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Golden Rescue South Florida

About US
Since 2005, Golden Rescue South Florida, Inc. “GRSF” a 501c3 non-profit registered charitable organization has been dedicated to rescuing and rehoming displaced Golden Retrievers and Golden at Heart Retrievers. We are all-volunteer and foster-based organization who place abandoned, unwanted, displaced, or abused, Golden Retrievers, regardless of age or condition, with safe, loving forever families in South Florida where each dog will receive the second chance they so richly deserve. We will not turn our back on any Golden that needs us, and we have had some extraordinary miracles. Our local rescues come into our program from Monroe County North to Palm Beach County animal shelters and owner surrenders. Our Global Goldens come from Puerto Rico, China, Turkey, and Bahamas.



In 2005, GRSF was born and became a 501c3 non-profit organization. GRSF has no paid staff. We have no offices. We have no expensive administrative expenses. We do however have 3 tireless Board Directors along with 75+ passionate volunteers and foster families to manage every aspect of rescue, including home placement, medical logistics, transportation needs, fundraising and public awareness.

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Rescue FAQs

Southeast Florida Key West to Cocoa Beach Florida

  • 1. Submit Application
  • 2. Home Check
  • 3. Interview

Additional adoption info

As a rescue organization, we help Goldens who need a new beginning. There are many factors that we must consider before matching a dog with a family. Each story is different, some are mistreated or neglected, abandoned, or surrendered, some rescued from dire and horrific conditions. In all situations they have been let down by humans therefore we must prioritize finding the dog the best homes vs. finding the perfect pet for you. The first step in the adoption process is to complete the ADOPTION APPLICATION. Please keep in mind that by the time you submit an application and are going through the approval process, some of dogs available may already be in the process of being adopted by other approved families. Our approval process takes approximately 1-3 weeks. If you are interested in adopting, please do not wait. Please start the application process now so that you can be on a waiting list for when your special golden is available.



Please know we do not operate on a first-come first-served basis and reserve the right to deny any application without the disclosure of the reason for denial. We have an extremely high volume of applications, therefore we are not always able to reply personally to each one.

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