German Shepherd Dog Rescue October Newsletter 2012 How big are we Now??? On the 2nd of October we will be 8 weeks old and ready to go off on our big adventure to our new forever homes, please email our foster mum if you would like to know more about us. [email protected] We all found our furever homes thanks to you guys at GSDR..X LIBBY AND BUSTER DYLAN… BUICK… Russell now SHAR Roscoe It is with great sadness that I write this, I am sure you will remember Charley who has featured in a few newsletters now as being the poor scared pound girl who arrived at our kennels with a large lump under her tummy, a lovely family read her write up and asked to go and see her, they were not phased by the lump and took her home with them. I received this a few days ago from Alison…. So sorry to have to tell you this but we had to have Charley put to sleep today. The 3rd lump that was removed was a Grade 3 tumour (very aggresive & terminal) so her time was limited. All we could do was keep her as comfortable as possible. During the last 10days another tumour started growing rapidly and was ulcerated. Charley was walking much slower, no longer eating & occasionally yelping as I think her leg was rubbing on the open sore. It was probably the hardest decision I have ever had to make but we didn't want Charley's condition to deteriorate to such a stage where she was in real discomfort, so we decided it was her time to go. We are all devastated as she was such a special dog, the most loving ever and I adored her. She was like my little shadow and doted on me as I did her. She was the best behaved dog we have ever had, with people, dogs etc. Smudge the cat even started cuddling up to her. I will never forget Charley as she was one in a million and I feel so lucky to have had her as my dog & companion. But I cant help feeling cheated & gutted that we only had her for 2 months as she deserved so much more after her terrible previous life. We just wanted to give her the best life ever to make amends. We gave Charley a lovely home and cared for her so well and stayed with her right to the end cuddling her & telling her what an amazing dog she was, so I hope she passed away feeling loved, happy and peaceful. She will be deeply missed by all of us. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but thought it decent to let you know the final outcome. Hope you are both keeping well. Best wishes Alison E N W Hi Angie Today I sent a cheque very badly written out I am S afraid to Jayne S. as that was the first address I could find and I wanted it to hit the bank asap. The money was collected from my Brownie group (1st Hatfield Peverel Brownies). Zara happy with new family human and They did various activities over the jubilee period and we raised £50.00. canine. Zara lived with Soloman we We chose the charity as I adopted Tia (formerly couldn't find a home for them together Grace) from Yorkshire on 21.01.12. but hey look how many friends she has After a 400 mile round trip early one saturday morning now. Soloman was homed and is happy with our other Dog Rolo we brought her back home with us and have never looked back. She is doing well and we want to thank you and all the other volunteers so much for all your hard work. Since I have been volunteering for the charity I have met and talked to some very special people. perhaps you can pass my comments on. Di Giggs stunning young boy, owner no time for him found himself on a ferry over to the Isle of Man, happy and having fun. May and Cammy found a great home TOGETHER, which is not easy today to get someone to take on a pair. Hello My name is Pauline Taylor and my husband, Robin, and I took over Sam on 28 July 2008. We collected him from a house in Barnsley. I just wanted to let you know what a delightful dog he has been. He travels everywhere with us and we just got back from our fourth trip to France with him in our caravan. He is one of the family and loves life. I attach a couple of pictures of him in Brittany. We are lucky to have him. All the very best Pauline Taylor Hiya Look at this stunning photograph from one of our adopters, this is the lovely Fergus (was Ferguson) celebrating his one year anniversary with his new mum up in the Lakes - how gorgeous is he! We had discussed many times about getting another dog, after all "Jack" (our existing Shepherd) was fast approaching 12 years old. Reality had kicked in, and we know that if we are lucky we will have his wonderful company for hopefully another two years maybe at the most. Jack was himself a bit of a handful when we first took him on at the age of 2 and a half, a fully grown "teenager" that had had very little training. He had come from a loving home with many other pets and young children. The family were going to emigrate and were unable to take him, we were the lucky ones able to adopt him through another GSD rescue agency. Over the years Jack has gone through all the proper training including full agility, and was always the leader when it came to the fire hoop. His energy was boundless as was his thirst for learning. Our home is festooned with the "trophies" he has won over the years, and his wonderful character is known throughout many Counties!. People always ask when we are out "where's Jack". It has been said before that he is better known than the local Town Mayor! February this year I was forced a year early into retirement through redundancy, this became the trigger for us to do something positively about taking on a second dog. A quick trawl of the various websites (makes it so easy these days) showed us that there were hundreds of dogs out there needing a second chance. Taking the bull by its horns we took the plunge, I filled in the on-line forms, we sat back and waited..... Eventually GSDR contacted us, a home visit was arranged, all "vetting" done and dusted. Lizzy contacted us to find out what we wanted, at that time there were suddenly few dogs that seemed to fill our list of requirements, between us we whittled down a list of half a dozen or so to ANGEL, a White female GSD from the Southampton area.......(Karma or what??...JACK came from close to Southampton originally). A meet was arranged on the strict understanding that if JACK did not approve it would be a no-go!! ANGEL (now named SABA, after the Greek SHEBA) walked through the patio doors to where we were seated in waiting...... the two dogs rubbed noses and disappeared down the garden together as if they had known each other all their lives!! This was the sign we had been hoping for and the match we were looking for. Paperwork sorted we took her back home with us. This is now Saba's third and will be her final home. She has started to find her feet now, her character is really beginning to show through. She is fairly good on a lead, but it is obvious she has had little or no proper training. This will begin once she has been through the Spaying procedure. Once or twice now I have let her off lead whilst out on one of our long walks, she responds well to recall, although I think it would not take much for her to `take off` should she decide to do so. She is always the first to the car, and always the first into it! Indoors she has taken over Jack's bed in the living room, he isn't the least bit bothered and lets her walk all over him! There is very little doubt, Saba has realised she is now safe and loved, and in time she will reward us totally with her affection and her loving nature. Already she rarely leaves my side even in the house she always checks to see what I am doing. Are we pleased ?? YOU BET WE ARE !! All thanks to the team involved at GSDR..............score another success story. (The pictures show SABA as the "little one" in the Red collar) Regards Dave and Margaret Jack and Saba A litter of Olympic namesakes I am from German Shepherd Dog Rescue where recently we were This is our letter that asked to take a lovely Shepherd bitch from a dog pound; not unusual was published in Dog for us but this girly was very heavily pregnant, in fact she only managed two days in her new foster home before she gave birth to World Newspaper as six gorgeous GSD cross pups on August 7! their letter of the I am an equestrian grand prix rider and the foster mum is a show week !!! jumper so the irony of the pups popping out actually during Laura [Bechtolsheimer], Carl [Hester] and Charlotte [Dujardin]‛s Olympic dressage tests was amazing.