Stephanie's Shepherds Rescue, Rehab and Training, 501C3

07/20/2025

Have AMAZING news everyone!!!! I am stoked to let everyone know that Storm will be going to his new home next week!!! I am so so so thankful to Connie for taking our sweet boy in and he will have 2 bigger brothers and a sister!! I am so happy as i WANTED him to be with other dogs as he adores other dogs!!! So I am beyond excited for him to start living his bestest life!!!! Can't wait to get updates on how good his life is.

Secondly....we've got to move on Jack!!! I have several people who are interested, but im being REALLY picky....that boy has my heart and i absolutely love him....its going to be hard to part with him, but i cannot take on another dog....3 is enough!! One of the people who is interested in him is a long time adopter, Eileen....she adopted a dog from us from a bad situation and I am forever grateful for her taking on that puppy!! He was only 10 years old and passed away suddenly....pls keep Eileen in your thoughts and prayers....and if all goes right, maybe Jack will join their family.....

Lastly...we desperately need towels, sheets, blankets, rugs, curtains anything that could be used for a crate/kennel pads....we also need kibble and cleaning supplies....so pls keep those donations coming....and PLS pay attention to how you spell our handle as someone is out there trying to scam our supporters....pls make sure if you donate to make sure your spelling is correct....

Venmo is Stephanies_Shepherds
Pal pal is fortheluvofGSDs

Thank you all and pls donate if you can....

07/20/2025

Guys PLS....PLEASE triple check that your handle is spelled right if you are going to Venmo....it's

Stephanies_Shepherds

Nothing more and nothing less....below on the pic...the first handle, that IS our pic but the spelling of the handle IS wrong....someone has stolen our pic and peole see the pic of a black GSD and assume it's us....ITS NOT!! So pls pls pls double and triple ck....and to the person/people who stole our profile pic and stole donations from a legit non profit animal rescue....don't worry Karma ALWAYS comes back around....esp when you least expect it!!

Thank you to those of you who've donated!! We almost have enough for a large bag of kibble....so pls keep this donation train going.....we only need a few dollars from a lot of you....thank you all!!!

07/19/2025

As everyone knows we are moving and we also need kibble for Jack, storm and Tatum. I am a little disappointed that we haven't done any fundraisers in the last week/10 days, and when I come on here and explain to people that we are moving and needs to clean and we also need food, thus the reason for our five dollar Friday, we didn't get one single donation. I don't seriously know how we are going to continue this Rescue) if doing a fundraiser of five dollars from our supporters doesn't work… I try very hard to limit huge fundraisers, that's the reason we do two dollar Tuesdays and five dollar Fridays, but with almost 4000 supporters and not a single person donated yesterday, I am beyond disappointed and sad… I don't think asking people to donate five dollars is a crazy task, and while I have used my own money multiple, multiple times in the last nine years we've had our 501(c)(3), I just don't have the money to continuously use for things like food and cleaning supplies. we have saved tons and tons of money by creating a safe kennel space in my own home, so I really need people to help us this time. I'm going to once again post our platforms, so if people could donate anything, it would be super helpful! Below is also another picture of our beautiful Jack, please share his post, which is the one right below this one and storm's post so that we could potentially get these guys into a foster or maybe even fully adopted! Thank you all!

VENMO IS Stephanies_Shepherds
PALPAY IS fortheluvofGSDs

Thank you all!!

07/18/2025

Little late in posting today but got good news....our offer on the house we wanted was officially accepted today....man I so do not remember buying a house being so stressful....but we're all excited....but now we are on a tight schedule to get these guys adopted....here is beautiful Jack....man if I could add another dog to my pack, this would be the dog! He is the sweetest, most affectionate, loving dog I have laid my eyes on in a very long time. Jack is roughly 2 to 3 years old, neutered, updated with rabies, crate trained, and gets along with both male and female dogs. Though I would really like to put him with a female to avoid potential problems. He has been with us for a long time now as everybody knows the adoption rates have plummeted big time, but we've got to get Jack into a home. If you're looking for sweet, beautiful, friendly GSD, this is your man! If you are interested or know anybody, please message the page ASAP!

We also need to clean out all of our gear and throw out several things in our kennel space to prepare for leaving this house. So I'm putting up our five dollar Friday fundraiser, to see if we would be able to get people to donate their five dollars today. Additionally, we also do need food, so please feel free to make a donation of any amount to the below platform.

VENMO IS Stephanies_Shepherds
PAYPAL IS fortheluvofGSDs

And again, please share our beautiful boy Jack to see if we can get him adopted ASAP! Thank you as always to everyone of our supporters!

07/17/2025

This is absolutely heartbreaking....we do the best we can....but we are spread so thin....right now we've got to get Tatum, Jack and Storm into a foster or adopter....PLEASE HELP US!!!

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07/17/2025

Hello all....so I've been down and out with either Covid or the flu… I'm actually at the doctors now, but at this point, I've been sick for several days and the meds for both the flu and Covid need to be started within 48 hours… I should've known something was up because both times I had Covid. I had such a bad headache, I couldn't even lift my head off the pillow! I have the same symptoms as i did last
Tjme, although I wasnt coughing or having symptoms of like a chest cold so I didn't even think Covid! Anyhow, I am doing a little bit better today, so I think I've turned the corner so we need to get moving on getting these guys adopted! Or at least in a foster, as I am moving within the next couple of weeks!

We have Jack, Tatum and storm, so below are some pictures of the puppy. He is roughly 6 months old, just had a full visit with the vet and was cleared to be adopted. He gets along great with all other dogs, and absolutely loves to be with people, your typical puppy! He does still need to get neutered and we will do doing that shortly. We are desperate to get these three into homes, as I cannot take them with me to my new place. Please help if you can!!! Let's get these guys homes asap!

07/11/2025

Hello all!!! My apologies that we haven't been posting.....things have been absolutely crazy with trying to fix up my house, signing paperwork.....and going to see houses for myself and my kids.....and making offers....this is
Will be the 4th home I purchase but man I do not remember it being this stressful and this emotional! I sell my house, and then things fall through with the house that we were going to buy, and now I'm freaking out thinking about my kids, and I living in a cardboard box under a bridge, because we're gonna be homeless… Lol....no I know that wont happen but it's still super stressful!

On top of trying to figure out where the heck were gonna be living, we have been desperately trying to find homes for the dogs that we currently have in our rescue, and I am very stressed. We
had 2 m&gs set up but both Jack AND Storm got ghosted....so frustrating!!! So its crunch time....weve got to find homes for Tatum, Jack, and storm ASAP!

Below is our sweet Jack..... he's all up to date with rabies, neutered, crate trained, and does wonderful with both male and female dogs. He does have a little bit of barrier aggression, but once that barrier is gone, he's absolutely wonderful! And if anybody understands barrier aggression, it's a façade… And the second I tell him to knock it off, his ears go back, and he lowers his head, and no, he's not supposed to LOL! He's roughly 2 years old and while he does get along with both male and female dogs, I would prefer that he goes with a female only to avoid potential problems. Though if somebody was interested and had a male dog, we could definitely do a m&g. Jack has been with me for a while now and if I did not have the three that I have now, he would absolutely be my dog! He is by far the sweetest, most affectionate, snuggly, lovable GSD,. I have been around in a long time. He just wants to be with people and love on them!!! PLEASE help us get him adopted. We have reduced our adoption fee from the $495 down to $395… If you or anyone you know is interested, please message us immediately so that we can find a home for him and or the others.

Ohhh and lastly we desperately need towels, sheets, blankets or anything we
Can use for kennel linens.... please message the page if you have any to donate to us! That would be very much appreciated!

And let's see if we can get Jack adopted ASAP. Be back later on! Thank you all!

06/30/2025

Heard from PAW this morning and they did say we have a credit....but couldn't tell me how much or who....they were swamped....the vet has agreed that Tatum most likely has an infection and the doxy is working so fingers crossed....unfortunately we will need to bring Kai in so we STILL need donations....with that being said, tomorrow, YES tomorrow is my 50th birthday!! How crazy is that??!! Soooo because we have an amazing e board filled with amazing female entrepreneurs....we are going to do a little something different....we are going
To put together a great basket of goodies for the first person to donate $50 in light of my birthday!! And we potentially have someone who made a comment on my personal page that they would potentially be willing to MATCH the $50 donation!!!! How awesome is that!!?? So in light of the fact that we need donations, we are once again asking for people to call into PAW and make make your donation there.....we've GOT to make sure we have Kai's visit covered....with the $ we raised for Tatum we will use that for her and for Jack's UTD vaccines....we do ALSO have to get Tatum his updated vaccines as well once he's off the doxy.....pls help us all!!

PAW is 845-473/0358

Or you can venmo or PP us below:
VENMO IS Stephanies_Shepherds
PAYPAL IS fortheluvofGSDs

And lastly we STILL need food, towels, sheets, blankets and the AC Unit....so PLS help us. Thank you all!

06/30/2025

Ahhhh I can't keep doing this to my body or I'm gonna end up in the hospital! However, I am once again up at 3 AM as I am stressing about having enough money, for not only Tatum now, but Kai. I cannot wait to unload this house and finally have some money in the bank! I'm sorry I keep having to come to you guys and asking for everybody to please donate, as before, I would have no problem covering any outstanding expenses, but at this juncture with everything with the house and expenses, I just don't have a single extra penny. With that being said, while Tatum is doing much much better, and I do feel strongly at this point that he had some sort of infection going on and the Doxy is taking care of that, he absolutely needs to get the thumbs up from the vet. additionally, I am heartbroken to inform people that Kai is not doing well at all. She absolutely needs to get to the vet this week and it is not looking good. I hate to keep asking and begging for money, but we are just in a position right now, like 10,000 other nonprofit animal rescues, who just don't have any extra funds. I get it, believe me I get it because I am in the same boat financially like everybody else, this economy is killing us! However, animals don't stop needing us in our dogs. Need us right now. With that being said, I am really really hoping that come tomorrow morning at 9 AM, we will have enough money on our account for both dogs to be seen. As we've mentioned many times over the last couple of days, the best way to make a donation is calling PAW directly at 845-473-0358. This way there's no issues with the spelling of our platform handles or potentially getting scammed again. However, if you'd prefer to make a donation via a platform, please, double and triple check your spelling to make sure it's spelled correctly.

Lastly, as I did inform everybody, the heat once again is back in New York, and we desperately, desperately need another AC unit in our kennel. Aside from that, we are extremely low on dog food, and sheets, towels, blankets, etc. If anybody has any extras to drop off, please message the page. I'll be happy to give you our address. I am once again linking our Amazon wish list, if anybody is willing and able, we would love to get that AC unit, and or a few bags of food. I promise this will not be forever when I am constantly begging for money, we've just got to get through until I can offload this house and start fresh. At this juncture, I'm asking everybody to not let us down, and help us with supporting Tatum and Kai. They deserve us!

VENMO IS Stephanies_Shepherds
PAYPAL IS fortheluvofGSDs

Thank you ALL!!!