**Update: We are happy to report that Alex is now 55.5 pounds and continues to gain weight. Thanks to the wonderful people who donated to Alex's recovery we are able to continue helping dogs like him...THANK YOU!** Hi, Im Alex and Im looking for a family who has plenty of time for playing, training and loving. I just turned 3 years old, so Im still really energetic and playful.Mom and Dad say Im one of the most attentive, intelligent, and trainable shepherds theyve ever had. Dad says Im rad and a real diamond in the rough. I get along with dogs of all sizes and children. I am house trained and crate trained. I also do well on a leash, and I know my basic commands. Even though I sound like the perfect dog, I have a condition called Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI). Essentially Im unable to digest food on my own. I will need a supplement added to my food for the rest of my life. Thankfully my foster Mom and Dad have found the perfect combination of the right food and enzyme amount, and Im finally absorbing nutrients and gaining weight. Im hoping to gain about 20 more pounds. If you would like to meet me, and are an approved family, please contact my foster Dad at rlaing17@gmail.com. **Please consider sponsoring me. My enzyme supplement s $140 per kilogram. I also require a grain-free limited ingredient diet and the occasional vitamin B12 injection.** 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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