Our 4-month old foster puppy Cali is -in the least to say- diverse. She is fun, sweet, alert, playful but can also be barky and demanding. She is in her teething phases and chews on toys and shoes. She does well on her potty training and loves her little crate in the bedroom where she peacefully sleeps all through the night until we let her out. Like some puppies she has an unhealthy liking for her own feces but we are working on that. In other words, getting Cali Girl is like getting a baby in your house. She is your normal happy -at times- barky puppy who loves to snuggle up with you on the couch and could stay with you there for hours. We are still helping her through some puppy illnesses worms and parasites- but by mid-April she is expected to be all healthy and well. By the way, she loves a bath, but the drying-up in a towel in your arms even more. If you are looking for a German Shepherd/Golden Retriever energetic puppy with very good training potential and you are prepared to take on the high puppy demands for the coming months and take her for dog training, then please contact us. Please check out our web site at www.shepherdrescue.org for more information about our dogs, our adoption process and to download an application. You must have a fully approved application on file prior to privately meeting our dogs. We do not have a facility, all our dogs are housed in private foster homes throughout MD/DC/VA areas. More information available on our web site, so please read through our web site before emailing questions, as it might save us both some time!

VGSR can only adopt dogs out in the Virginia/Maryland/DC area, no exceptions.

Although donations of all types are needed, our primary need is foster homes for our lovely dogs while they wait for their new family to find them. Fostering is an extremely rewarding experience. Vet care is paid for by our rescue, and we can even provide you with food. All YOU need to add is love and security.

The adoption process starts with the applicant filling out the adoption application. This can happen at any time during the process, before or after having met a GSD that might be the ideal companion. (It's an advantage to have a pre-approved application on file with VGSR. It should be stressed here that being pre-approved does not mean that any potential adopter can select any available dog at will and take that dog home immediately. VGSR will exercise its best judgement as to which GSD will be the best match for that specific adopter based on a number of qualifying criteria. Many GSDs that come to us are matched up with their new people very quickly because their people have been pre-approved.) The applicant then submits the application form with a non-refundable $10.00 processing fee. VGSR reviews the application, then schedules an interview and home visit during which a number of questions are asked and the home is reviewed to be sure there is a contained/safe yard, and to meet the family involved. Once the application is approved, the applicant is asked to submit a $250.00 donation to VGSR, and the adoption is completed.

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