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Areas Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs serves
We can only serve areas where our volunteers live and are able to provide pre and post-adoption support.
Greater Louisville, KY (including adjacent southern Indiana)
Greater Lexington, KY
Ohio Counties: Hamilton, Butler, Warren, some areas within Clermont county, Montgomery and Green
Northern KY Counties: Boone, Kenton and Campbell
If you wish to find out more about a dog, fill out an application. We cannot respond to specific questions about an individual dog unless we have your application on file. You may also visit our Adoption FAQ webpage at https://grrand.org/adoption-faqs/
Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs's adoption process
1.
Submit Application
Reference and vet check is done after the application has been submitted.
2.
Home Check
A home visit is scheduled if the reference check has met our policies.
3.
Approve Application
If the home visit is approved and the adoption contract signed, the adoption coordinator will contact to discuss dogs in our program.
4.
Meet the Pet
5.
Take the Pet Home
6.
Pay Fee
Additional adoption info
GRRAND requires that the dog is returned if it doesn't work out or if circumstances change and the owner cannot keep the dog. Also, there is a follow-up team that will contact the adopter after the adoption to assist with any questions.
GRRAND requires that the dog is returned if it doesn't work out or if circumstances change and the owner cannot keep the dog. Also, there is a follow-up team that will contact the adopter after the adoption to assist with any questions.
About Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs
Early in 1994, members of the Greater Louisville Golden Retriever Club began to see the need for an organization to rehabilitate and find homes for displaced and abused Golden Retrievers. A number of folks in this club began organizing an ad hoc rescue group. As the number of rescues increased over a period of months, this “wet behind the ears” group came up with a name and in 1996, incorporated the organization now known as Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs (GRRAND). The rest, as they say, is history!
Early in 1994, members of the Greater Louisville Golden Retriever Club began to see the need for an organization to rehabilitate and find homes for displaced and abused Golden Retrievers. A number of folks in this club began organizing an ad hoc rescue group. As the number of rescues increased over a period of months, this “wet behind the ears” group came up with a name and in 1996, incorporated the organization now known as Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs (GRRAND). The rest, as they say, is history!
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What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?
When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.
So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.
