ABOUT US Labrador Welfare is a small, breed-specific registered charity (No. 1012192), run entirely by a small group of unpaid but very dedicated volunteers who work hard to rescue and rehome Labrador Retrievers that, through no fault of their own, need new homes. Unlike larger rehoming organisations, we have no paid staff. As a small charitable organisation, we rely on donations and the goodwill of our volunteers, helpers and fundraisers to continue our work to help dogs find new homes. All of our volunteers give of their time freely and are often very busy so please do bear with us when making an initial enquiry. We work to help dogs from North Derbyshire, parts of Cheshire, North Lincolnshire North Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and the North East and will generally only rehome in these areas. Cared for in boarding kennels, dogs are assessed by experienced staff familiar with the breed before our Rehoming Team starts work on finding each dog a new home. Ensuring the right match between the dogs in our care and any potential new owner is at the heart of what we do. This is why we take into consideration the dog’s reported previous experience (such as whether it is used to children, cats, other animals etc) before we consider matching a dog with any applicant from our Matching List. All applicants are provided with as much information about a particular dog as we are able to offer before being invited to meet the dog at kennels and, if the initial meeting goes well, a home check is generally undertaken before any adoption or fostering is finalised. We do not allow open viewing of our dogs and will only invite applicants to meet a dog they may be potentially matched with. All meetings are by appointment only. Although we seldom have dogs under the age of 6 months coming through for rehoming, we do help dogs of all ages from the very young to those in their twilight years looking for an extra special retirement home who are re-homed and supported through our life-time foster scheme Labrador Welfare take pride in maintaining the standards set by organisations committed to animal welfare at national level to ensure the ongoing welfare of dogs that come into our care. This is why, once a dog has been rehomed, all new owners can be assured of back up from our team of volunteers who will provide support - whenever it is needed – for the rest of the dog’s natural life.