This sweet little girl is Ginnie. She is a very gentle and affectionate GSD that loves every adult, dog, and child she has met and is always ready with licks and kisses for everyone. Ginnie was picked up 3 weeks ago by Spotsylvania animal control, emaciated, very sick, scared, covered in ticks and wandering as a stray. She appears to have been kept outside and not have been treated very kindly. All that is in her past and her foster dad reports that she is recovering well and gaining weight, quickly becoming house-trained, has already taken to the crate, and is starting to enjoy the good life inside the house. She walks well on a leash and is learning to romp and play with her foster sister Sinica. She is a classic black-and-tan GSD with a very attractive coat. Ginnie would be ideal for a household with small children as she is a smallish GSD and very gentle and affectionate. She is currently at 52 lbs., but her ideal weight is 60-65 lbs. Ginnie is looking for her forever home where she will get the love and attention she craves and in return will shower her new lucky owners with endless licks and kisses. 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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