Karmen was found as a stray and spent a whole month in a shelter before coming to a foster home. It did not affect her calm, sweet personality. She is healthy and well with a beautiful healthy coat and loves to be with her human who she looks up at so tenderly. She is skittish of men for the moment; she tries to back away and hide. With continued practice and socialization, meeting people, kids etc. we believe she will do very well. She is quiet at night in her crate and has a good appetite. You can see she is not used to living in a house but is eager and curious to find out and learn. She does know that potty goes outdoors so hurray, she is housebroken. She appears to be smart and learns fast. Going down the stairs was new to her but in no time she got over it. She would do well in a home where the main companion is a woman. She is good and gentle with cats. She loves to put her head in your lap and picks up fast on a correction. No jumping up, for example. You can see she wants to please and do whatever you expect of her. She may need some warming up at first but she loves a good treat and will then take it cautiously and gently from you. More info will be made available as we learn more about Karmen. 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.