Labrador Retriever Rescue of East Tennessee
Labrador Retriever Rescue of East Tennessee (LRRET) is a non-profit organization. We are a group of volunteers who rescue purebred Labrador Retrievers and Lab Mixes from animal shelters, puppy mills, and pet surrenders.
We are also involved with educating the public about the Labrador Retriever breed and their characteristics and needs. In addition, we participate in bringing attention to irresponsible breeding and pet ownership and the vast pet overpopulation problem.
All dogs adopted from LRRET will be:
Socialized
Tested/Treated for heartworms
Provided any needed medical treatments
Vaccinated
Spayed/Neutered
Crate trained
Why adopt from LRRET?
Adopting from LRRET ensures that your new companion has been acclimated to living in a stable home environment. Fosters provide for a dog’s needs while assessing their behavior, which can give you more insight about each dog’s personality!
LRRET also helps ensure that local shelters have space to take in more animals. Since LRRET removes dogs from shelters to place into foster homes, that spot is then freed for the next animal in need.
Finding a dog through LRRET is beneficial for you, the dog, and the shelter. Everybody wins!
What can I do to help?
LRRET is always in need of fosters to look after our labs until they can find their forever homes! If you don’t have time to adopt a dog, fostering is a great alternative.
Monetary or pet supply donations are also welcome! This helps us cover veterinary costs and ensure our fosters have all the needed equipment to care for our labs.
What if I need to surrender my dog?
If you are looking to surrender your lab, please know we are a volunteer run organization. We don’t have a place for you to drop off your pet or the ability to come to you immediately. If you need help, please click on the link below (bottom right of this page) to fill out the form for surrendering your lab. You will then email that form to Owner Surrender.