poor boy! he is gorgeous despite his skinny condition.  He looks happy in those pics and looks like a sweetie of a dog:))

I'm in central PA near Carlisle and Harrisburg.  Tyson is available, but I don't expect to be able to place him until he looks a lot better.  I just hope his health problems aren't such that will prevent someone from adopting him.  He is a really nice dog.
 A real sweetheart.  Such a shame when such a nice dog is treated the way he has been, and despite that continues to like people.
molly

Good on you Molly and everyone else taking on rescues.  Without you guys, there will be less successful outcomes of these innocent and unfortunate victims.  Best wishes.

IHP:  Molly;  thank you for rescueing this boy, he is dangerously lean;  I am surprised he is still able to walk and get around OK:  I have rescued the opposite before;  30 lbs overweight;  a dog should have been about 80 and that would have been at the top of the scale for him but instead was 110;  broke my heart and I wanted to slap the owner and her vet,  "she says, gee why didn't my vet tell me he was too fat"  well actually it was a good question but honestly.  I couldn't even respond, I just wanted to get the dog (8 years old) loaded into my van and get the hell out of there.  Nan 

PS:  Do you know this dogs background??  Where are  his breeders,  why did they not check on him at such a young age?

I don't know his breeders, and he's been passed around now to 3 homes so have no information about his background at all really, except that he's "wonderful but was too rambunctious" for the most recent owner's 12 year old dog.  And, he "looked at the cat strange".  But whatever the reason they decided to contact a friend of mine who then contacted me, looking for a home for him - I'm glad they did.  I don't think he would have lasted much longer in the condition he's in.

molly

Gosh, Molly!

   I had just gotten a dog like that in my custody for three days, and I got arrested for it! I had to plea to a felony for it, too! Nobody asked me the circumstances, either. I guess they didn't care. 

  I personally would never touch a dog like that! For one thing, I believe that this dog has a behavioral problem.. obviously over active and burns calories like mad! A dog like this will eat twice what a normal dog would, and some are so "busy" running that they don't even want to stop to eat! Ours is a breed with an obsessive compulsive streak. When you get one like this,  you're going to have a helluva time keeping him in condition.

  My policy with dogs like this would be to put them to sleep. It's not fair to place a problem dog with novice owners who don't know any better, and can't manage him. Obviously, the owners of this dog didn't know!

  PeTA has put better than this one down. Public records show that they put down 299 oiut of 300, according to the following article.. http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

  I wish I had known before how to manage this type of dog. I finally found something that really works very well (assuming that it is a hyperexertional disorder), but I already posted it in a thread which was probably pulled down because of all the flaming. I won't repeat it on this forum, or anything else useful, by the way.. I think I'll just stick to "animal rights" quotes. 

  BTW.. It's easy for people to make nice talk about the sweet little doggy, but I see no one stepping up to take him. I think most people know better, but if they don't, know, well... .iive and learn, right?

 

I think I hear a pest buzzing around.

It's unbelievable what some people consider to be "a little thin". That dog looks skeletal.

Molly.. After reading your post, immediately above mine.. This says it all... also the pictures you posted. This dog was only a short ways from crashing, judgling by his overall condition. He is already showing signs of "exertional myopathy", where the metabolism has already consumed ALL of the body fat and is already burning muscle and tissue for fuel.

"Too rambunctious" , indeed! That says it all... <shaking head, sadly>

Prediction.. You'll think twice before trying to "rescue" another dog like this one! It might be worthwhile if something good came of it, but you can build this dog up, and he'll just go the same way, later on. It's a behavioral problem! Doh?

Ever taken a good look at a professional marathon runner who has overtrained? Think about it.. They don't overtrain as much as they used to, by the way.. The running community finally figured out that "more is not better" when it comes to exercise and training. The problem is that a runner actually NEEDS a little fat.. this supplies energy. The liver converts body fat to glycogen for strenuous exertion. If there is no body fat, then there is no energy. Worse, some were not building the muscle health they needed for performance. The whole focus was on being skinny, and frankly, they were painful just to look at! Trainers are more reasonable, now. They train, yes, and they watch their weight.. But they practice moderation.

An OCD GSD does not understand moderation.. It's all GO, GO, GO! You MUST give them forced rest and they have special dietary needs.

Unless someone can actually USE all this energy for something, it's better to PTS. He is NOT most peoples' idea of a pet! This is no doubt why he's been dumped so many times before.