LRR is an all-volunteer group whose purpose is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome abused, abandoned, neglected, and unwanted Labrador Retrievers in the metropolitan Washington DC area.
We are a local organization in the Washington D.C. area. Read more about our service area including how to find a Labrador rescue near you if you live elsewhere. We are a federally recognized nonprofit organization and donations are tax-deductible.
2011 Alumni Calendar Contest
Our 2011 Alumni Calendar Contest is now open! Send us pictures of your LRR dogs and our calendar committee will pick the 12 best for our 2001 calendar! Read our calendar contest information page for rules and to upload your pictures. Contest entries will be accepted until June 1, 2010.
Special Holiday Information
The holidays can be a stressful time for both humans and their dogs. Therefore, each year LRR SUSPENDS ADOPTION ACTIVITIES during the month of December. As such, any adoption applications received after December 1 will not be processed until 2010. Applications received before 12/1 will be processed but no adoptions will take place between 12/17 and 1/4. Thank you for your understanding and patience, and have a happy holiday season!
While you’re here, be sure to read our famous Top 10 Reasons to Adopt a Rescued Dog, which has been “adopted” by dozens of other rescue organizations!
News
Our Alumni Calendar Committee has finished deliberations and selected the Calendar Contest Winners for 2011! Our 2011 calendars will be available for sale soon.
Through a partnership with BringFido, you can research information on thousands of bed & breakfasts, vacation rentals, and campgrounds that welcome pets. You can make reservations at more than 25,000 pet friendly hotels, and when you do so through our link, LRR gets a $5 donation!
LRR needs your help to be a winning charity in the Chase Community Giving Program. Chase is giving away “prize” donations to the non-profit groups that receive the most votes. To vote for LRR, go to http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/. Search for “Labrador Retriever Rescue” — we are the one registered in Burke, VA. Voting ends July 13.
Our 2011 Alumni Calendar Contest is now open! Send us pictures of your LRR dogs and our calendar committee will pick the 12 best for our 2001 calendar! Read our calendar contest information page for rules and to upload your pictures.
Want 
to get updates on what’s going on at LRR? You can now follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LabRescue to hear about our latest foster dogs, updates on alumni, and more!
Highlights
Not sure where to go next?
Our new navigation menu above can take you directly to the most popular parts of the web site, or you can click on the dog slideshow photos to go directly to our list of adoptable playmates.
Want to explore even more? Try some of these pages to get started:
- Reading Room - informative articles
- Our Store - buy merchandise and help fund us
- Adoption Process - start here if you want to adopt
Foster homes needed!
With the Labrador Retriever being one of the most popular breeds, it is no surprise that there are more labs to rescue than many other breeds. Not a day goes by that LRR doesn’t receive a number of phone calls begging us to take an owner give-up, a shelter dog, or a stray whose owners cannot be found. Often, we must put dogs on waiting lists or reluctantly turn them away simply because we don’t have a foster home available. Our foster homes are our most important link in our rescue chain. Without their hard work and assistance, we could not save, rehabilitate and place these homeless labs.
Click here to find out more about what’s involved in fostering, and for information on how to become an LRR foster home. LRR especially needs foster homes in Central PA – York, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, and Berks counties. If you can’t foster, click here to find out about other ways you can help.