Faith, a one year old, spayed female German Shepherd Dog, is aptly named, because nothing else could have seen her through the past several months. Her owner went to Iraq and left her with his girlfriend. She was scared of Faith, and so she tied her to a tree in the yard, tossing food to her from a distance every few days. Fortunately, a fellow rescue person intervened, got the dog away from that situation and transferred her to VGSR. Faith is sweet, gentle, and kind. There is certainly nothing to be afraid of. She missed out on much of the joy of puppyhood while tied to that tree, so she deserves nothing less than the best for the rest of her life. She holds no grudges against people, just wants to be someone's dog. At a year old, she has a full lifetime of love and devotion ahead of her. Please be serious about making a lifetime commitment if you want to adopt her because Faith should not be tested this way again. She's very new, so we don't have any information about her house manners or her relations with cats, children, or other small creatures. You can contact her foster home at vadogrescue@aol.com. if you would like to meet this beautiful young girl. 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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