Hi, my name is Daisy. I've had a lot of change in my life in a very short period of time and in my darkest hour, the nice people of VGSR came and rescued me out of the shelter. I'm so thankful to have a second chance at life. I'm young and like most teenagers my age, I love to romp and play however my all time favorite thing is just to sit with my people and get loved on. My foster mommy even lets me get in bed and snuggle. She tells me that I am just the sweetest thing ever. I hadn't had any obedience or training before coming here to my foster home and now my foster mom and dad are trying to teach me something they call "manners". I don't know what they are talking about yet but apparently I can get treats when I sit nicely like the lady that I am. I'm also starting to get the impression that I'm not supposed to jump up on them even when I'm happy to see them. Although I'm new at learning manners and obedience, I'm very happy and excited to be learning and to have people who care enough to want to teach me. Here in my foster home there are other dogs too. When I first came to meet my new foster family I was a little intimidated by the other dogs but right away I could tell everyone here was one big happy pack. It only took me about a day to become best friends with my canine roommates. I'd be so happy if my forever family had another dog too. If you think you'd like to have a loving sweet dog like me in your family, won't you come meet me at a Northern Virginia adoption event!? 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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