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A rescue is not a pound or a humane society.

Private rescues tend to have a different stance on private give-ups versus shelter and pound give-ups. Dogs at animal controls have no advocates and often have very limited time periods before facing death.

Animal controls often provide initial vaccinations and heartworm testing. Some organizations take care of the spay and neuters beforehand. These organizations also have very experienced animal handlers that can objectively evaluate the dog's behavior around other dogs, cats, children, and people even before calling our rescue.

This saves us time, money, and other valuable resources, as well as allows our rescue and the animal welfare organizations to work together and rescue those German Shepherds that can be made ready for adoption out to families.

Rescues ignore private give-ups, for the most part, because we do not want owner give-ups to feel good about what they are doing (and the prospect of your animal going into a private rescue is a much nicer thought than the shelter, since there is a much higher probability of euthanasia at the shelter).

Also, owner give-ups, at least in our records, have a much higher probability of having major behavior problems. Private rescues, for financial, professional, and for reasons of evaluation, prefer to remove dogs from shelters and pounds. These again, are also dogs that face death.

Private rescues for the most part will not take dogs with major behavior issues, because we cannot place them for reasons of liability. Also, the fact is that we have multiple dogs, and a single problematic dogs can ruin routines and injure several other animals.

Did you know... Approximately 8-12 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year and approximately 5-9 million are euthanized (60% of dogs and 70% of cats). — Annual Shelter Statistics, ASPCA The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) answers the question Why Spay or Neuter? (PDF—15K). This low-cost surgery keeps your animal healthier and helps fight pet overpopulation.    You can support this rescue with purchases...         Visit our German Shepherd Dog Shop at CafeShops.com Sammie's Meal Time Bib now available!

Check this out... Try the ASPCA's "Is your Home Poison Safe?" Interactive Quiz on the ASPCA web site. Elizabeth Riddle, our rescue president, outside of her full-time job and continuing educational pursuits, is an animal behaviorist and an obedience instructor, with a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Illinois with a specialty in Ethology (the study of animal behavior). She officially founded this rescue in November of 1997 while attending the University of Illinois. Learn more about this rescue...