LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE
SOUTHERN ENGLAND

Dogs urgently needing homes

Here is a list of some of the dogs needing homes at the moment. If you feel you might be able to offer one of them a suitable home, please read our policy first click here for details and then contact the Area Co-ordinator mentioned for your area, click here for details.

These are only some of the dogs awaiting homes, do make sure you are registered with us to receive details of a dog that might suit your home.

Tinker Tinker is probably just over a year old. He is a lovely Labrador X. He is good with other dogs and in fact shares a kennel with Topsy at the moment. Tinker can be a little shy at first so might well make a excellent second dog living alongside a confident dog or bitch. Tinker is vaccinated.

Topsy Topsy is a Labrador X Collie bitch and again we think she is probably just over a year old. Topsy is a happy friendly girl that likes other dogs and shares her kennel with Tinker at the moment, so she might well make a good second dog for someone. She will need some training. Topsy is vaccinated.

To apply for any of the dogs on this site please contact the area coordinator for your county who will send you an application form and organise a home check. Please click here for details.

Harvey Harvey is a lovely Labrador X Boxer. He is 6 years old and has lived with a family with children and has a lovely nature. He is good with other dogs and friendly with everyone he sees. He is not fond of cats though! He does pull on the lead so will need some work there. Sadly Harvey has had his tail docked, he is neutered and vaccinated.

Bobby We are looking for an experienced adult home for Bobby who is a 2 yr old Labrador X. Bobby would ideally suit a couple that have had dogs before and are confident around them. Bobby is an affectionate sweet dog but he is quite dominant with his bed so this needs to be put somewhere where can quietly retreat to. Bobby has a lot to offer the right home.

Max Max is an 8 year old neutered, yellow Labrador who is looking for an experienced home who will understand his problems and work to help solve them. Max is a very friendly, extremely lovable boy. He is good with other dogs and has lived with cats. He is a good traveller, walks well on a halti and has good recall...well, that is unless there is food around and that is where Max's problem lay. If he is busy raiding a dustbin or stealing a chocolate cake left on the side in the kitchen he doesn't take kindly to being disturbed (I can sympathise with the cake but not the bin!). Seriously though, Max does have issues with food possession but we will be able to give you help with this. Max has lived with teenagers and we feel he would be suitable for the same again. Max does get a bit of stiffness in his joints and at the moment is have a painkiller for this.

Max Max is an 8 year old Labrador X Dalmatian and lovely gentle chap. Max is neutered and is good with other dogs and has lived with cats. He has also lived with young children but because Max is epileptic it would be better for him to just have visiting children. His epilepsy is under control with medication and we will sponsor the cost of this for the rest of his life. Max knows basic commands and walks using a gentle leader. He is a good traveller and has good recall. He is a lovely affectionate dog and despite looking old has lots of energy and fun in him.

The following dogs are in Ireland and are in urgent need of a home, if we can secure a home for them here we will arrange to have them brought over: Sparky Sparky is a Labrador x about 1 year old. He has been neutered and vaccinated and is a lovely friendly boy that we are told would fit into most households. He is a young, lively dog and would love agilty.

We currently have other dogs that are still in their original home and waiting for a new home, more details will be given about these dogs once you are registered and home checked by us: Poppy & Charlie - 9 year old chocolate brother & sister, two lovely but very over weight dogs needing a new home because their owners have moved abroad. Currently in foster but urgently need a new loving home as fosterer not able to keep them for much longer.

Note to adopters: Lassie, Rin Tin Tin and Toto don't show up in rescue. We don't get the elegantly coiffed, classically beautiful, completely well trained, perfect dog. Many never had good veterinary care, kind or consistent training, or sufficient company. Some have lived outside, or left alone for many hours every day. When rehomed they're scared or depressed and anxious and will act out of character but time, patience and love will solve this. When you take on a rescue dog you need to be 100% committed to making it work, “ride the storm” but don't ever give up. We at rescue never give up on a dog. We know that a dog is a living being, with a spirit and a heart and feelings. Our dogs are not commodities, things, or garbage. They are part of life’s sacred creation and they deserve as much love and care and respect as Lassie, Rin Tin Tin or Toto. So please, please don't come to rescue in the hopes of getting a "bargain," or "a fully trained dog”. Come to Rescue to give, to love, to save a life -- and to mend your own spirit. For Rescue will reward you in ways you never thought possible. We can promise you this -- a rescue dog will make you a better person.