German Shepherd Dog Rescue of North Texas, Inc.

German Shepherd Dog Rescue of North Texas, Inc. German Shepherd Dog Rescue of North Texas, Inc. was founded in 2014 to save German Shepherd Dogs from abuse, abandonment, and high kill shelters.

GSDRNT is a non-profit organization that wouldn’t exist without the compassion and dedication of volunteers determined to help Rescue, Rehab, and Rehome this noble breed. GSRNT operates primarily in North Texas. We are committed to assisting German Shepherd Dog (GSD) rescue efforts throughout the area and one of our goals is to expand our foster networks throughout the North Texas. Our volunteer o

rganization is committed to rescuing displaced, neglected, or unwanted GSDs from high kill shelters and unfit homes; rehabilitating them with proper medical care, nourishment, and socialization; and rehoming them into caring and responsible forever homes where they are able to thrive as alert, loving, and loyal family members. It takes a village!
…and we couldn’t do the amazing work we do without our village of dedicated volunteers, fosters, transporters, adoption coordinators, board members, adopters AND fans! Join our village by following us on Facebook. We frequently post requests for help with transport, events, fostering, or donations of specific items of desperate need. Share our photos and updates to help us find homes for our amazing dogs. Read more about our programs and what you can do to help below. We love our village! Our Mission Statement
German Shepherd Rescue of North Texas is private non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to:
• The establishment & coordination of a network of foster homes in North Texas to ensure comfort & assistance to all German Shepherd Dogs in need.
• To adopt companion animals into loving forever homes.
• The evaluation of temperament, beginning basic training, proper medical care, spay/neuter of all dogs and assuring all appropriate vaccinations are provided for all adoptable dogs.
• To advance responsible programs to reunite lost pets with their owners, including discounted micro chipping.
• To encourage and strengthen the human/animal bond by encouraging obedience training and behavioral advice that focus on the needs of both people and animals.
• To create lasting and comprehensive change in human behavior toward animals through education about responsible pet ownership, including the spaying & neutering of pets, and about humane & respectful treatment of all animals.
• When each dog leaves our care, it is our goal that they go to a home where they are loved as a member of the family, a home where they will be well cared for and where they will receive the proper mental and physical exercise as well as the daily interaction and affection that they need for the balance of their lives.

Brutus and Maggie have grown into beautiful adults! These litter mates came to us at about five or six months. They are ...
04/18/2017

Brutus and Maggie have grown into beautiful adults! These litter mates came to us at about five or six months. They are such clowns, Momma can't get pictures because they get rowdy when they are the center of attention.

Here are some great new pictures of Bridgette. Such a show off!
04/14/2017

Here are some great new pictures of Bridgette. Such a show off!

03/17/2017

He darted out the window as the woman began to lose consciousness and her car, still in drive, lurched forward.

03/10/2017

Do you know this handsome dog? Picked up on Thornhill Drive. If you have any info please contact us.

03/01/2017

From Doug Provance:

I have been involved with GSD's since being accepted into the military working dog program in 1982. I KNOW that makes me old! I love this page because of the pics and questions everyone asks about their PARTNERS, it shows me you care about how to raise your dog. I'll list below a few of my observations about the breed in general. Some fun, some serious. These are MY observations and no one else's.
1. If you're smart let your GSD pick you, you won't pick him/her.
2. The ears on pups will stand up when they want and only then.
3. Don't WORRY about size, look first at the body structure, and what's upstairs. They all go thru stages where they'll gain and lose weight. When they mature that's what your going to get. Generally about 2 yrs. sometimes longer.
4. If someone on here asks a question about their GSD-TEACH DONT PREACH!! They're asking because they care about doing it right!
5. When you get a young one, start them early and maintain training- Consistency, Praise, Patience! You'll have a friend for life.
6. Once they've bonded with you, they will follow you EVERYWHERE! To include bathroom, shower or wherever you may go, be prepared for that and remember you're their family! You have NO PRIVACY!!! Those days are done! I've lost count of the number of times I've tripped over mine coming out of the restroom or shower!
7. If you're feeling down or ill expect them to stay close-THEY KNOW!
8. Once you get a GSD find a Vet that understands large breed dogs. Some honestly don't get it!
9. DON'T half ass your food. If you can afford to buy or get one be prepared to feed it correctly!
10. EDUCATE yourself about the breed in general and ask questions, be prepared for what you're getting. If done correctly you'll have a friend and partner for 10 yrs or more and ALWAYS have a special place in your heart!

I was lucky enough to be able to adopt my partner in crime from our days in Baghdad, and I thank God everyday I have him! We've been together for over 5 yrs now.

That is all, hope you all have a great day!

02/20/2017

This is from another post and makes its point!

DOG DAYS
5 Ways to Love and Let Go of Foster Dogs
BY LISA ELISABETH ROSE ON FEBRUARY 14, 2017• ( 44 COMMENTS )
People tell me all the time they admire me for fostering dogs. “I could never foster,” they say. “I’d get too attached.”

My secret is a heart of steel.
I know they mean to praise me, but the compliment sometimes feels backhanded. They love too much, therefore I must have something wrong with my heart.
The truth is, I’m passionate about dogs and naturally clingy. Yet, somehow, (so far!), I’ve let all my fosters go–even the ones with whom I deeply bonded.
Here’s how I love and let go of them. I compare them to other strong but temporary attachments in my life. I tell myself:

1. Lisa’s Dog School includes swimming lessons.��They’re my students. University students are in your class five months at a time, high school a whole ten months. As an educator, I got attached to some of my students; there’s a reason favorites are called the teacher’s “pet.” I tell myself I run a school in my home where lost dogs learn how to be lovable family pets again. I teach them basic obedience and a few tricks so they are good and charming. When they they get adopted, they “graduate.”
2. They’re relatives from out of town. I tell myself things like, “These three puppies are my nephews. This is Grandma Gilly. Here’s Cousin Barkley!” Some I like more than others. Some I can’t wait to see the backside of. Just as when I have relatives visiting, while they’re here, we conflict,we connect. I’m stressed, I’m joyful. When they leave, I’m sad, I’m glad. I find myself looking forward to fosters leaving just so I can reconnect with my own dogs, Mick and Maisie. I know we’ll all be sad, but we have each other. Although I won’t necessarily see my individual fosters again, I will see their like again. (And we do have reunions!)

3. Gilly Bear was a professional hugger.��No matter their age, dogs are a lot like children. Like your kids, dogs belong to themselves more than they do to you. If you raise them right, children grow up and leave home. When my daughter was small and warbling enchantments that intoxicated me, I couldn’t believe it was my job to render myself obsolete. But it was. I did it, and the child of my heart lives in a home of her own now. Just like your child, foster dogs come into your heart only for a short time. While we’re together, we share a “now” that is our life together. When they go, the story of their lives goes on, and in it, I’m barely a paragraph. A year or two later, I’m nothing but a comma. And that’s okay. In fact, it’s marvelous that life stories are that rich.

4. Barkley: The Most Interesting Dog in the World��I’m not special. Some people have trouble letting go because it feels as if no one else will love this animal as much or as well as they do. When I feel that way, I remind myself that the world is full of love. It was full before I was born, and love will go on without me in abundance. Dogs are innately lovable, and lots of people love dogs. (I’m certain there’s a dog-person gene.) Maybe it’s because I’m a teacher, but I know if I can take good care of this dog, so can someone else. I hold tight to this faith. With the help of the rescue network, I try to make solid, longterm matches for the dogs in my care. That way I get to do my small part to bring the right dog and the right family together. This other family gets to be heroes, and I share in their joy from the sidelines. Most fosters I know say that making this gift possible for others is the most rewarding thing about this work. One said to me, “Sometimes I wonder when I agree to take 10 more puppies if I have rocks in my head. Then when I see the families so excited and know those puppies didn’t have a chance without us. In those moments, I know exactly why I do it.”

5. Some I love more than others and will miss the rest of my life.��I have to make room for the next dog. Think Schindler’s List: “I could have gotten more out . . . I didn’t do enough!” Every year, 7.6 million dogs and cats enter shelters, and 2.7 million are euthanized. I can’t adopt them all, and if I could, how would those accommodations look? Acres of kennels? My home would become a shelter. A puppy mill. A factory farm. A fellow foster mom told me, “Sometimes I’m tempted to ‘foster fail’ and keep a foster, but the more dogs come and go, the more I think I should stick to the three I have and continue fostering. The right one for me will come along, and I don’t want to rush it, just because they have blue eyes!”
An especially inspiring line also comes from Schindler’s List, from the Talmud: “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.” When you let your foster dog go to a new home, you create an opening in your life for the next dog in need, and, believe me, that dog is out there. That dog needs you. Whenever you welcome a foster dog into your home and then let her go to a new home, you do your small part to save the world.
So, whenever people tell me, “I could never foster, I’d get too attached,” I want to say, “You might be surprised!” You won’t love them all. Some aren’t right for you–but they are right for someone else. Bonds take time to develop, and often the dog isn’t with you long enough for that to happen. Sometimes you do get attached, but so what? Yes, love hurts. Life hurts. Dogs are out there hurting right now. I want to say to those people, “You can do it! At least give it one try!”
You’d be saving the world entire.
We need more fosters like you!
So you can see some foster magic for yourself, here’s a short video of one my fosters, Tango, a semi-feral corgi mix puppy, during his first hours with me. Then below it, you’ll find a video of him just two days later, learning his first trick–and you’ll see how satisfying the transformation is.

Taming Tango
Tango's First Trick

June 12, 2014
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A Dog's Message to Undecided Voters
October 31, 2016
In "Dog Days"

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September 15, 2016
In "Essays"
Categories: Dog Days, Lisa's Voice
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• NouveauSoileau �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 10:44 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Aw so sweet. You have a heart of gold.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 10:45 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta lol no! no! It’s a heart of steel!��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• NouveauSoileau �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 10:50 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Gold-plated steel, then. mwah.��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• dogleadermysteries �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 11:01 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Love this story. Thanks for sharing your insider point of view with us. I would like to reblog this for Valentine’s Day to encourage my readers to consider fostering dogs, and of course, read your blog. 😀��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 1:02 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta How nice! Please do! We need every good foster we can get!��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• dogleadermysteries �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 11:43 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Okay will do & link back to your post🐶��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 15, 2017 at 7:56 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Cool! Thank you!��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• maijaharrington �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 3:10 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I’m a fellow fosterer. The founder of Pug Rescue of North Carolina referred me to your blog, as she’d found your great write-up. Would it be okay if I copy the text of your article to print in our next newsletter? I’d link back to your blog for readers to see your photos etc. and get introduced to your blog.��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 3:32 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Thank you for asking. That’s a lovely idea. I’d be honored!��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• maijaharrington �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 3:35 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Thank you very much for your permission!��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 3:44 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Your feedback made me realize I should replace the silly video with before-and-after videos of a foster dog undergoing a dramatic change. Such transformations are so gratifying! Hopefully it will encourage people who love dogs to take the plunge and foster. They’ll see they can do it!��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• Lori Hill Grubbs �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 11:13 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I understand too completely.
• Kleenex, please��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Mordehy Oz �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 4:22 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Just amazing, there is no better friend man and dog��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• kiko.planets �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 7:24 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Eres un encanto Gloria. I like you work. Corrígeme si está mal escrito “Me gusta tu trabajo”��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• chankayablog �.comment-author February 14, 2017 at 11:21 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Nice Job ! Love of animal…��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Johnny Sims �.comment-author February 15, 2017 at 12:38 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Beautifully said. Thanks for posting this wonderful testimonial on the great rewards of fostering.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• JoLisa �.comment-author February 16, 2017 at 8:31 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Great story! It is rewarding to bring a foster dog into your life. Give that dog the love, training, and confidence it needs to move onto it’s forever family. I crying when handing the dog over to his forever family. The tears that I cry are knowing they will be forever safe and loved and I was privileged to be a part of it all.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Rebekah �.comment-author February 16, 2017 at 11:46 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Thank you, so much for writing this. I have fostered almost 20 cats over the past five years and your words eloquently stated what I feel (and what I want to tell my friends who inadvertently make me feel less-than because they “love too much and get attached”). Thank you!��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Charlene Molnar �.comment-author February 16, 2017 at 1:13 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Perfectly said. My husband and I have fostered many dogs for our collie rescue…and we always like to think of it as a way to have so many absolutely wonderful dogs be a part of our family in our lifetime. And it is a way to meet some terrific families who love our foster dog.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Jim Fruits �.comment-author February 16, 2017 at 4:48 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta We have fostered, we once had dog for only 8 days, she found her forever home and we still talk about her.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Bee �.comment-author February 16, 2017 at 4:51 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I foster, mainly puppies, orphaned infants, mums and bubs and have had around 600 dogs in 10 years and every one leaves their pawprints in your heart. I recently got emails from the parents of pups i rehomed 10 years ago. When people ask how I can let them go my reply is always “I’d rather cry because I miss them than cry because they never made it out of the shelter.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 16, 2017 at 4:53 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Wow–the perfect thing to say! Thank you!��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Nikki LeBrun �.comment-author February 16, 2017 at 5:44 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Lovely and brave. Thank you for the inspiration.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Brian �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 9:01 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I love every word. Thank you. We have fostered for three years and some days I just with I could stop, but then I remember number 5 – there’s always a next one. Always. Thank you for your love.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Paul �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 10:42 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta We foster and (mostly) live by your words, but never expressed them so well. We may be approaching a “foster fail” moment with our boy Regal. 8 year old pit bull that has been with us for 6 months and despite promotions, facebook posts, special adoption days — he’s still in our care. He’s had a hard life, taken in off the streets, found shot full of BBs, teeth worn down to nubs. And he’s snuggled his way into our hearts. I think Regal is home…��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 10:46 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Six months is a long time! That bond must be deep in all of you by now. You have a big heart, and Regal is a lucky dog!��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Robyn Reed �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 12:16 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Regal should be home. I have failed a few times, Fostering 101 is difficult and getting an “F’ is no shame. Some of them, they just need you more than others. So keep them. It is a small thing, maybe, but HUGE to that
• dog or cat who has never been loved or had a home.��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 12:57 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta So true! ��.comment-content �.comment-body
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• Desi Shargot �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 11:43 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I think a real dog person knows when it’s time to foster fail. Each time a traumatized animal goes to a new situation there is more stress and upheaval. Sounds like Regal found his happy ever after, and assessing HIS best interests and keeping him is equally
• noble and more kind to passing him on. Congrats on your new baby boy💖🐾Maybe he needs a sister?😜��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• gm HENDERSHOT �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 11:29 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I don’t think those people are giving you a backhanded compliment, that “they” love too much and something must be wrong with your heart, if you take a different perspective on what they are saying. I take it as they are saying they aren’t as strong as you are to risk loving a dog then sending it away.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 12:59 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Thank you–that’s a good way of looking at it! I’m a teacher, and I’m always ready to believe people can learn and grow, but strength is something else. You never know what people’s hearts have been through.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Robyn Reed �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 12:14 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I also rescue, (20 years worth) love most of my fosters, 99% anyway, and some I am happy to get them into another home. There seems to be a misconception among people who “just can’t foster” becasue “It’s just to much.” To much what? The dog does not have to get along with your entire household; the dog IS NOT staying with you, remember? It does not have to like all your dogs,,,It is not staying, remember? And the , ….”Oh, I could never let a dog be adopted.” Yes, you can. Not because you don’t love the dog, but because you are generous of heart and want the BEST for the dog, and that is not your family with 3 kids and 4 other dogs. Let your foster go, with love and respect, to a family where he/she is going to be the #1 Dog of the Castle. Then go get another foster and love that one; start over. Be a Rescue Angel.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Jane Miller �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 2:48 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Thank you so much for this article. It was exactly what I needed. I’ve wanted to foster for a while, but am so scared to do so due to the emotional factor. This made a light bulb go off! �My plan is, next year when my granddaughter starts school, i’ll have more time (since I won’t be babysitting) to start fostering. I currently have 3 dogs and 3 cats. I’m working on turning 2 spare bedrooms into 1 doggy & 1 kitty room for fosters.�I have said before to people in rescues how much I admire and appreciate them because I didn’t know if i could do it because of how easily I fall I love with animals. I hope they didn’t think of it as a back handed compliment, and I hate that it came across that way to you when it was said. When I say it, I don’t mean that I love or bond more or that my heart is bigger. I mean that they, selflessly, love and open their hearts more than I do. I’m too selfish in protecting my feelings from pain. I hope that’s what other people really mean when they say it too. �Thank you for all you do, by fostering and encouraging others to do so. Not only have you helped to save the lives of the pups you personally fostered. Who knows how many more precious souls will be saved by the fostering sparks you have ignited by sharing this article?!��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Joanne Murdaugh �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 9:04 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Amazing words Jane. Good luck with your future fostering. I’ll be rooting you on as I’m sure we all will.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Kathy Riter �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 3:20 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta My husband and I have fostered twice now. The last time was a few weeks back and I took home two german shepherd mix puppies. They were so much fun. Maybe a bit much for me in a small house. I see fostering as a win, win. Your helping the poor dog / cat to be placed in a home and out of a cage. You gain a friend for awhile to love and it costs you nothing nothing. Yes, you will have to part with your friend you hope. On to a loving forever home.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Donna �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 3:57 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I foster as well, so far I’ve let go many, but I have “failed” 3 times! LOL, I am a sucker for the old ones. Everyone wants a young pup or even a middle aged dog, but not too many want a senior with issues, so….. Here we are, a house of 5 where was once 2. But I still volunteer and probably will take another foster soon as well. It is wonderful to see them thrive in their new homes, but heartbreaking to see them go.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Cece �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 5:18 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Thank you! I also want to say a BIG thank you to my abused and frightened Casper’s foster mom!! I have never owned a dog before and Casper and I are “soul” mates!! He is my best friend and adopting him led to my family adopting a “sister” for him…Whisper!!��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Janice Cubbison �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 7:46 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Here is a poem for all Foster folks. The author is unknown:
• ********To My Foster Mom*********
• There I sat, alone and afraid,
• You got a call and came right to my aid.
• You bundled me up with blankets and love,
• And when I needed it most, you gave me a hug.
• I learned the world was not all that scary and cold
• That sometimes there is someone to have and to hold.
• You taught me what love is, you helped me to mend,
• You loved me and healed me and became by first friend.
• And just when I thought you’d done all you do,
• There came along not one new lesson, but two.
• First you said, “Sweetheart, You’re ready to go.
• I’ve done all I can, and you’ve learned all I know.”
• Then you bundled me up with a blanket and a kiss
• Along came a new family, then even have kids!
• They took me to their home, forever to stay,
• At first I thought you sent me away.
• Then that second lesson became perfectly clear,
• No matter how far you will always be near.
• And so, Foster Mom, you know I’ve moved on,
• I have a new home, with toys and a lawn.
• But I’ll never forget what I learned that first day,
• You never really give your fosters away.
• You gave me these thoughts to remember you by,
• We may never meet again, and now I know why.
• You’ll remember I loved with you for a time,
• I may not be yours, but you’ll always be mine.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Heather �.comment-author February 17, 2017 at 9:21 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Thank you for this article. I have been fostering beagles for about 5 months now. Of the 9 I’ve fostered, I’ve gotten super attached to 3. I have to tell myself that they are going to great homes (I’m friends with 2 of the 3 on Facebook) and that I must make room for the next beagle who needs a home. It’s very hard sometimes, but totally worth it in the end.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Joanne M �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 9:27 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta These are great words about fostering. I will be quoting more of them as I keep trying to find fosters to help the rescue I work with. My well used explanation for being a successful Foster is #3. They are my kids…I raised my human children to be a loving and useful part of society, and to go out and have a family of their own. And so my family can get bigger. I don’t want my kids forever hanging out on my couch being a debt to society. I treat my fosters the same way. I find them a great home, and I have SOOO many more friends and “family” now. My phone book is full!! I ask them to keep in touch and send me pictures and stories about the dogs as they grow. It is wonderful when I am having a bad day and my text beeps with new pics.
• Yes, I cry when they leave my home, but I cried at my kids weddings too. Doesnt mean I want them to stay. I cry because when my foster dog picks his family, and the family loves him back, I know I was a part of that families lifetime of happiness. Fills my heart.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Mal-FFunctions Disqualified MWD Rescue Org �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 10:45 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta We are a rescue based foster and I’ve linked to your article on our FB page. Thanks for fostering and I absolutely agree some you miss more than others and some you will never, ever forget!��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Janet Gross �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 11:30 am�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta Thank you for writing this. I also foster and have heard those words often. I only foster puppies. One of my dogs is my service dog so I try to watch who he comes in contact with. Right now,I have 3 puppies still here from the litter of nine that I started with. I have had the joy of fifty plus puppies in the last two years, and fall in love every time. My youngest babies were a few hours old as momma passed away giving birth. Talk about a special place in the heart.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Cheri Zike �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 3:34 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta This is oh so true. I have fostered for years and have had a few times when it was hard to let go, but I always remind myself of the next dog on a transport that needs me. I now have a foster/hospice dog. She is a 14 year old lab mix who was dumped at the local shelter. They called our rescue and asked if we could take her in as they did not want her to die alone at the shelter. You see, she is partially blind, partially deaf and has cancer. She is now living in our home receiving all the love we can give. She will be happy here until she passes. And yes it will be sad, but to honor Joy, we will then take in another foster.��.comment-content Reply��.comment-body
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• Lisa Elisabeth Rose �.comment-author February 18, 2017 at 3:46 pm�.comment-metadata �.comment-meta I can only imagine what heartbreaking trouble must have led her owner to do such a thing. Thank you for being such a force of goodness and love.

02/03/2017

***SUNSHINE was saved by Short Mugs Rescue Squad. Please honor pledges. :D

BIG THANKS to everyone who made Sunshine's rescue happen. I still do not have confirmation of the rescue who tagged, but once I get it I will share with their permission. You are a wonderful village! To everyone who asked questions without making overtly aggressive accusations and insults...Thank You!

01/29/2017

Looking to relocate my german shepard . I don't have time for her has much I use to due to work hours. She's fixed and up to date with shots. She will need a big fenced yard has she likes to run...

Here are some pictures of the Pinkster...Sweety, now Pavi.Her weight is up at long last, she's enjoying her new roommate...
10/31/2016

Here are some pictures of the Pinkster...Sweety, now Pavi.
Her weight is up at long last, she's enjoying her new roommates.
This goes from playtime to chill to nap time.

These dogs are available.
10/20/2016

These dogs are available.

10/05/2016

From Mr. Jack Gi:
JUST A DOG
“From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a dog,"
or "that's a lot of money for just a dog." They don't understand
the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for "just a dog."
Some of my proudest moments have come about with
"just a dog." Many hours have passed and my only company
was "just a dog," but I did not once feel slighted.

Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by
"just a dog," and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a dog" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.
If you, too, think it's "just a dog," then you will probably understand phrases like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise."
"Just a dog" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure and unbridled joy.
"Just a dog" brings out the compassion and patience that makes me a better person.

Because of "just a dog," I will rise early, take long rides and look longingly to the future. So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a dog" but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.
I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a dog," but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a woman or man." So the next time you hear the phrase "just a dog," just smile--because they "just don't understand.

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