If you are looking for a sweet, well-behaved cuddle bug, Misty is your girl. She is a very very very short GSD. Her legs are only about 14" off the ground. The shelter where she was dumped said she was an outside dog and was tied up in a yard her entire life. Well for an outside dog she knows her way around a home. The first thing she did when she entered my home was find the couch and she remained there the rest of the night. When I woke her up at bedtime she went straight to my bed. When her foster sister gave her the "look" like "uhh, that's my spot", Misty immediately left the room and went back to the couch where she slept all night. She is very timid and scared of unfamiliar people & places at first (I believe this has to do with the lack of socialization in her past) but she does warm-up quickly. And once she is comfortable the cuddle bug emerges. She is good with my dogs but I really think she grew-up in a home with no other dogs. She is fine with them but she tends to ignore them or rolls her eyes when they are romping around the house. She is more content lying on the couch getting a rub from me or her foster Dad. At the shelter she was exposed to cats and was fine. She knows sit, stay, lie-down, shake, and loves to play ball, but afterwards, she is content for a nice nap. Misty's ideal home I feel would be a quiet one with lots of love where she would be the center of attention. 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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