Please read the entire page before submitting an application.

**EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2007 - There will now be a $20 application "fee" for any application submitted. Your application will not be looked at until payment is received. If you are approved, the $20 will be taken off of the adoption fee of the animal you adopt. This is being put in place, due to the large amount of applications that come in. We get these in and after all of our spare time and energy is put into processing and verifying everything, people turn around and find an animal somewhere else. We are beyond happy that they are rescuing, whether from us or another organization, but it takes time away from other applicants, who have only applied with us and ends up being wasted energy. We are hoping by implementing this, that it will weed out the people who are not seriously interested in adopting from Las Vegas Labrador Rescue. If your application is denied for any reason, the $20 is nonrefundable and is then considered a donation to the organization. The easiest and fastest way you can do this is through paypal. You can paypal the $20 to luvmylabs130@cox.net or if you need to mail cash or certified check (no personal checks accepted), you can mail it to the address on our CONTACT US page. Please send that along with your application. Please remember, your application will NOT even be looked at until donation is received. Be sure to notate on your application how you have sent the fee.**

All of the labs we adopt out mean a great deal to us and have become part of our families. To ensure our adoptions work out, we require an in-depth application process. This is to protect both the dog, as well as you. We will do everything in our power to ensure that we match up suitable dogs to appropriate owners.

If you see a dog you are interested in adopting or have something specific in mind, please complete an Adoption Application (Link below). Once you have completed that, please return to us via email or fax. Please be sure to specify which dog you are interested in - somewhere on the application or email. If your application is incomplete in any way, it will not be processed. This includes references as well. (Also, keep in mind, they can NOT be related to you, no exceptions). Upon completion of the application, once returned, it will be reviewed by a volunteer for Las Vegas Labrador Rescue. (This process can take up to 72 hours, depending on when your references call our volunteer back)

If your application has concerns of our volunteers, they will be addressed via email to discuss. If your application is not approved, we will be happy to talk with you about what you can do (if anything) to get yourself or your home ready to adopt a Labrador Retriever.

After satisfactory review, we will arrange a home visit. If your home meets the requirements of both Las Vegas Labrador Rescue and the dog you are interested in, we will then arrange an  "in home meeting" with the dog you are interested in. At this meeting, the Las Vegas Labrador Rescue volunteer will bring the dog to your home and basically sit back and watch for about a half an hour to see how you and your family interact with the dog. Your entire family must be home for this meeting. (No exceptions).

After that meeting, the Las Vegas Labrador Rescue volunteer will take the dog back to their foster home. Adoptions will NOT be completed same night. During the next 24 hours, we want you and your family to think and discuss everything about this new addition to ensure you are 100% prepared and ready for him/her. The volunteer will then coordinate with the foster home and rescue director about their thoughts on how the two home checks went.

If they have any concerns on your home, yard or environment, they will put together the list and that list will be emailed to you the following day. If there is anything that needs to be corrected, addressed or changed, you will then have to complete all of the items BEFORE we will finalize the adoption.

Upon satisfactory completion of BOTH home visits, we will arrange a time and place for you to go pick up your new rescue dog.

If there are no dogs in our program at this time, or none that you are interested in, you can click the link below to view our "Interest Sheet" - please print this, fill it out and either email or fax back to us. Once we receive this form, you will be placed on our interest list. Any time we bring a new dog in, we will go over everyone on the list to see if they match up to what you are wanting and if so, we will email you.

If you have submitted an application to Las Vegas Labrador Rescue and have not heard back within 48-72 hours, please feel free to follow up.

If you have any further questions about the adoption process or on adoption a specific dog, please email Las Vegas Labrador Rescue at LUVMYLABS130@cox.net.

Forms:

Interest Sheet
Adoption Application