Arizona Labrador & Giant Breed Rescue

I am so glad there is a giant breed rescue, with all the breed specific legislation going on I hope they look after the bulldogs too. I wish they would stop always labeling PitBulls bad dogs, Dogs are not born bad, people make or let thm be bad. I have met some mean small dogs too.

I met this group at an annual event in Gilbert called «The 12K’s of Christmas» which is a benefit for animal shelters. I visited the ALGBR booth, filled out an app, and was able to schedule our home visit for the next day.
One aspect about this particular group is that they don’t take any Pit Bull mixes– and you find a lot of those in the shelters if you’re looking for large dogs. That’s why we decided to use a rescue group to help us locate a dog.
My little girl fell in love with Maximus, who was at their booth at the 12K’s event. We visited him at his foster home and ended up adopting him. He’s a perfect fit for our family. Max is a Neopolitan Mastiff puppy about 18mos old and 100 lbs. Very quiet and gentle. I was prepared to be checking out the website and visiting dogs for a couple of months, and to me it was worth it to get a good fit as we have young children.

My wife and I had wanted a dog for a long time and we were finally in the right place in our lives to get one. We had seen the ALGBR website and were enamored with a few of the dogs they had listed. They also list «events» on their website at a few Petsmart locations on different weekends of the month. Since we were looking on the 3^rd Saturday, we went to the Petsmart on McKellips and Power to hopefully meet some of the dogs.
We drove from central Phoenix all the way out to Mesa.. .but apparently they don’t bring any of their rescues to these «events». They did have a handy binder containing printouts of all of the listings we had seen online. Ok.. .
Since we were there, we filled out an application and gave it to one of the volunteers, along with the $ 15 app fee, and a copy of our current lease showing that dogs are allowed and we’ve paid all associated pet fees, and the volunteers assured us we’d be contacted in 24 – 48 hours. By the way, the adoption application is way more intense than any college admissions application I’ve ever filled out. «If your new Rescue needed an emergency operation, which might cost you $ 1,000 to $ 1,500 would you do it, if your Veterinarian said it was necessary? » Does anyone ever write in «It depends on how much it costs to euthanize.. .»??? Seriously.
Anyway, 48 hours later and no call, I decided to give a call to the # listed on the website, and got a messaging system on which I left my information. I got a call back a few hours later, and the nice woman told me that if I gave my application to a volunteer, they were probably just going to mail it in for us, so just fill out another application online and email it to them.
Great — the trip out to Mesa was officially a complete and utter waste of time.
24– 48 hours after emailing the electronic application and still no phone call. So I called them up again and the same woman answered, thanked me for the application, told me that they did eventually get the one I filled out by hand, and that someone would be contacting me shortly to set up a home visit.
So the wife and I decided instead to go to the AZ Humane Society Campus for Compassion where we got a lovely puppy that we adore, totally hassle free.
2 stars to ALGBR only because they are doing a wonderful and noble charity by rescuing dogs. But it’s obvious that these volunteers are not interested in giving up their «adoptable» dogs and would rather be lifetime fosters to their rescues.
UPDATE — it’s 2.5 years later and ALGBR still hasn’t called me about my application ;-) Wish I could get that $ 15 back.

We got our sweet, loving, amazing yellow Lab, Max, from AZ Lab & Giant Breed Rescue nearly 2 years ago. We were very satisfied and pleased with the professional nature and compassion of the organization.
They basically rescue Labrador Retrievers and other large dogs from owners around the state who no longer can keep them (for various reasons). The rescue org. takes the dogs in and puts them in loving foster homes until the dogs can be adopted.
The process was amazingly straight forward to adopt a dog. You look at the bios of adoptable dogs on their website, download an application on-​line, schedule a home-​interview with one of their reps. They then come to the house at your convenience and look at the application… they check to check to make sure you’re not a crazy person and will actually care for the dog. :)
The next step is finding a dog that you love from the website. They have puppies all the way to older adult dogs. Also, the organization knows many of the dogs histories, since many of them aren’t strays. So, you know from their bios what the dogs temperament is right off the bat.
When you find a dog you like from the website, the foster parent drives the dog to your house. You then see how well the dog gets along with your other dogs or kids, if you have them and if you want the dog, you fill out a little paperwork, pay the adoption fee and have a wonderful new addition to your home.
If you find the dog doesn’t fit your needs, more foster dogs will come to your house until you find one that fits.
We are so pleased with our dog and can’t imagine life without him!