Dolly is a beautiful young girl with lots of love to give. She came into the rescue with her sister Molly from a southern Virginia shelter. When Dolly first arrived at her foster home having just been separated from her sister, it was evident she had a lot to learn about the world. She was afraid of all of the new experiences she was encountering such as stairs, shiny floors, refrigerators, etc. After just one week we are pleased to say that she has learned all about being a pampered inside dog and is loving it! She now can be found bounding up and down the stairs playing with her foster sister and bravely exploring all of the new things the world has to offer. She is a really fast learner and is very responsive to verbal correction when her exploring leads to her putting things in her mouth that she should not! Dolly also learned house-training very quickly and has not had an accident since her second day here. She is already very attached to her foster parents and shows this by following us everywhere and beaching herself on our laps when ever she feels the need for some extra love! She happily goes into her crate to relax when we are home but does have a bit of separation anxiety and cries for a little while when you leave her. Dolly will make an excellent addition to a patient family that will continue to teach her about all of the wonderful things the wide world has to offer! 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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