Virginia German Shepherd Rescue

I have been blessed with two German Shepard Dogs from VGSR.
From the day I met the team at an event at the Sterling Petsmart, through the home visit (s) and the interview process: they have all been kind and had the best interest of their fosters, and of the families looking for a new family member.
They were patient, and willing to bring dogs to our home to watch interactions with my kids and the dogs.
If it wasn’t a perfect fit: they were kind, and knew that our refusal of a dog, didn’t mean we didn’t love that dog. (Often, they would determine early on in the process that certain dogs would not be a fit for us.)
Both times we DID choose a dog, (or more they chose US,) they were perfect for our family.

The Missus and I spent last fall searching for a companion for our aging Lab/​Shepherd. A buddy to keep him active and entertained as well as learn from him in all ways of being a great dog.
We dealt with a number of dog rescue organizations, and even adopted one dog that turned into a disaster. Hint: never adopt a un-​socialized hound, they do nothing but figure out how to run away and chase … well anything until they can’t walk anymore and require animal hospital visits.
One weekend at a exposition for all the local animal rescue orgs, we got to meed the folks from VGSR. They were very friendly and talkative. Not at all exhibiting the snobbishness we received from a number of other rescue orgs.
After talking it over later, we decided to get in contact with them and run through the approval process. Forms were filled out, home visits were made (by very nice folks, I might add) and we were finally approved to adopt from them.
After perusing their web site for a few days, we settled on a White Shepherd mix male who’s twin sister had already been adopted. This started a process wherein the folks fostering the dog brought the dog to our house to make sure that he got along with our current dog, as well as for the foster parents to make their decision on if they think we were ok to be the pup’s new parents.
Yuki (the Shepherd), got along well with Archie after the usual growling and tangling. And the foster mom was satisfied with us, so we scheduled what they term as a «sleep over». This is where we took Yuki for a weekend just to see how we all got along together. If you don’t, there’s no pressure, you just return the dog to the foster parents and keep looking.
That’s the nice part about this whole process, there was no pressure. They didn’t make you feel like parents abandoning a baby if you decided you didn’t like a particular dog.
Lucky for us, Yuki was a perfect fit and his «sleep over» has yet to end.
A VGSR representative kept in touch with us throughout the entire process and made sure all was well. They are a great organization run by great caring folks. If you’re looking to adopt, I recommend you give them a call.