Are You My New Family?
Be not forgetful
to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained
angels...
- Hebrews 13:2
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Emergency!
Foreclosure Crisis
There is an emergency need for foster homes due to the
current mortgage & foreclosure crisis. People are losing their homes. Many families with German Shepherd Dogs are having to move to apartments and rental units where big dogs are not accepted. Families are owner surrendering their GSD's to kill shelters and to rescues all over the country.
The rescues are over filled and in desperate need of foster
homes. These wonderful pets who've had a loving home now find themselves in danger of losing their lives in a gas chamber or
experiencing some other horrible death, through no fault of
their own. If you can open your home to a German Shepherd or know someone who can
please contact
us!
Even if you are not in Colorado, we will put you in touch with a rescue in your
area who needs your help.
Please if you have the room and have ever thought that you would like to help with rescue, now is the time.
Additional Links
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A
private non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to:
- The establishment & coordination of a network of foster homes
in Central Colorado to ensure comfort & assistance to all German Shepherd
Dogs in need
- To adopt companion animals into loving forever homes.
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Evaluation of temperament, beginning basic training, medical care, spay/neuter
and all appropriate vaccinations are provided for all adoptable dogs.
- To advance responsible programs to reunite lost pets with
their owners, including discounted micro chipping.
- To encourage and strengthen the human/animal bond with low
cost or complimentary obedience training and behavioral
advice that focus on the needs of both
people and animals.
- To create lasting and comprehensive change in human
behavior toward animals through education about responsible
pet ownership, including the spaying & neutering of
pets, and about humane & respectful treatment of all
animals.
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GSD Rescue of Central Colorado is an all volunteer organization whose members
are passionate about German Shepherd Dogs.
Homeless, lost, unwanted, inconvenient....our efforts are focused on helping
these GSDs who, through no fault of their own, find themselves in need and without
families to love.
To Adopt A Dog from our organization, the first step is completing an
adoption application. Everyone must do so before an appointment is made to
meet the dogs. If you can provide a temporary foster home for
a dog waiting for their forever home, we need you! Please fill out the foster
home questionnaire.
When each dog leaves our care, it is our goal that they go to a home where they are
loved as a member of the family, a home where they will be well cared for and 
where they will receive the proper mental and physical exercise as well as the daily interaction
and affection that they need.
Did you know?
Basic obedience training is a large part of welcoming your new rescue dog into
your family. Training of any sort strengthens and reinforces communication
skills between you, forming a very special relationship that will last a
lifetime. Our adoptive families are strongly encouraged to pursue
activities such as agility, competition obedience, rally, or flyball among
other available dog sports.
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_Here in this house......
I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs 'out there'.
I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed.
I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I'll eat.
I will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat.
I will feel the sun's heat, and the rain's coolness,
and be allowed to smell all that can reach my nose.
My fur will shine, and never be dirty or matted.
Here in this house...
There will be an effort to communicate with me on my level.
I will be talked to and, even if I don't understand,
I can enjoy the warmth of the words.
I will be given a name so that I may know who I am among many.
My name will be used in joy, and I will love the sound of it!
Here in this house...
I will never be a substitute for anything I am not.
I will never be used to improve peoples' images of themselves.
I will be loved because I am who I am, not someone's idea of who I should be.
I will never suffer for someone's anger, impatience, or stupidity.
I will be taught all the things I need to know to be loved by all.
If I do not learn my lessons well, they will look to my teacher for blame.
Here in this house...
I can trust arms that hold, hands that touch...
knowing that, no matter what they do, they do it for the good of me.
If I am ill, I will be doctored. 
If scared, I will be calmed.
If sad, I will be cheered.
No matter what I look like, I will be considered beautiful and thought to be of value.
I will never be cast out because I am too old, too ill, too unruly, or not cute enough.
My life is a responsibility, and not an afterthought.
I will learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and as fair as dogs.
Here in this house...
I will belong.
I will be home.
- author unknown
More Useful Links
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American German Shepherd Rescue
Assoc
German Shepherd Dog Club Of America
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Rocky Mountain
German Shepherd Dog Club
AKC's
Canine Good CitizenŽ (CGC) Program
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