Rescue Me: Bring home a Bear.
RESCUE ME PET: Bear
RESCUE GROUP: Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida (LRRoF)
BASICS: Yellow Lab
HIS STORY: Bear is a 4 ½-year-old male dog who is being fostered with a LRROF family in Weston. He is a good boy in the house and already knows the basic dog commands. Now he just needs a forever family to love.
PERSONALITY: His foster family says Bear is mellow and has a great personality. And he loves other dogs, so he would be good with a canine brother or sister.
SPECIAL NEEDS: Bear is very curious about cats, so it’s recommended he go to a home with no felines. He has diabetes, so he will need a special diet, insulin and eye drops.
TO ADOPT: Wouldn’t you love to have big Bear hugs all the time? If you are interested in adopting Bear, click here on the LRRoF Web site and go to "online adoption application."
You will be asked to pay a non-refundable $25 application fee, which is applied toward the adoption fee. The nearest LRRoF volunteer then will contact you and ask you more about your history with animals and your expectations of the new dog. There is a home visit.
You can find more details, and fees, on the organization’s Web site. LRRoF dogs are spayed or neutered and microchipped.
LRRoF is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to placing purebred Labrador retrievers in loving permanent homes, and is run entirely by volunteers. The group has placed over 2,400 dogs since 2000.
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RESCUE GROUP FYI: Most rescue organizations, including Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida, have fees and specific requirements for adoptions.
Many rescue groups and shelters do family screenings before placing an animal and some require home visits. Some retain the right to reclaim the animal if certain conditions agreed to are not followed. Please make sure you understand all of an organization's requirements, its screening process, and the conditions under which an animal may be reclaimed or returned by the new owner before entering into any adoption.
Sit, Stay, Speak! is proud of the many rescue groups in our area, and the dedicated members who work hard to find good homes for abandonned, abused and neglected pets. If you are a rescue group or nonprofit shelter: Send us an e-mail to dlade@sun-sentinel.com and we will feature one of your adoptable pets on Rescue Me.
ANGIE BRENNAN, a Sun-Sentinel page designer,
lives with four dogs and one boyfriend. And has a lifetime of animal stories to share.
DIANE LADE, a reporter on the Sun-Sentinel's Help Team, has lived with cats, dogs, reptiles, fish, an iguana, and an armadillo.
CYNDI METZGER, editor of the Sun-Sentinel's Outlook section, is smitten with Bella, her poodle who regularly ignores requests to sit, stay and get off the ivory-colored sofa. 
JOHN TANASYCHUK, a Sun-Sentinel lifestyle writer, has lived with cats as long as he can remember. He and his partner currently share their home with three.
Comments
I am so glad to see that LLRoF is getting publicity...I adopted a WONDERFUL lab from them about a year ago...I had had labs all my life and when our 14 year old lab passed away after a long illness, I contacted LLRoF to see about an adoption. I met terrific, very professional people, from the person who did our 'home visit' to the foster 'moms' we visited to see dogs, to the president of the organization. These people really CARE about what they do, they love all the dogs, they are compassionate, reasonable and do a wonderful job. I can't say enough about this group. When we started our search for a new dog, we were a little nervous and also in grief about losing our old lab...the LLRoF people were so patient, so helpful and really were there for us, during the whole process.. Today, a year later, we have our wonderful young lab--he is the light of our lives--thanks to LLRoF. You won't be sorry if you get a dog from them.
Posted by: TJF | July 23, 2008 1:11 PM