Looking to adopt a doodle in the Bay Area (Northern California) for a loving family

[Erin]

Hi, We're a loving family of two adults and two very well behaved and pet loving girls ages 8 and 10. We live in a wonderful town north of San Francisco with lots of hiking, walking paths, parks and other dog lovers nearby. Our wonderful yellow lab, April died 4 years ago from cancer. She was adopted from a friend who moved away, so we know that adoption / re-homing is a good option for us. We're ready now to welcome a new dog into our home. We're registering with IDOG and I check petfinder.com daily, as well as craigslist. If you have any other ideas or resources though, we'd love to hear them. Thanks so much!

[Chris & Boys]

You are doing all the right things. Also check the posts here. I stumbled across my pup somewhat accidentally. I was looking for a young dog, not a newborn. I registered with a local golden retriever rescue. Two sisters had been rescued from a puppy mill, the first one had a small litter of purebred GRs. The other sister had a large litter a couple of weeks later. I saw them on the site daily, and for some unknown reason decided to check into them. Well, turns out they "thought" , maybe it was possible they could be GDs. Well, I took a chance, I committed to adopt one and as luck would have it, they most definately are GDs. Yea me! So, its worth a try to register with a GR rescue, they also get a lot of GDs.
Good luck!

[Erin]

Great idea Chris! Thanks. I've been searching under Golden Retrievers when I check the adoption and shelter sites because there are often mixes like you said. It's a daunting search process though, I must say. You have to stay on top of things and be ready to jump when the time comes.
Thanks again
Erin