This is Ginger. Ginger has captured the hearts of everyone who has met her - from the ACO to shelter workers and now her foster mom. She has shown us a loving personality and a strong will to survive. Ginger is very sick. We will never know what has happened to her in the past, and we can only imagine the excruciating pain she is enduring now. Both of Ginger's ears are infected to the point that the left ear is nothing but a bloody mass, totally blocking the ear canal. Her right ear is not as bad, with smaller polyps, but the ear canal is also blocked. The infection has spread throughout her head, from her ears to her nose, eyes, and throat. Ginger needs surgery on both ears - there is permanent damage to the left ear, but she may have a chance to recover some hearing in the right ear. The estimates are devastating, $2,000 for each ear. We're asking for help from everyone - we need your donations. Please sponsor Ginger and help us raise funds for the surgery she needs so badly. We cannot undo the neglect and abuse that she has suffered, but with your prayers and donations, Ginger's future will be pain-free and filled with the love she deserves. 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 $200.00 donation to VGSR, and the adoption is completed.

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