Hooooow-Dee! Please meet our very own Minnie Pearl! (aka known as Pearly Twirly Girly - she dances circles when you get out the food bowl!) She is a very special dog and will require couch privileges in her new home. She likes to put her head on your lap and share the sofa with you! Pearl is a sweet, petite, little pooch that is bound to steal your heart. She only weighs around 45 lbs. She is house-trained, rides well in the car, walks nicely on a leash and does not have to be crated when you are at work. She met the cat, sniffed, the cat, licked the cat, and then walked away. Pearl is shy when she first meets you, but is very affectionate once she warms up to you. Poor Pearl had quite a few litters of pups in her short life from the looks of her under-carriage. She also needs to be treated for heartworm infestation. As soon as we get a couple more pounds on her frame she will undergo her heartworm treatment and be spayed. She came to us totally emaciated, but she is looking better every single day. 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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