Here is Brogan. He came to us from the local pound. Except for hating the cat he is a pretty good dog.
Rescue Dogs
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My Awesome Aussie! Best doggie I ever had. I am far away from my computer now so I don't have very good photos on my cellphone. Here are some that I could find.. His name is Aikau (ICow) and his former owners named him that so we stuck by 8t._1412/media/Mobile%20Uploads/tmp_21527-20151215_140710-650168739_zpsa2q9hcy9.jpg.html]
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JimPA
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Since I recently lost my best friend I thought I would ask the opinion of others about their experience with adopting rescue dogs.
My past three German Shepherds all came from farms that bred dogs.
Family farms in the Lancaster County area is where many of the puppies are bred in my state of PA.
I applied for a German Shepherd rescue puppy and was rejected since the foster home wanted the dog to go to a home that has other dogs.
I have applied for another rescue dog and I am waiting for a response.
http://www.adoptapet.com/pet/14618984-quakertown-pennsylvania-german-shepherd-dog-mix
My past three German Shepherds all came from farms that bred dogs.
Family farms in the Lancaster County area is where many of the puppies are bred in my state of PA.
I applied for a German Shepherd rescue puppy and was rejected since the foster home wanted the dog to go to a home that has other dogs.
I have applied for another rescue dog and I am waiting for a response.
http://www.adoptapet.com/pet/14618984-quakertown-pennsylvania-german-shepherd-dog-mix
We know a friend who works in a veterinary clinic who keeps an eye out for pets that need adoption. She knew we live way out in the country on a good sized piece of land and were looking for a dog as it had been 3 years since our last one died. To our good fortune a 1.5 year old Australian Shepherd became available from a town about 200 miles away and we jumped at the chance! As it turns out, sadly Aussies up for rescue are more common than most breeds because they tend to get into too much mischief and end up with behavior problems if not enough time is given to them. People find them adorable and then discover they can't just leave them in the house for 9 hours and expect to have a functional couch when they get home. . Fortunately we are retired and can give him what he needs to be balanced and active, with lots of games and hikes and swims every day.
JimPA
Distinguished Member
Andyman I am not sure who looks happier you or your best friend.
If we adopt a German Shepherd my wife would prefer that it would be smaller then our previous pets since we are not getting any younger.
damacman
Resident Psycho
Well keep us posted. Losing a best friend is so incredibly difficult. After losing my first Shepherd (13yo) we found brothers up for adoption. The owner wanted them to stay together. They weren't eating properly and were only 60lbs each. We took them both and got their weight up to the 80s pretty quickly. Two years later they're both a fit 100 or so.
I look at it like this - I didn't so much rescue them as they rescued me.
I look at it like this - I didn't so much rescue them as they rescued me.
VinylHanger
Navigaret ex ironia
We have two rescues. Our first is a Sheltie, smart as a whip. He is everything a rescue dog should be. Loyal, friendly, grateful and smart as a whip. Our second one we got just before Thanksgiving. Pit/ Blue Tick Hound mix. He is kind of the opposite. Loyalish, friendly and a bit dumb. In a good way. He's only a year old though, with being house broken his only training before we got him. I'll cut him a bit of slack. 
He doesn't realize he was a rescue, which I suppose is a good thing.
He doesn't realize he was a rescue, which I suppose is a good thing.
whyaskit
music.
My rescue dog was not only potty/house trained but kennel trained as well. Super, super high energy! And she loves attention. The sad thing is the first time I went to sweep the floors, we have hard wood, she got scared and started barking and growling. We've got her to trust us with tools and brooms but I think the previous owner may have mistreated her.
She was 1 1/2 years old. We've had her 6 months. It's like she was always here.
She was 1 1/2 years old. We've had her 6 months. It's like she was always here.
rjw1678
Active Member
I have a 6 year old dachshund I rescued from a shelter. He is such a good dog and is very grateful for a forever home home(he was picked up as a stray). I have had him for about 8 months. I also have two senior fosters from a dachshund rescue, they are also very good dogs. Rescue dogs make good pets.
Great thread. We just lost our Brady lab mix and he was a rescue dog. The pic in my avatar is him as a pup. He was the friendliest most loyal dog I ever had. We are going to get another dog and it will definitely be a rescue. JimPa you can check http://www.adorabledogsrescue.com/ They have a few rules but do a great job with their rescues.
Best friend ever somewhere in the Rocky Mountains about 1999.
There used to be a veterinary clinic on the corner of Rt. 100 in Hillsville VA.
Me and my GF found a sick to near death mutt in the road about 8 miles from there.
The first place we came to that had a light on was the clinic.
The vet was a good guy.
He gave her a free checkup, ran bloodwork and gave us some meds to get her going.
Virginia (my chowbrador) bacame my best friend for the next 12 years.
She trusted me completely, climbed Mt. Washington in NH with us, swam in a pool downriver from Niagara Falls with us, copiloted my Talon TSI down the racetrack at about 100 MPH, slept in the car with me for about a week at The Grand Canyon, barked at badazz marmots up the Mt from Estes Park CO and introduced me to a nice vacationing veterinarian lady that made my stay oh so nice at Key West.
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Our current mutts (both rescues) about a year ago
Midnight Lightning's a wiseass Sato
Carmel's an indignant Feist
2 days earlier at Dexter Drumlin in Lancaster Mass just before that stupid blizzard hit
Binge watching Black Sails last month before the new season started
Midnight Lightning's a wiseass Sato
Carmel's an indignant Feist
2 days earlier at Dexter Drumlin in Lancaster Mass just before that stupid blizzard hit
Binge watching Black Sails last month before the new season started
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