Please have the pleasure of meeting the beautiful and charming Miss Alexandra. If you look up "sweet" in the dictionary, you will find a picture of her. Alexandra is a young female GSD, black and silver in color. Alexandra is good with other friendly dogs and even cats. She rides fairly well in the car. It's fairly evident that dear Alexandra has never known the safety and comfort of living in a house until she came to rescue. She's still getting used to shiny linoleum and slippery hardwood floors. Stairs are terrifying to her now - at least those in the house (outside she is fine), but it'll take no time flat for her to get used to them. Soon, I won't be able to keep her off them! Left in the middle of a rural field, local Animal Control officers had to carry her frail body to safety. She was weak, scared, and covered with ticks. Since coming into foster care, we've learned that she has a healing pelvic fracture. This fracture is healing on it's own. No surgery is required, but likely Alexandra will always have a "hitch in her get-along" for the rest of her life. She doesn't appear to be in any sort of pain, and remarkably on her xrays, her hips look great (always a plus for a German Shepherd!) Alexandra still has about 20 lbs of much needed weight to put on. A good diet will go a long way towards making her coat look shiny and bright. She's on the road to recovery, but her recovery process does not preclude her from finding a home. It's nothing that love, food, and good care will solve. 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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