Las Vegas Labrador Rescue prides itself on adopting animals out in the best possible health and frame of mind as possible. We take neglected, abandoned or abused Labradors and rehabilitate them and prepare them to for their new life.

From the time the dog comes to your home, they are a true addition to your home. This means doing anything and everything as if this dog were your own. This includes taking and picking up the dog to any vet appointment needed, any home visits set up for that particular dog, picking up any items the dog may need while in your care (including food or medication) and in case of an Adoption Event, taking to and from, as well as handling the foster dog at the Adoption Event.

Our rescue vet is in the NW part of the valley. This is the vet you will be required to take your foster dog to. We REQUIRE the dog to be taken here for any and all major appointments, so we can keep track and a good handle on all the records, as well as heavily trusting our one particular vet.

If something minor comes up and you wish to take them to another vet, it MUST be emailed or called in to the rescue director prior to the visit, if you are wanting to be reimbursed. In addition to having it preauthorized, you will need to get a copy of anything done on that particular animal and get it faxed or emailed over to the rescue director, to ensure that record makes it in the adoption package.

As far as expenses, we will cover the vet bills at the rescue vet, any preauthorized vet visits elsewhere and an adequate amount of dog food for that particular foster dog. (Varies per dog) We will supply our foster home with a crate, if they need one, as well as bowls, blankets, collar and leash for each foster dog. Anything above and beyond that is at the expense and discretion of the foster home.

Crate training is another big thing with Las Vegas Labrador Rescue. We REQUIRE every single dog (NO exceptions) to be crate trained. Even if that dog appears trustworthy, they MUST be crated during the day while you are not home. If you choose to let them sleep loose at night, it is at discretion of the foster home, but they MUST be crated while home alone. This is not only to ensure that wherever they are adopted to can continue on with this without a huge transition, but also to ensure that dog's safety, while they are getting used to the new home.

If a particular dog is having issues with catching on, we can suggest techniques and ways to handle it, but they MUST be crated ANY time they are left alone.

We don't require, but encourage the foster homes to work with the basic commands with the dogs. Most dogs come to you without any training at all, and by the time they are adopted out, we aim for them to be housebroken at least. Any commands above and beyond that (Sit, Stay, Come.. etc) are not expected, but appreciated.

After a major surgery, your foster dog MUST be kept quiet for the required amount of time. Even if they seem fine after 2-3 days, they are still healing internally and they need to be kept quiet. This means, NO dog park time, leash walks only and very limited play time in the house. We have had a few dogs take a while to recover from a surgery and its harder than we think on them. We want to ensure they are in the best shape as we can, when adopted out, so this is very important in their healing process. Whatever the vet recommends, you will be expected to do, whether that's them wearing an Ecollar, keeping their incision clean and dry or anything else.

Another minor thing we ask of the foster homes is that once they have had their fsoter dog for a few days, to write up a short summary of your foster dog as well as take some pictures, so the website can be updated. Potential adopters love to read personal things about the dogs as well as see lots of pictures. We appreciate if you could do this for every dog that comes in. As we grow, it gets harder and harder for one rescue director to keep track of it all.

We take great pride in our reputation and because our foster homes mean so much to us, we do everything to ensure that they are involved in the entire adoption process for their foster dogs. Even though the rescue director has final say on whether an adoption goes through, the foster home's opinion on potential homes heavily sway what will happen.