GSD and mix surrendered by military owner (VA) - Page 1

Email vl-tate@hotmail.com (@hotmail.com). These girls are total heartbreakers!

China [Control #4-28-10-2] and Lola [Control #4-28-10-1] were surrendered by their military owner who was restationed to Okinawa. China is a regal Chow mix, female, spayed. Lola is a purebred unspayed German Shepherd. They are sharing a kennel and are really friendly and sweet. They like to go for walks and really need new homes right away. Owner releases are held for the shortest period of time. It would be great for them to stay together but more importantly, both need to get out into loving homes.

Email vl-tate@hotmail.com

King George Animal Control is located at 11220 Henry Griffin Road, King George, VA 22485, open 10-1 Monday, Friday, or Saturday; 10-3 Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday; closed Holidays and Sundays. 

Wish I could help but that is the opposite end of the continent for me...hopefully a rescue there will pick up the girls.

Not to get off subject, but we had a thread going awhile back about military families and adopting pets...this is one reason, I tend NOT to adopt to military families. They usually dump them when they get transfered....here is the proof!!!!

However, just last week I gave a military family another chance to adopt, a younger couple. They wasted about a weeks worth of my time, checking application references and emailing, several lengthy phone calls from the wife, and they even drove 3 1/2 hours to see the dogs. They wanted one in particular, then when they got here decided he was too big. So I showed them 2 other dogs. They both fell in love with one of the others...they spent about 3 hours at my house, playing with the dogs and trying to make up there minds about taking this one. The gal wanted her, the dog was supposed to be for her anyhow, while the husband was away. A running partner, the guy was wishy-washy, the wife apologized to me behind his back. I was getting a warning sign then...
I still can't believe he was in the military...

Then he decided to go into town to dinner and talk it over, said he would call and let me know what they decided about coming back to pick up the dog.... then I decided even if they did call back they wouldn't get the dog. Not a good feeling that they were stable people...He said it was a big responsibilty to own a dog....well duh!!!! He is just now deciding that..???
Well, they never called back, or emailed or NOTHING?...My intuition was right on once I met them and spent some time with them....
So I gave another one (military family) a chance and got burned again....
Steph
Montana GSD Rescue

Oh, why do I even open these threads?  Breaks my heart.  Very sad that they'll be most likely separated, at best.  Hope they find the loving home/homes they deserve.

Hey Steph, sorry to hear about the bad encounters with military families, but we are not all like that. It is very difficult if you are on active duty to have a pet, especially not knowing if you may be transfered and things need to be thought out ahead of time. We are lucky that my hubby is no longer active duty, National Guard now, so we are not going anywhere. He has already been informed that if he has to uproot, we will be right here waiting when he returns (LOL)

It may be for the best that the couple did not call back. It would have been more terrible for the dog to go with them and then in 6 months be returned because they have to move. That would be more traumatic then a few hours the couple wasted of your time. Maybe they realized they are in no position to have a pet at all right now. Better late then dumping the dog later on.

JM .02

If I could take them right now, I would but since the crap in time square, we are going to be extremely busy training a few explosives K9s.

Melissa

Hey Travels, you open them because maybe you'll know someone who knows someone who's looking for a dog. I hope. 

PS. My avatar puppy suddenly looks to me like a bat!

I know, VM, but my probem is, I want to save them!  Every time I hear of a GOOD GSD in rescue, it really makes me sad.  I see so many who have issues and need so much work, not that there aren't those that are up for it, but the ones that have no issues other than being with the wrong people, they're the ones that make me cry.

Yes. Me too. And then comes the guilt for breeding. 

Very sad.  I know the military has programs that fosters dogs but I think that is only for deployments - not PCS moves.  We are a military family and my spouse is active duty.  It just breaks my heart to see pets treated like disposable objects.  I've even offered to foster a single soldier's GSD when he deploys but I think he's going to stay with a family member.  I can't even imagine having to make that decision. 

Sorry that you've been burned Steph but I certainly don't blame you for being skeptical.  Not all of us are like that though.  I have talked to military families who mention in passing that when they moved to so and so - they had to give up their dogs.  WHAT?!?!  We've made several military moves...with our dogs and without incident.  Granted, we were limited somewhat to only places that allowed pets but I also didn't have a problem paying additional $$$ to keep our dogs with us.  It just makes me shake my head and wonder what these people are thinking.