Goshe was found wandering The Great Swamp as a stray this past summer. When she first came to the St. Hubert's shelter she was very scared and shy and it was obvious that something was wrong with her. It soon became apparent when within a few days she gave birth to puppies.  It is hard to imagine that anyone would be cruel enough to dump a pregnant dog less than a week before she was due. 

Three of the puppies survived but Goshe was not yet ready for adoption.  She was still shy and slowly learning to redevelop her trust through the hard work of the shelter volunteers.  Of course a bribe of a snack or a good scratch under her chin would get her to warm up quickly.   Unfortunately she did not get a lot of interest in the shelter as can often happen with all black German Shepherd dogs.  We met her in December and she easliy passed all of our temperament tests. 

As soon as we had a foster home available we brought her into our program.  It was only two weeks later that she found her new home.  Off to a good start in '09.

TANYA'S MERRY CHRISTMAS - 2008

Tanya's holiday season started off on a very sad note.  Her owners had contacted GSGSR prior to Thanksgiving asking us if we could find a home for their 9 year old German Shepherd dog.  Apparently, after having her since a puppy they realized that she shed too much.  Her owners told us that they had young children walking around on the floor and sometimes Tanya would also drag in dirt and poop after they let her outside.  Our first reaction was to suggest they buy a vacuum cleaner and actually take Tanya for a walk.  However, we asked them to fill out an owner referral application, in which one of Tanya's characteristics was that she slept a lot.  We were prepared to meet Tanya at the owner's home.

A few days later one of our previous adopters sent us an email saying they saw a lovely all black 9 year old German Shepherd at the shelter.  This nice soul sponsored the dog and asked if we could do anything to help.  As it turns out the dog was Tanya and her owner's did not even wait for us to try and find her a home.  But Tanya was going to get a nice Christmas present.  As fate would have it, we had just received an application from a couple we had helped out in the past.  They were retired and looking for a nice senior dog to be a companion to their other German Shepherd, a retired Seeing Eye dog.

We picked up Tanya from the shelter, prepared to bring her into our foster program if things did not work out.  Well Tanya found a home.  Her new owner's fell in love with her right away.  She is now living comfortably and has become best friends with the house cat as well.  A Very Merry and Happy Christmas for Tanya!

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