Golden Retriever Rescue of Southwest Florida

25/04/2025

We have a VERY busy, VERY fun, weekend coming up. We start with the weekly Vanderbilt Farmers Market Saturday morning, 8am - 1pm in the Shoppes at Vanderbilt, Naples. It is always a great way to start the weekend. Over 100 vendors. And our amazing Ambassadogs are always excited to see all their friends at the Market.

Then Sunday we have our big Rescue Family Reunion and Volunteer Appreciation Event at Bay Street Yard in downtown Ft Myers from Noon - 4pm. This will be the biggest gathering of adopters, volunteers and Goldens outside of GoldenFest. We have lots of folks signed up, but we can always take more. Free admission. See the attached flyer for details.

We hope you can join us at one or both of these Golden events right here is Southwest Florida.

24/04/2025

Cliff is one of our board members out doing amazing things in the community in many capacities! So proud of the work he has done with his rescue dogs!

23/04/2025

🙏🙏🙏🙏 Help, please!!!! Your prayers and positive thoughts are needed for Luna. This 5-year-old beauty was surrendered because she needs emergency surgery for a serious condition called pyometra. Thanks to a wonderful village that came together very quickly, she is having that surgery tonight. Huge thanks to Underdog Rescue of Florida for reaching out and raising funds, Braden River Animal Hospital for their initial help, Cheryl Brady's Vet Care Express for driving her, and Animal ER handling her surgery. We will share more once we have word on how it went.

22/04/2025

Update: Driver found!!!!
URGENT!!!! Cancer patient Brodie needs a ride from Lakewood Ranch to FETCH in Fort Myers for an 11 a.m. appointment Wednesday. We will need the driver to wait and bring him home when the appointment is complete. If you can help, please call or text Janice at 941-266-0200.

22/04/2025

We love happy updates! Foster mom Kristin reports that Ainsley, our parvo puppy, is a sweet and beguiling little girl. At a year old, she is still quite the puppy and is capable of getting into mischief! Given how sick she was a week ago, we are kind of tickled to hear this!

21/04/2025

The GRRSWF Reunion & Volunteer Appreciation Event

It's right around the corner - Sunday, April 27, Noon - 4PM at Bay Street Yard, in downtown Ft Myers.

You really don't want to miss it.

You still have time to RSVP and reserve space at our Reunion & Volunteer Appreciation Event. This is our first event like this in many years. We hope, if you are in Southwest Florida, you are able to join us, along with your pups, as we gather to celebrate 16 years of rescuing nearly 1400 Goldens and Golden mixes in Southwest Florida. It's an afternoon of fun with friends at a unique new venue, enjoying great music, yummy food and a sea of beautiful Goldens. It just doesn't get any better.

Admission is free. Parking on the street is also free, but if you would rather, there is a big parking garage right next door.

Follow this link to reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/golden-retriever-rescue-of-swfl-alumni-reunion-volunteer-thank-you-event-tickets-1272685028179?aff=oddtdtcreator

21/04/2025

Update: After agreeing to let us pull this girl, the shelter sent her home with a potential adopter yesterday and failed to let us know. We are happy that she is out of the facility but quite disappointed that our volunteers spent a whole day trying to find the right place for her when they could have been helping other dogs This is not how the rescue/shelter relationship is supposed to work. 😟
Urgent, urgent, urgent!!!!!!!
We need a foster home in SWFL for this lovely old gal asap! Caddie, a 12-year-old toller, lost her mom and is at a shelter. She is fine with other dogs as long as they don't bark in her face. We don't know about cats but she is elderly and can't run too fast! We need to get her placed quickly. If you are an approved foster or a adopter, please reach out to Jeanine Petroulakis Thomson or Lynette. If you are not yet approved, go to our website and fill out an application: www.grrswf.org.

20/04/2025

That expression.....!!!! 😅🤣😂

20/04/2025

We absolutely love to see rescued dogs living their best lives! Here's Honey Bear, now known as George, relaxing at his new home with Catherine and Jim. They were so excited about his arrival that they had a cake made to welcome him home! Isn't that just the best?! 🩷🩷🩷

20/04/2025

🐰🐰 Easter blessings from all of us at GRRSWF! And special thanks to Kayla for this photo of her boys!

19/04/2025

And finally, our last two arrivals of the week, bonded siblings Dixie and Polar. These two golden retriever/Labrador retriever mixes are as sweet as can be. We are most grateful to Ed for being their chauffeur today! That makes six dogs in six days for us becaus we are always happy to help goldens in need.
If you are interested in adopting and live in Southwest or Central Florida, please go to our website and submit an application. Almost all of our intakes go to pre-approved families. Www.grrswf.org.

19/04/2025

What a great day we had at the Vanderbilt Farmers Market today. We were swamped with visitors as there were a LOT of people down for Spring Break. It was amazing and gratifying to hear many of them tell us they follow us on Facebook and specifically wanted to come to the Market today to see us. Thank you all SO much. That means the world to us.

As many of you know we are also on TikTok now, so we took a number of videos today, one of which is already posted. The others will be posted shortly so you can get additional views of our day at the Market.

We'll see you all back there next week.

19/04/2025

It's been a crazy busy week for this rescue! Thanks to Tammy and Jane, two of our wonderful drivers, beautiful Honey has been delivered to her new home! This gorgeous 11-month-old comes to us from a loving family with many other animals. During a crowded, busy event at their home, Honey was involved in a serious altercation with a much smaller dog. It was decided that she would do best in a calmer atmosphere without other pets, and GRRSWF was happy to help. We thank our foster, adoptions and transport teams for rallying so quickly to get this girl into rescue. Kudos also to our wonderful trainer, Bobbi, for providing valuable insight into her behavior. Please join us in welcoming this young beauty and your rescue and a happy new life!

19/04/2025

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/rabies-alert-issued-for-part-of-hillsborough-county-after-confirmed-case-in-town-and-country-area

The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (DOH-Hillsborough) has issued a rabies alert after a confirmed case in Hillsborough County.