Tara #2

Updated on Tuesday, 06/21/2005

Adopted!

Hello, my name is Tara, and I will be 5 years old this July 30th. I am a petite GSD at only 55 pounds, but I have a lot of love to give. I am a very sweet dog who absolutely adores people including children but I have had a terrible life. Do you have time to hear my story? You see, I was only 9 months old when my original owner decided to give me up to the rescue because she could not longer handle having so many dogs and children. I was a young energetic dog being neglected. So this nice lady came and picked me up and then took me to a new home where I had a new furry brother and 3 acres to run in. This lady thought it would be the perfect home for me. But unfortunately, my new mommy and daddy didn't keep me for very long. Something about me playing too rough and mean with their 'expensive' GSD. I was then given to a family with young kids and a cat. I loved the kids and I adored the cat, I thought for sure this would be my final forever home, boy was I wrong!! After three years they took me to the shelter because now the kids are older and not paying as much attention to me, so their mom doesn't want the responsibility and took me to a horrible place called shelter. Ironically, the same lady who saved me when I was 9 months old came to my rescue once again. She was in shock however when she saw my poor tail, the bottom half was completely raw and I would not stop chewing on it because it was so badly infected that it hurt me very much. So this nice lady took me straight to the doctor. Unfortunately, because of my last family's negligence my tail is too far damaged to save, so the bottom half is being amputated. The nice people in the rescue think I will not have any problems finding a new home with half of my tail missing however because they say I'm a very pretty and sweet girl. I have been through so much that I want to be adopted by a family that will love me very much as I will love them and never return me to the rescue or dump me in another shelter. I would love a family that wants to play fetch with me, too. Is that you? Adopted: 05/16/05.