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Hey Lucy, You’re Home!
“We are so grateful to the Golden State German Shepherd Rescue organization, Kelly, and her foster family who gave our sweet Lucy a safe haven before she came to our home. Your patience, time, and unconditional love helped give her the best possible start to her new life.
Because of your amazing work, Lucy learned how to be a great puppy, is already crate-trained, and even learned a few new commands! She is a genuine joy and is a perfect fit for our family!
Thank you for helping her on the journey to her forever home — we can’t get enough of our newest addition!” – Katie and Family
KING – From Stray Dog to Service Dog
In July, “King” was found wandering along Hwy 88 wearing only a Service vest that read, “My mama says I’M SPECIAL.” The family who found him posted flyers, reported him to the Stockton shelter, and posted numerous posts on social media to no avail. Even callouts from Golden State for an adopter or foster didn’t result in any success.
In September, GSGSR evaluated King for our rescue. Immediately, we noticed something special about him, and instantly, we felt King had all the qualities that would make him a great dog for a Veteran.
GSGSR called our friend, Matt Decker, founder of E5 Therapy https://www.facebook.com/E5Therapy, and asked for his help in finding a Veteran. Matt graciously offered to foster King to get him ready for adoption.
The Dunns saw Matt’s post about King on his E5 Therapy FB page and immediately wanted to meet him, and it was love at first sight. Wendy and Adam loved everything about King. His temperament, his demeanor, his confidence, and his big, goofy personality. They also loved that King was so good with people, especially children.
On November 3, King became an official member of the Dunn family.
GSGSR would like to thank the Burke family for their kindness and compassion, keeping King safe until a home could be found. To Matt Decker, who graciously offered to foster King (much to the dismay of his beautiful rescue Doberman Pincher, Taylor Swift). And to Adam and Wendy for opening their home and hearts to a rescue dog.
Through our SAVE Program, GSGSR waives our adoption fee for qualified Veterans. To date, we have placed eight dogs with Veterans.
A New World for Atlas!
Christine came to our last Sacyard Meet and Greet and fell in love with Atlas! We often set up final visits at adoption days like this after pre-qualifying an adopter. It’s convenient for everyone. Now Atlas will be in a brand-new world with a new loving family!
SAVE = Shepherd And Veteran Enablement
Our mission is to match military Veterans with rescued Companion dogs and make it easy for them to adopt. We are enhancing the lives of military veterans and their families while saving more shelter dogs in search of homes.
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