About Onyx |
- Status: Adopted!
- Species: Dog
- Ear Type: Natural/Uncropped
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Onyx is a full-bred German Shepherd Dog, and comes with her moms pedigree and hip certification on both of her parents (one excellent, one good). She is a beautiful girl. She is full of energy and very intelligent. She needs a basic obedience course, but is very well behaved for a dog with no formal training. She would love owners that can give her a daily walk and a session of ball throwing. We are still working on crate training. She prefers to be left out of the crate, and does not appear to be destructive when left this way. She bonds very quickly and would love a forever home with a family that wants to take her along on errands or to the park. Onyx is being fostered in Northern Virginia.
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 $200.00 donation to VGSR, and the adoption is completed.
