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Featured Dog Carina 
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Welcome to Virginia German Shepherd Rescue, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all volunteer organization dedicated to the
rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of the German Shepherd Dog. We provide a safe haven for German Shepherds
(and, sometimes, other breeds/mixes) who are left in shelters to await uncertain fate; are owner surrenders (moving,
illness, divorce, death, etc.); or are victims of abuse or neglect. We adopt dogs to loving, responsible and secure
homes, typically, in Virginia and the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. In the seven plus years that we have been
in existence, we have found homes for over 2,600 deserving dogs, 247 in 2009 alone. We receive our funding from
private donations and adoption fees.
While our foster dogs are with us, they stay with our dedicated foster families, enabling
our volunteers to get to know them and evaluate each dog individually. This enables us
to match each dog with the best possible home. Potential adopters are carefully screened
to ensure that they can not only provide a safe and loving home for a German Shepherd
but also meet the unique needs of each foster dog. We believe that any dog should
become a cherished member of its new family. We also want to ensure that the new home
will be a permanent one, because many of the dogs are traumatized when they are
abandoned by their owners.
Our foster dogs are well taken care of while they are in rescue, receiving love, attention
and necessary medical care. Often, this is the first opportunity our dogs have had to love
and be loved. Our foster parents spend significant time and effort socializing the dogs and working to bring out the best in
our canine family. Unless there are age or health limitations, our foster dogs receive their basic immunizations, are
microchipped and are spayed/neutered prior to adoption. We look forward to a day when our work will be done but until
then, and with your support, we will continue to serve our wonderful German Shepherd breed, in the best way possible.
The Virginia German Shepherd Rescue is being overrun with great dogs seeking their "forever" homes. Good foster homes
are being sought throughout Virginia, especially in the Tidewater area. If you have room in your heart and your home for one
of these great dogs, please contact us as soon as possible.
Thank you for considering this possibility.
For more information on Microchipping please click on the following link