Lab Rescue of East Tennessee Available Companions!

"A dog may be the only opportunity a human has to choose a relative." - Mordecai Siegal

We are desperately in need of foster homes! Could you foster a Lab? Would you like to "try" one of our labs and see how it works out for you and the dog? Fostering is the perfect way to do so! Email Linda or Betsy if you're interested in fostering a lab.

PLEASE NOTE: We *absolutely must* have your completed adoption application before we can make an appointment for you to meet one of our rescue dogs. Please be sure to note which dog(s) you are interested in on your application.

PLEASE BE PATIENT: We are returning emails and phone calls as quickly as we can. We are all volunteers and have regular jobs and lives in addition to our Lab Rescue work. If you call and ask that we return your call, and you are calling long distance, we would appreciate it if you would give us permission in your phone message to call you back *collect* - or - allow us to return your call, then you call us right back. The less long distance phone charges we have, the more money we will have available to spend directly on our rescue dogs.

Featured Pet!

Chloe - Knoxville

Chloe is about a 5 month old yellow lab-lab mix? She has been spayed and is up to date on her shots. She does well with other dogs. Her foster family is working on crate training and house breaking. She is doing great. She loves to play.

Adoption donation $200. For more info on Chloe call Linda at 865-207-5131 Cell or 865-481-3654 or lrretfoster@gmail.com

Please make sure you have an approved application before setting a time to meet our dogs.

Galen - Knoxville

My name is Galen. I'm about 2 years old and I'm a real handsome fella. Let me tell you a little about myself: I was rescued from a home where I didn’t get the exercise, discipline and love I need. Then it was Lab Rescue to the rescue! I was bathed, groomed and seen by a loving vet who gave me a clean bill of health. I was placed with a wonderful foster family and they have taken very good care of me and taught me lots of good manners! I know how to sit and stay (still a little wobbly on the stay part because I just get anxious). I heel very well and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to retrieve! I have been taught to "kennel up." I sleep through the night in my kennel without making a sound and I have been taught good indoor manners. When I’m outdoors I bark only when strange cars enter the driveway or when the occasional deer walks by. My foster family has another dog and goats and we all get along great. They also have cows, which I never bother and they have miniature donkeys that I have learned to avoid because they definitely don’t like me!

I am a tall, handsome boy. I weigh about 62 pounds right now and my foster Dad says I will probably gain another 5 or 10 pounds. I am very strong with a lot of stamina! My foster family throws toys for me to retrieve all the time and they get tired long before I do. I’m a very strong swimmer, but I've only just begun to really like the water; it's still a little scary when I go to a new place to swim, but I'm getting better. I like the water much more when I have something to retrieve. My foster Dad is an avid duck hunter and he says I would be a great Duck Dog! Don't tell anybody, but he's actually let me retrieve a duck or two since being here. I'm not the perfect dog; I know I have a few flaws. For example, I am still a puppy at heart and sometimes I get very excited when new people come around and I forget some of my manners. I never jump on people, but sometimes I put my muddy paw on their new, clean shoes for attention. I do need a place to run and a fenced yard. I would NOT make a good apartment dog! I am in search of a forever home where I can grow old with a family who is active and loves happy black Labs!

Galen is neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. His adoption donation is $200.00. For more information on this very sweet boy, please send inquiries to lilbearfarm@aol.com .

Dudley - Knoxville
Adoption Pending!

Dudley is a handsome 5-6 year-old Chocolate Lab weighing around 90 lbs. He knows and learns several commands. He does a silly happy dance each time he sees his dinner, leash, or his buddy coming home. He travels beautifully, for errands or long road trips. In public, he is thrilled to be a magnet for toddlers, athletic men, elderly folks, and dogs. Even his foster sister kitty likes him. He had a bone spur in one ankle but can now happily do a 6 mile hike/run and hours of swimming to fetch sticks—enough energy to keep kids entertained but will calm down when asked.

Dudley is housebroken and mostly stays on his bed as directed, not needing a crate. He is neutered, microchipped and current on his vaccines. His adoption donation is $200.00. Send inquiries to jjjjcccc4444@yahoo.com.

Duke - Knoxville

Duke is a very mellow and laid back black Lab who is about 2-3 years old. He weighs about 57 lbs. He has a great temperament and loves being with people. He also gets along great with other dogs. He lives with 3 Labs and has been around smaller breeds also. He has been around cats and got along fine with them. He is housebroke and knows a few tricks. He does great in a crate and on car rides. Duke has been neutered and microchipped and is current on all his shots. He is heartworm negative and current on his heartworm prevention. Duke was abandoned in a field and is looking for a loving forever home. Adoption donation $200.

For more information about Duke, please call Michelle at (865) 405-4454 or e-mail agios11@aol.com.

Chloe - Knoxville

Adoption donation $200. For more info on Chloe call Linda at 865-207-5131 Cell or 865-481-3654 or lrretfoster@gmail.com

Hawkeye - Knoxville

Hawkeye is a 2 year old male black lab. He has been neutered and is up to date on his shots. He is HW negative and on preventative. He does well with other dogs and is being crate trained and house broken. He is good with kids. We think he will be ok with cats. He is learning to retrieve and loves attention. He is underweight but his foster family is working on that.

Adoption donation $200. For more info on Hawkeye, contact Toby at 865-986-3172 or tobyklopez@bellsouth.net

Due to our extreme need for more foster homes, we have been unable to save all the many beautiful Labbies in local shelters. These sweethearts are hoping to be adopted before their time runs out. Lab Rescue has placed these dogs as referral only. We have not met or screened these animals.