Rescued German Shepherd - anyone have opinions on her? - Page 2

You should also try to have your "Lost Dog" flyers, ads and radio spots or whatever means you use, done in Spanish.  You could miss finding her true owner by only using English.  I'd hate to think that someone is out there crying over this beautiful girl, fearing for her safety and missing the oportunity to locate her because of a language barrier.  We lived in the small town of Thonotosassa, just outside of Tampa and there is a very good chance her owners are Cuban/Hispanic.  Thanks for getting her off the streets, taking care of her and trying to find her people.  And thanks to everyone else offering to help place her if need be.  I'm really praying she gets reunited with her owner.
Deb     

Hey everyone,

 

So far we have placed ads on craigslist, in the local paper, with Animal Control, and have been looking for missing ads.

I was just told by someone that a puppy mill in the area this girl was found was closed 4 months ago. They gave away numerous GSD breeding pairs before closing. Anyone think she could be one of them? Would one this nice be at a breeding mill and be in this good of condition?

She seems to have no fleas, clean ears, decent weight, and is friendly. Her nails are a tad long, but better kept than some others (as someone else mentioned). Hard to see her being from a puppy mill and that doesn't explain what happened to her in the 4 months in between?

I actually have a home lined up for her if the owners are not found but if that falls through, I will contact the two VERY nice rescues that have offered to help on here.

Montana Rescue is going to put up a found notice on their page.

Marjorie, can you also put up some sort of found notice on your website? That would be much appreciated.

Thanks!
Christean

Chritean,

My first response is NO WAY could she be from a puppy mill.  She definitely looks too well bred.  But, it depends on the mill and how long she was there.  The first clue would be anti-social issues.  If those pairs were given away, does the local animal control have a list of the recipients?  I could see someone thinking they were rescuing a dog only to be overwhelmed with all the issues that come with a puppy mill breeding bitch just turning her loose on the street.  Four months is plenty of time for puppy mill breeding stock to recover and bloom physically, mentally I'm not so sure.  Judging strictly by what you have told us and the photos I will stick to my original thought which is no way she is puppy mill stock. 

I hope you can hold her for at least a month...you'd be surprised at how long it takes some people to locate their pet.
I would hate for you to re home her and have the new  family then have to give her up once they become attached to her.  But certainly understand if you need to move her on.  It's a lot of responsibility taking care of a stray and trying to find the owners.  I appreciate all that you and others are doing to reunite her to her owner.

Deb

I put a notice on my www. gsd911.com web board under lost and found. I didnt put the pictures, just the facts. With the horrid economy these days, I dont want to give to much info- I would rather have people describe their missing dog. Sadly, with so many dogs being sold to research because of the crappy economy, I just dont want to tempt desperate people.

We had this sicko, In NY, who put an ad on craiglist saying he would take people's pets they couldnt afford to keep. He said he had lots of property and he would hold them, out of the goodness of his heart, until they could take them back when things got better, or he would just give them a home for life.  Piece of garbage sold the dogs to research- we set out a sting for him, but the shelters put out an alert ( he was getting dogs from there, as well) and it tipped him off. He vanished- probably to another state :(

Marjorie
Executive Director: New Beginnings Shepherd Rescue www.newbeginningsrescue.com 501 C3
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I know there's a tendancy to do American Show Line = HORRIBLE ... but she actually does look rather American in her type. No she's not over extreme in the rear, but that is a trait that a small % of the most competitive dogs have.  (I don't like it either so don't attack please) A majority of the American Bred dogs I've owned were not hyper-extended in the rear... just like most of the imported lines aren't overbuilt roach backs.

Either way she's lovely... and should make an excellent pet.  She may still be traumatized by whatever seperated her from her people and not ready to hookup with someone else and respond.   Both our rescue kids took a bit of time to adjust and open up.

Then again there's those idiotic PETA people "liberating" dogs @ dogshows and just releasing them to gawd knows what end. It's been going on for many years. I remember a Champion Borzoi who was released in Springfield, Mass @ a show a number of years back who was found in a pound 3 days later... they'd picked him up on a 4 lane interstate!!

She could be an American Bred girl- not ALL American Bred German Shepherds are extreme- Mine certainly arent!
Missie T



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Marjorie
Executive Director: New Beginnings Shepherd Rescue www.newbeginningsrescue.com 501 C3
OUR BUILDING PROJECT PHOTOS
http://gsd911.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=196

http://www.gsdbbr.org The German Shepherd Dog Breed Betterment Registry (including frozen/chilled semen database) BE PROACTIVE!
http://mzjf.com --> The Degenerative Myelopathy Support Group

She's a pretty girl, I hope she's not abandoned. Thanks so much for helping her out. I hope she finds her way to a loving forever home, with her own people, or with new friends. jackie harris

What a NICE dog!  Bless you for caring for her.

She looks like good old American lines to me.  I have one at home from the dog pound who looks a lot like her, and due to my ability of reading upside the paperwork they didn't want me to see I was able to track down her breeder (who was appalled that the owner, who had starved this dog down to 40 pounds, didn't simply return the dog to her if he wasn't wanted).

Anyway, my vote is for American lines, but from the looks of her, I'm afraid there might be a really sad family somewhere who is missing her.

Try her with Spanish words.

Okay, I still haven't tried any spanish, but she is SUCH a smart girl.

In 3 days she learned her new name and she is already (after 4 days) doing a pretty nice sitz, platz, and look. We're working on a stay. I can get about 5 feet away and back easily enough. She's pretty good with the here command as well.

She is picking everything up very well and I am so amazed that she already learned her name. None of mine have previously learned that so quickly.

Sunny1 - I think what GSlover was suggesting was the "look" command.

I have looked at all of the suggested pet lots & found links and still no missing ads. It was suggested to me that maybe the owners could not longer afford to care for her and rehomed her or dumped her. She DOES have severe separation anxiety, so I can see where maybe she was rehomed and the new owners were overwhelmed. Perhaps she also ran off and they didn't care to look for her or yes, maybe they dumped her. Anyhow, I don't mind the anxiety. We're working on it and with time and training she will overcome most of it I am sure.

Thanks everyone!

So, what are you calling her?  Too bad about the seperation anxiety.  Nice to know you are working with her.  Sounds like she needs some love.  Beginning to sound like someone did dump her.  I know if she were mine I'd be burning up the options out there to broadcast I had lost her.  What a shame.  Hopefully you can find her a great new forever home if her true owners never show up.
Deb