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Fee Schedule for Adoptions:
We
incur significant expenses in paying shelter redemption fees,
veterinary fees, transportation costs, occasional behavioral evaluation
fees, and so on, so we ask for an adoption fee for each dog. While some
dogs cost less, others cost far more. If we are ever so fortunate to
wind up with a surplus of funds on a given dog, those funds
automatically go towards rescuing another dog or help offset expenses
of existing dogs.
Unless there are special
circumstance involving health, there are absolutely no refunds of
adoption fees to an adopter if the dog is returned to us for any
reason.
Dogs may have potty accidents, bark, jump, counter surf, chew
or require a lot of exercise simply because they are dogs. We ask that
you consider what is involved with dog ownership before you adopt a
dog. No dog is perfect and even the most mild tempered, obedient and
trained dogs create stress in the home initially. This is all part of
welcoming a new dog into your life. It is a serious commitment and one
that should be exhaustively explored before making. It is therefore
very important that the adopter feels that they can commit to the dog
they adopt and work with that dog through the myriad training issues
that came with any dog that is rescued.
Please do not adopt a dog if
you are not prepared to commit to working with that dog. We hope that our no-refund policy will encourage adopters to more seriously consider
their decision and will avoid the needless stress a dog must endure
when it goes to an adopter and is returned. This is not easy for any
rescue dog and our no-refund policy allows us to help adopters avoid
creating this kind of stress for a dog in need.
While the fees to adopt a rescued Labrador retriever may be higher that those for a
backyard breeder, these fees are significantly lower than the cost of a
reputably properly bred dog and serve to promote the rescue of other
Labrador Retrievers. Additionally back yard bred dogs tend to develop
illnesses and behavioral problems not common in dogs purchased from
reputable breeders. Please do not purchase a back yard bred dog or a
dog from a pet store. Pet stores only carry puppy mill dogs. These dogs
are often sick and purchasing one of these dogs contributes to the
cruelty and neglect rampant in puppy mills across the country.
We hope adopters will understand that their adoption fee is not the purchase price for their adopted dog, but rather the fee for the service we provide. That fee is used to care for all of our rescue dogs and not in any way a reflection of our costs related to the animal adopted nor to any specific animal. All proceeds go directly to the care of our rescues Labradors.
The following is the fee schedule for dogs:
$400 Puppies less than 1 year (very young puppies (under 21 weeks
of age) require a spay neuter deposit of $150 which is refunded upon
receipt of a spay/neuter certificate. Spay and neuter of young puppies
is the financial responsibility of the adopter)
$300 Dogs 1-4 years
$250 Dogs 5-7 years
$175 Dogs 8 years and up
(fee
includes all shots and spay/neuter for dogs over 5 months of age. Spay
and neuter of all puppies is the adopter's responsibility and proof of
spay and neuter of all puppies must be shown to ILRR within the
specified time frame.) Fee usually includes a microchip. If a microchip
is not implanted at the time of adoption, doing so is the adopters
responsibility and a chip must be implanted withint 2 weeks of adoption
at the adopter's expense. The adopter must provide the chip number to
ILRR at that time.
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