About Us

SEVA GRREAT is a non-profit, volunteer rescue group that takes in Golden Retrievers from owners who can no longer care for their dog, for whatever reason, and we rescue Golden’s in shelters or other animal control facilities. We provide excellent health care and find new forever homes for these wonderful dogs.

We interview our foster homes and prospective adoptive homes in their home so we can visually see where the Golden will reside and make sure the home is a safe and loving home. Our organization has saved more than 3,200 Golden Retrievers since 1990.

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Our Service Area

For foster and adoptions

Our rescue covers a limited service area in Southeastern Virginia (SEVA), generally along the I-64 corridor from Richmond and surrounding counties, and southeast to the Virginia/North Carolina border.

The following locations are in our territory:

Richmond/Charlottesville
New Kent, Williamsburg/James City County, York County, Gloucester
Newport News, Poquoson, Hampton, Smithfield
Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake

We may cover other areas within the Southeastern region of the commonwealth. If you live in an area not listed above, please contact our adoption coordinator at adoptions@adoptagolden.com before completing a foster or adoption application to find out if we have volunteers to cover your area.

We DO NOT adopt out of state or in Northern Virginia or western/southwestern/Virginia.

We do accept Golden Retrievers from outside of the service area pending an available foster home LEARN MORE HERE

Rescues since 1990 (& counting)

Forever fosters over the years

Volunteers

Dogs rescued from Turkey & China

“Regardless of how long I have a foster dog in my life, my life will be that much fuller and richer for having had him in my life. AND think of how much love he will receive in return!”