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Description Shep is a German Shepherd mix who is eager to please and be your best companion.
Personality
Shep is affectionate and loves to be with humans and dogs. He gets the zoomies and loves to chase and wrestle with our other foster dog. At night he becomes the best sofa snuggler. He is quickly learning how to walk with a loose leash and loves exercising. He is talkative and responsive and well behaved. Shep is gentle and always ready for neck scratches and to give kisses. He is comfortable with the other two dogs in his foster home, as well as the female stray he was found with. He has acclimated well to the house, and is house trained. He is sweet, kind and loving. He is ready to find a family that will give him the love he deserves and so willingly gives. Shep would love a home with people that provide love, affection, and neck scratches.
Background
Shep was rescued from a dirt road in Porter, Texas on October 6, 2023. He was malnourished and not using his one back leg. He has recovered fully and is healthy and happy now. At his vet visit, it was discovered that Shep had been shot, and the bullet was lodged in his back. The bullet was successfully surgically removed and he is all better and back to being an active dog.
If you are interested in meeting me, please contact my rescue family at GNARHouston@gmail.com to arrange a visit at my foster home or local Petsmart!
Description Shep is a German Shepherd mix who is eager to please and be your best companion.
Personality
Shep is affectionate and loves to be with humans and dogs. He gets the zoomies and loves to chase and wrestle with our other foster dog. At night he becomes the best sofa snuggler. He is quickly learning how to walk with a loose leash and loves exercising. He is talkative and responsive and well behaved. Shep is gentle and always ready for neck scratches and to give kisses. He is comfortable with the other two dogs in his foster home, as well as the female stray he was found with. He has acclimated well to the house, and is house trained. He is sweet, kind and loving. He is ready to find a family that will give him the love he deserves and so willingly gives. Shep would love a home with people that provide love, affection, and neck scratches.
Background
Shep was rescued from a dirt road in Porter, Texas on October 6, 2023. He was malnourished and not using his one back leg. He has recovered fully and is healthy and happy now. At his vet visit, it was discovered that Shep had been shot, and the bullet was lodged in his back. The bullet was successfully surgically removed and he is all better and back to being an active dog.
If you are interested in meeting me, please contact my rescue family at GNARHouston@gmail.com to arrange a visit at my foster home or local Petsmart!
send an email to GNARHouston@gmail.com to request a video chat with the foster home to meet the pet
2.
Submit Application
email GNARHouston@gmail.com to request that we send you a pdf of the application to fill out and email back to GNAR
3.
Interview
a volunteer will contact you
4.
Approve Application
Receive an email with your approval and instructions
5.
Take the Pet Home
Meet at a Pet Store for to pick up your new pet from the foster home
Additional adoption info
It is our policy to respect the privacy of everyone we work with, thus we do not, for any reason, share personal information of potential adopters or sponsors. Also, because we believe there can be a variety of great home situations for these animals, we inquire only as to the compatibility of the home and the animal, and do not ask for character references of any kind. We ask these questions only to assure the best possible outcome for both animal and adopter.
It is our policy to respect the privacy of everyone we work with, thus we do not, for any reason, share personal information of potential adopters or sponsors. Also, because we believe there can be a variety of great home situations for these animals, we inquire only as to the compatibility of the home and the animal, and do not ask for character references of any kind. We ask these questions only to assure the best possible outcome for both animal and adopter.
More about this rescue
Good Neighbors Animal Rescue's mission is to facilitate the resolution of animal issues in Fort Worth and Houston, Texas. We want to prevent our community pets from ending up as a statistic at the shelter. We don't pull animals from shelters. We help people who find strays, who are good enough to take them in, but then need to know what to do next. We are there for owners who need to re-home their pets but don't want the impersonal and unknown outcomes of a kill shelter. We trap feral kitties that live in the alleys and re-home those that tame up, and take tame porch cats to get vaccinated. We assist people who have accidental litters and need help spaying and neutering, vaccinating, and finding safe, responsible homes for them, and help make sure that the offspring don't have offspring of their own!
GNAR IS ALL VOLUNTEER RUN AND DONATION BASED. That means that very nearly 100% of all donations go directly to the animals for vet care, spays and neuters, medicine, food and litter. Once in a while we may buy a ream of paper to print flyers or something for our adoption event table, but even that is usually donated by volunteers, foster homes and other donors.
GNAR's methods are to promote and facilitate fostering, spaying, neutering, adopting, and vaccinating, and to spread out the financial burden of the big-hearted among all of us who want to help.
Overpopulation and lack of enforcement of spay and neuter laws in the South mean that thousands upon thousands of pets are euthanized in shelters that come from your own community. If each person in America took in just one animal, we could solve the problem instantly. The answer is fostering, adopting, spaying and neutering rather than buying from breeders or from people who let their own pets have litters. Pets also suffer and die on the streets from lack of food, shelter, and medicine. Taking them in is the first step in stopping the cycle and preventing the next generation from suffering the same fate. So many diseases are 100% preventable with just one $10 vaccine. It is a needless tragedy each time one dies from feline leukemia, canine parvo, or kennel cough. Low cost vet clinics such as TCAP, Spay Neuter Network and other walk in service organizations are available throughout the Dallas Fort Worth area and people need to pass it on!
Good Neighbors Animal Rescue's mission is to facilitate the resolution of animal issues in Fort Worth and Houston, Texas. We want to prevent our community pets from ending up as a statistic at the shelter. We don't pull animals from shelters. We help people who find strays, who are good enough to take them in, but then need to know what to do next. We are there for owners who need to re-home their pets but don't want the impersonal and unknown outcomes of a kill shelter. We trap feral kitties that live in the alleys and re-home those that tame up, and take tame porch cats to get vaccinated. We assist people who have accidental litters and need help spaying and neutering, vaccinating, and finding safe, responsible homes for them, and help make sure that the offspring don't have offspring of their own!
GNAR IS ALL VOLUNTEER RUN AND DONATION BASED. That means that very nearly 100% of all donations go directly to the animals for vet care, spays and neuters, medicine, food and litter. Once in a while we may buy a ream of paper to print flyers or something for our adoption event table, but even that is usually donated by volunteers, foster homes and other donors.
GNAR's methods are to promote and facilitate fostering, spaying, neutering, adopting, and vaccinating, and to spread out the financial burden of the big-hearted among all of us who want to help.
Overpopulation and lack of enforcement of spay and neuter laws in the South mean that thousands upon thousands of pets are euthanized in shelters that come from your own community. If each person in America took in just one animal, we could solve the problem instantly. The answer is fostering, adopting, spaying and neutering rather than buying from breeders or from people who let their own pets have litters. Pets also suffer and die on the streets from lack of food, shelter, and medicine. Taking them in is the first step in stopping the cycle and preventing the next generation from suffering the same fate. So many diseases are 100% preventable with just one $10 vaccine. It is a needless tragedy each time one dies from feline leukemia, canine parvo, or kennel cough. Low cost vet clinics such as TCAP, Spay Neuter Network and other walk in service organizations are available throughout the Dallas Fort Worth area and people need to pass it on!
