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We are not a shelter or a kennel.
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We do not have a physical location.
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We are a network of volunteers, some who are willing to accept a foster dog into their
home.
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The rescue is made up of volunteers. There is no paid staff. We
are all volunteers who devote as much SPARE time as we can to this effort. Please keep in mind that we have
homes, children and parents that we care for, we work, and we try to have personal lives. We will respond to
you in as timely matter as we can.
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We do not have adopters lined up looking for old dogs who have been allowed to develope
undesirable behavioural issues. If you have allowed your dog to become a 'problem child', understand that we are
not the answer to your problem. You need to address the issues before we can assist you in re-homing your dog.
We can direct you to trainers who can assist you.
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Incomplete requests are less likely to get a response. We do not have time to
chase you down to get the information we need to assist you.
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The average time to re-home a dog is one month. If it is Friday, and you need
to find a home for your dog by Monday, we can not help you.
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Due to the overwhelming number of requests we receive from
owners wishing to surrender their German Shepherd Dogs, we must ask that before
a request is made, the dog meet the following criteria:
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Must be a purebred German Shepherd Dog. We cannot accept mixed
breed dogs.
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Must be friendly and not show any type of unprovoked aggression to either
humans or other animals.
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Must be up to date on all vaccinations, heartworm medication
and spayed/neutered or the owner must be willing to bring the dog up to date
prior to surrender.
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Must be in good health. We cannot accept dogs with heartworms
or other chronic illnesses.
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GSDRGA must receive a copy of the dog's vet record prior to
being considered.
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Due to the limited possibility of adoption, we cannot accept
dogs over 5 years old.
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Even if your dog fits the above criteria, we must still
personally evaluate each dog on a case by case basis.
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You must be the legal owner of the dog for which the owner surrender form is
being submitted. DO NOT use this form to report dogs in shelters or strays.
Unfortunately, we receive 10-12 owner surrender requests each
week. Due to the priority to rescue dogs in danger, we can only accept a limited
number of owner surrender dogs. This acceptance is based on the availability of
foster space, the number of potential adopters and the adoptability of the dog.
Due to regulations we cannot accept stray or
abandoned dogs.
We are only allowed to accept dogs that have been released from
an animal shelter,
another rescue or from the legal owner of the dog.
Please do not contact us about stray dogs unless you are considered the legal
owner of the dog.
