#67 in United States, #2 in Georgia, #1 in Atlanta
#3 in puppy
#5 in senior dog
#2 in goldendoodle
#2 in golden Retriever
PO Box 420256 Atlanta, GA 30342
https://adoptagoldenatlanta.com/
Service areas:
All counties in GA including coordinating with rescues from other states including VA, IN, AL and FL, among others.
"I have adopted 5 times from Adopt a Golden Atlanta. They are very thorough and thoughtful in their adoption and matching process. They offer the best care to their dogs. The fosters are loving and really provide wonderful homes for these rescue dogs. Everyone goes to great lengths to make sure that all of the dogs get taken care of and find the right homes. I am always happy to recommend AGA!!!"
— josi a.
Adoptee
"Adopt A Golden Atlanta is a very hands on rescue. They are invested in both their rescues and the fosters and volunteers who work with the pups and each other to help our rescues find their forever home. Their follow thru after the adoption is fantastic - and the doors are always open for adopters to reach out for any help or resources that they feel they may need, hereby ensuring that the placement of the pup is comfortable for all parties concerned. The success of AGA is reflected in the number of returning adopters - to add to their furry family or to, when comfortable, to bring another furry baby into their fold after the loss of another. The extended AGA community speaks volumes for the quality and integrity of the organization!!"
— patti d.
Adoptee, Supporter
"Adopt A Golden is an amazing organization that helps dogs find amazing homes!"
— sara k.
Supporter
"Adopt AGolden Atlanta is a wonderful organization. I’ve volunteered for 15 years and have adopted two pups and have two granddogs from AGA."
— donna b.
Adoptee, Volunteer / foster
"I have never seen a kinder group of humans so dedicated to getting dogs into the best fit home for them! Each volunteer gives up so much time for these sweet dogs and it is amazing to see how much good they do."
— maddie a.
Adoptee, Volunteer / foster, Supporter, Fan
"What an amazing place with amazing volunteers!!!!"
— matt s.
Supporter
"I had a permanent foster who came from Turkey with kidney disease. AGA paid for all his medical and went above and beyond for him and I got to be the one who got to love on him and give him the best life possible. For that I am very grateful!"
— trace w.
Volunteer / foster, Staff member, Supporter, Fan
"Adopt A Golden Atlanta has given me a purpose to my life. My family and I began volunteering with this wonderful rescue many years ago. We weren't familiar to rescuing and had always gotten a golden from a backyard breeder. However, we discovered AGA online as we were looking to add another golden to our family. We already had 3 pups at home, but we wanted to find a female golden. We saw this sweet golden girl who was up for adoption with AGA. She was rescued from a puppy mill in Missouri with 3 other golden's. Her sweet face made us fall in love even before we met her. Once we attended their adoption day, it was love at first sight. She was curled up under her fosters chair. We took her outside for a short walk and then when we left she wanted to go with us! AGA has a very organized process to be able to adopt from them. They say it's harder to adopt from them than to adopt a human child. This was the beginning of my volunteering with AGA. AGA has rescued golden retrievers from Turkey and China as well as the Southeast. We have Bo (Rambo) from Turkey and Fish who was an owner surrender right now. However, we adopted Millie our first rescue, Andie a golden doodle and Rooney another puppy mill pup. Andie was a therapy dog and Fish is currently a therapy dog as well. Adopt A Golden Atlanta has so many amazing volunteers who work tirelessly with animal shelters, owner surrenders and breeders who retire their Goldens. Because of this amazing organization I can bring my Fish, English Cream golden to Northside Hospital to visit patients and bring a little joy to their lives."
— marianne s.
Adoptee, Volunteer / foster
"AGA has been instrumental in the dog rescue world. My golden is a rescue from them and they have my full support for the past 14 years! My mother has fostered/adopted over 100 dogs with AGA and finding forever homes for these sweet babies. AGA for the recognition!!"
— jennifer d.
Adoptee, Supporter, Fan
"I started volunteering with Adopt a Golden Atlanta 5 years ago after seeing a story on the news about them rescuing homeless dogs in Turkey that were living on the streets starving to death and being hit by cars. I was so touched I had to get involved, so I started fostering and working on the applications team. One foster I had, Abe, stands out as the most special of all, and the one that made me feel like this rescue we had was really making a difference in the lives of dogs. He was 9 years old and was rescued along with 16 other dogs from a life as a breeder dog kept in an outdoor kennel on concrete in Missouri exposed to brutal weather. The dogs were skinny and terrified of everything. Abe had never been inside a house, barked at the TV and his reflection in the window and slept on the hard floor instead of a dog bed because that’s all he knew. Over the three months I had him, he gained weight and blossomed into the sweet, goofy, loving Golden Retriever he was meant to be. He ended up being adopted with a 9 year old female from the same group to one of our volunteers and spent 3 happy years on a horse farm. This was only one of thousands of rescues AGA has made possible, and their commitment to improving the lives of homeless dogs is second to none!"
— allison s.
Volunteer / foster
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