Labrador Welfare

Registered Charity No. 1012192

Rescuing Labradors since 1989.

OUR MISSION

At Labrador Welfare, our mission is to give every dog a second chance at a safe and loving home. We believe that every Labrador Retriever deserves the opportunity to be loved and cared for.  

Our commitment to ensuring the future welfare and wellbeing of the dogs in our care is reflected in our adherence to standards commensurate with those set by organisations committed to animal welfare at national level as well as working within the rules laid out in national animal welfare guidance. 

WHO ARE WE

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.

We have no paid staff and 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.

WHAT DO WE DO

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 they are used to children, cats, other animals etc) before we consider matching a dog with any applicant from our Matching List.

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.

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.

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 Lifetime Foster Scheme

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.