.S. for rescue & Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware &
New Jersey for adoption)

Keystone Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Keystone Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (KGRR)
(serving DuBois & Northwestern Pennsylvania)

Golden Retriever Rescue New Jersey

Golden Re-Triever Rescue, Inc.
Golden Re-Triever Rescue, Inc. (GRRI-NJ)
(serving the State of New Jersey)

SHORE HEARTS
Shore Hearts Golden Retriever Rescue (SHGRR)
(serving Ocean, Atlantic & Monmouth Counties)

MID-ATLANTIC
GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE

Golden Retriever Rescue Education and Training
Golden Retriever Rescue Education and Training, Inc. (GRREAT)
(serving Maryland, Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia, Delaware, south central Pennsylvania and eastern West Virginia)

Golden Retriever Rescue Maryland

GoldHeart Golden Retriever Rescue
GoldHeart Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
(serving northern Maryland, south central Pennsylvania & Delaware)

Golden Retriever Rescue Virginia

SEVA GRREAT
Southeastern Virginia Golden Retriever Rescue Education and Training, Inc. (SEVA GRREAT)
(serving the Hampton Roads & Tidewater areas of Virginia from the
North Carolina / Virginia state line to Richmond)

Golden Retriever Rescue North Carolina

Cape Fear Golden Retriever Rescue Inc.
Cape Fear Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (CFGRR)
(serving New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender & Onslow Counties in North Carolina)

Golden Retriever Rescue Club of Charlotte
Golden Retriever Rescue Club of Charlotte (GRRCC)
(serving the Charlotte, North Carolina, area)

Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue
Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (NRGRR)
(serving Raleigh, North Carolina)

APPALACHIAN
GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE

Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc.
Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc. (AHGRR) (serving West Virginia & the U.S. East Coast)

Golden Retriever Rescue Kentucky

GRRAND - Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs, Inc.
Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs, Inc. (GRRAND) (serving Greater Louisville, Lexington, Northern Kentucky &
Cincinnati, Ohio)

Golden Retriever Rescue Tennessee

Middle Tennessee Golden Retriever Rescue
Middle Tennessee Golden Retriever Rescue (MTGRR)
(serving Murfreesboro, Nashville & Middle Tennessee)

Tennessee Valley Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Tennessee Valley Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (TVGRR)
(serving the Tennessee Valley region including Knoxville &
Chattanooga, Tennessee, & Decatur, Alabama)

GREAT LAKES
GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE

Golden Retriever Rescue in Ohio

Golden Endings Golden Retriever Rescue
Golden Endings Golden Retriever Rescue (GEGRR)
(serving the central Ohio & southeastern Ohio areas)

Golden Retrievers in Need (G.R.I.N.)
Rescue Service, Inc.
Golden Retrievers in Need Rescue Service, Inc. (G.R.I.N.)
(serving Northeast Ohio)

Golden Treasures Rescue
Golden Treasures Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
(serving the Bath, Ohio, area)

Golden Retriever Rescue Indiana

GRRACE - Golden Retriever Rescue and Community Education, Inc.
Golden Retriever Rescue and Community Education, Inc. (GRRACE) (serving Indianapolis & the State of Indiana)

Golden Retriever Rescue Illinois

as Good as Gold
as Good as Gold - Golden Retriever Rescue of
Northern Illinois (AGaG)
(serving the Northern Illinois area)

Golden Retriever Rescue Michigan

Golden Retriever Rescue Of Michigan
Golden Retriever Rescue Of Michigan (GRRoM)
(serving the State of Michigan)

Golden Retriever Rescue Wisconsin

Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin, Inc.
Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin, Inc. (GRRoW)
(serving the State of Wisconsin)

GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE
IN THE SOUTHEAST

Golden Retriever Rescue South Carolina

Foothills Golden Retriever Rescue
Foothills Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (FHGRR)
(serving the South Carolina upstate area)

Grateful Goldens Rescue of the Low Country
Grateful Goldens Rescue of the Low Country (GGRLC)
(serving Charleston, SC, the South Carolina Low Country & Coastal Georgia areas including Savannah, Georgia)

Low Country Golden Retriever Rescue Resource
Low Country Golden Retriever Rescue Resource, Inc. (LCGRR)
(serving Charleston & the Low Country of South Carolina)

Midlands Golden Rescue
Midlands Golden Rescue
(serving South Carolina from the midlands area)

Golden Retriever Rescue Georgia

Golden Retriever
Rescue of Atlanta

Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta (GRRA) is an all-volunteer, non-profit, tax exempt, state licensed animal rescue group dedicated to saving Golden and Labrador Retrievers that have been left in animal shelters, abandoned or found as strays. On a space available basis, we provide placement service for dog owners that must give up their retrievers.

Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta requires all adoption-eligible retrievers to be spayed/neutered, inoculated (including rabies) and examined by a veterinarian.

(serving Atlanta & the State of Georgia)

Adopt a Golden Atlanta
Adopt a Golden Atlanta (AGA)
(serving metropolitan Atlanta)

Golden Retriever Rescue Florida

Emerald Coast Golden Retriever Rescue
Emerald Coast Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (ECGRR)
(serving the Florida Panhandle)

Everglades Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Everglades Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (EGRR)
(serving South Florida including the counties of Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Lee & Collier)

Golden Rescue in Naples, Inc.
Golden Rescue in Naples, Inc.
(serving the State Of Florida with emphasis on Collier, Lee, Hendry, Charlotte, Desoto, Manatee & Sarasota Counties)

Golden Rescue South Florida
Golden Rescue South Florida
(serving Southern Florida)

GRRMF - Golden Retriever Rescue of Mid-Florida, Inc.
Golden Retriever Rescue of Mid-Florida, Inc. (GRRMF)
(serving the State of Florida)

GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE
IN THE MIDWEST

Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota
Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota (RAGOM)
(serving Minnesota, Iowa & the Dakotas)

Golden Retriever Rescue Missouri

Gateway Golden Retriever Rescue
Gateway Golden Retriever Rescue (GGRR)
(serving the Greater St. Louis area)

Golden Recovery Retrieving Retrievers Rescue Midwest
Golden Recovery Retrieving Retrievers Rescue Midwest
(GRRRR Midwest) (serving Blue Springs, Missouri)

Love a Golden Rescue
Love a Golden Rescue
(serving Eastern Missouri & Southern Illinois)

Golden Retriever Rescue Nebraska

GRRIN - Golden Retriever Rescue in Nebraska, Inc.
Golden Retriever Rescue in Nebraska, Inc. (GRRIN)
(serving the State of Nebraska)

SOUTHWEST
GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE

Golden Retriever Rescue Texas

Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (DFWMGRR)
(serving the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex & North Texas)

Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (GBGRR)
(serving the East Texas area)

GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE of Houston
Golden Retriever Rescue of Houston, Inc. (GRRH)
(serving the greater Houston, Texas, area)

Gold Ribbon Rescue
Gold Ribbon Rescue (GRR)
(serving Central Texas)

Golden Retriever Rescue Oklahoma

Sooner Golden Retriever Rescue
Sooner Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (SGRR)
(serving the State of Oklahoma &, by special arrangement, Colorado)

Arizona Golden Retriever Rescue

The Arizona Golden Retriever Connection
The Arizona Golden Retriever Connection (AZGRC)
(serving the State of Arizona)

Arizona Retriever Rescue
Arizona Retriever Rescue (AZRR)
(serving Phoenix and the State of Arizona)

RESCUE A GOLDEN of Arizona
Rescue a Golden of Arizona (RAGofAZ)
(serving Phoenix and the State of Arizona)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN
GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE

Companion Golden Retriever Rescue
Companion Golden Retriever Rescue (CGRR)
(serving Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

Golden Retriever Rescue Colorado

Golden Retriever Freedom Rescue, Inc. (Colorado)
Golden Retriever Freedom Rescue, Inc. (GRFR)

Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies (Colorado)
Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies (GRRR)

Golden Retriever Rescue Montana

Montana’s Precious Gold Golden Retriever Rescue
Montana’s Precious Gold Golden Retriever Rescue (MPG)
(serving the State of Montana & surrounding areas)

Golden Retriever Rescue Nevada

Golden Retriever Rescue Southern Nevada
Golden Retriever Rescue Southern Nevada (GRRSN)
(serving Las Vegas & the surrounding area in Nevada)

PACIFIC GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE

Golden Retriever Rescue
Southern California

Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue
Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue (GRCGLA Rescue)
(serving Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties in California)

Retrievers & Friends of Southern California, Inc.
Retrievers & Friends of Southern California, Inc. (RFSC)
(serving Southern California with placement to Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego & Orange Counties)

Southern California
Golden Retriever Rescue

Southern California Golden Retriever Rescue (SCGRR)
has a mission: To find loving, lifetime homes for all Southern California golden retrievers in need, regardless of conditions or circumstances.

SCGRR is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization that takes in golden retrievers or golden retriever mixes from shelters and owners who can no longer care for them; places them in interim foster homes for evaluation and socialization, if necessary; conducts in-home interviews of applicants; and ensures adopted goldens are spayed/neutered, microchipped, and up-to-date on shots.

(serving Southern California)

Golden Retriever Rescue
Northern California

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc., is a volunteer organization which rescues and heals displaced, abandoned, and homeless Golden Retrievers and Golden/Labrador mixes throughout Northern California, no matter their age or health.

Homeward Bound secures safe, loving homes through a comprehensive adoption program, and provides sanctuary for Goldens who cannot be adopted.

(serving North Central California)

NORCAL Golden Retriever Rescue
NORCAL Golden Retriever Rescue
(serving Northern California from Fresno to the Oregon border)

Golden Retriever Rescue Oregon

Golden Bond Rescue of Oregon, Inc.
Golden Bond Rescue of Oregon, Inc.
(serving the State of Oregon)

Golden Retriever Rescue Washington

Evergreen Golden Retriever Rescue
Evergreen Golden Retriever Rescue (EGRR)
(serving Western Washington State)

Inland Empire Golden Retriever Rescue
Inland Empire Golden Retriever Rescue (IEGRR)
(serving Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho & Western Montana)

Golden Retriever Rescue Alaska

Golden Retriever Rescue of Fairbanks
Golden Retriever Rescue of Fairbanks (GRRF)
(serving the Fairbanks, Alaska, metro area)

GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE CANADA

Golden Retriever Rescue Ontario

GOLDEN RESCUE - THE CANADIAN
GOLDEN RETRIEVER ADOPTION SERVICE INC.
The Canadian Golden Retriever Adoption Service Inc.
(serving Markham & the Province of Ontario)

Québec Golden Retriever Rescue

Secours Golden Retriever Rescue Québec
Secours Golden Retriever Rescue Québec
(serving Montréal & the Province of Québec)

Golden Retriever Rescue

Golden retriever rescue exists in the U.S. and worldwide to look to the needs of lost, cast off, abused and surrendered golden retriever dogs. Most dog rescue agencies are not-for-profit organizations, relying upon donations, grants and volunteer assistance. Golden retriever rescue serves to perform and promote the following important functions:

Protection, rescue and placement (through adoption or return to owner) of lost (stray), endangered and abused golden retrievers;
Education of owners and prospective owners of golden retrievers regarding the health, safety and proper care of goldens;
Operation of clinics to insure that even low-income dog owners can have their canines innoculated against common diseases;
Introduction and sponsorship of legislation for the protection of golden retrievers and dog breeds in general;
Sponsorship of or assistance in humane programs to eliminate populations of domestic canines that have, through abandonment, become feral (wild). Such programs typically include sterilization (neutering) and redomestication when possible. Feral dogs tend to form packs and can become dangerous to human and wildlife populations if left unchecked.

Golden retriever rescues specialize in a single breed because of the special interest members have in golden retrievers and because specialization is efficient and desirable. The golden retriever breed possesses a specific temperament, a unique set of physical attributes, and susceptibility to certain medical conditions. Specialization begets expertise, which leads to better understanding, care and placement of rescued dogs.

A golden retriever dog is an exceptionally charming type of dog breed. The bouncing, fun-loving attitude of golden retriever puppies gradually gives way to a distinctly mellow disposition as these dogs mature. Golden retrievers are large dogs (60 pounds and up) which tend to be quite active when young. Golden retriever puppies are a handful if not properly trained; contemplate this fact carefully and learn about golden retrievers before considering dog adoption or purchase.

If you are willing to devote the necessary time and effort to properly train a young dog, you will find the golden retriever to be highly attentive and eager to please. Golden retrievers are good family dogs that seek companionship and should not be kept outdoors. They require regular exercise. Goldens are very social dogs, getting along well with children and, frequently, with other household animals such as cats. Golden retrievers are often used as service dogs, as therapy dogs, and as search and rescue dogs.

If you would like to become the owner of a golden retriever, please consider golden retriever adoption through a golden retriever rescue. Golden retriever adoption not only places a golden retriever who might otherwise not find a home, but also makes it more difficult for puppy mills to remain viable.

Older golden retrievers are in special need of adoption, since most people do not consider an older dog for adoption due to a shorter projected lifespan and potential or actual health problems. However, older goldens tend to be less active, which may be an advantage in a smaller living space or around other pets or children — and they have their own special charm. I can personally attest to a senior golden gentleman, Sinbad Zachary, who brought great joy to all who had the pleasure of meeting him. If you have an interest in adopting an older dog and have no preference for dog breed, I encourage you to visit The Senior Dogs Project. Let’s help all our fur-footed friends find the good homes they so richly deserve.

Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson. Original article published 17 July 2003, updated 21 May 2007.

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