Emmylou is long, tall, slender, and graceful. She appears to be a shepherd/greyhound mix, so she is long limbed, fine-boned, and perpetually thin. Emmylou is at least 7 years old, but she's capable of doing anything a much younger dog can do. She loves going for walks, but she is laid back and content to just hang out with you at home. Her house manners are wonderful and she wags her entire body when she meets children. Her "special need" is her fear of thunderstorms, which is rather severe. She is fine, however, as long as she is with you until it passes. An anti-anxiety medication helps. In spite of her age, a touch of arthritis, and the buckshot she carries in her rear end, she can leap a 4' fence with relative ease and has been known to climb a 6' chain link fence when she really wants to come indoors. Emmylou would love a stay-at-home companion and will always be there for you. If you have the ability and desire to give a senior dog the best years of her life, Emmylou will re-pay you many times over. You can contact Emmylou's foster home at vadogrescue@aol.com..

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 donation to VGSR, and the adoption is completed.

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