German Shepherd Rescue Scotland

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German Shepherd t-shirts, fleeces, badges, mugs, mouse mats, cards and much more.

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Dog Friendly Accommodation

german shepherd badgeThinking of booking a holiday? Check out our dog friendly accommodation and take your 'hairy weans' with you.

Dog Friendly Accommodation

GSD Photographs Needed

German Shepherd PicturesWe need your HIGH QUALITY photographs for our calendars and cards.

For more information about submitting photographs click here.

Dogmatic Headcollars

dogmatic headcollarsYour GSD pulling you off your feet? Check out our Dogmatic headcollars.

 

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Mr Pickwick Pet Foods

mr pickwick pet foodsMr Pickwick Pet Foods is an online pet food store with a difference. They sell Super Premium Dog Food produced and packaged by one of the leading pet food manufacturers in the UK. Delivery is FREE and 10% of every sale can be donated to German Shepherd Rescue Scotland.

You can find our more about Mr Pickwick Pet Foods by visiting their website www.mrpickwickpetfoods.co.uk.

Or order directly from our website by clicking here.

Remember to select 'German Shepherd Rescue Scotland' from the drop-down when you select your items.

German Shepherd Rescue Scotland

Welcome to the website of German Shepherd Rescue Scotland. Whether you have decided to adopt a German Shepherd, re-home your German Shepherd or you would like to become a volunteer, we hope you enjoy browsing our site.

We have included some helpful information and advice, as well as a gallery of beautiful German Shepherds, most of them rescue dogs. If there is something you would like to see included on the site please get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

The website is regularly updated, so please keep checking back.

Adopters' Open Day - Sunday the 15th of July

We are organising an Adopters' Open Day at the Rescue's foster kennels in Midlothian on Sunday the 15th of July.

The day is open to ADULTS ONLY - NO CHILDREN AND NO DOGS.

We have lots of lovely dogs in the kennels who want nothing more than a home to call their own.

You do not need to have passed a home-check to attend the Adopter's Day, but you do need to meet our re-homing requirements. You will be home-checked if you are interested in adopting any of the dogs available.

This is an INVITATION ONLY event. If you meet the re-homing requirements please fill in an Adoption Form and add 'Invite Request' beside your name, one of our volunteers will give you a call to discuss your application and confirm your invite.

Some of the dogs in the foster kennels have been there a long time. People overlook them because they think there is something wrong with them, THERE ISN'T.

For more details contact Liz on 01738 710111.

Light refreshments will be available.

Romanian Rescue in Crisis

Our Friends Dog Rescue in Romania is in crisis they need to move 300+ the dogs from their current location by June 2012 otherwise the Dog Catchers will enter the shelter and take the dogs to the KILLING POUND. Humane Euthanasia is not an option in Romania and the dogs at the killing pound are starved to death, electrocuted and worse.

They have found new land and need to raise £16,500 to secure it and complete the move. If they can achieve this they can save the dogs and continue the fantastic work of the shelter.

For more information and to donate please visit their website www.ourfriendsdogrescue.org.uk.

Zeus - previously known as Corder

corder 9This is a very special story with at last a happy ending.

Corder came into rescue in 2010, he's so gorgeous that he found a home very quickly but sadly he was a handful for his new owner and kept jumping over the 6 foot fence, so after a few months he came back into rescue again and into kennels.

The months went on and no one showed any interest in Corder. The kennels staff loved him but he could be a little unpredicatable with other dogs, and he had severe separation anxiety. Despite the rescue's best efforts he was overlooked time and time again, we can only imagine the separation anxiety was putting people off.

November 2011, Corder had now been in kennels over a year, why would no one give this boy a chance?

Save the Date!!!

Saturday, 11 August 2012

German Shepherd Rescue Scotland Dog Show and Table Sale

Save the date in your diary for our first ever dog show. Please come along and support us.

A great day for the family - all dogs welcome.

SHOW OPENS FOR ENTRIES 10.30am

JUDGING STARTS 11.30am

  • Novelty Classes

  • Breed Classes

  • Dog Displays

  • Tombola & Kids Tombola

  • Raffle

  • Home Baking

  • Ice Creams

  • Dog Photographer

  • Lots of Stalls

For more info contact 07895 196 423.

2012 dog show

This is a family fun day with ALL breeds welcome.

Please print off our poster and help us advertise this great day out!

Click here to view and print poster. (This is a PDF document Adobe Reader required.)

Sponsor Team Aitken

sponsor german shepherdFiona and Jenna are walking the West Highland Way with their 3 dogs to raise funds for German Shepherd Rescue Scotland. Only a few more weeks left sponsor them! Good luck girls!

Please sponsor them here
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=fionaandjenna&isTeam=true

Table Sale & Rodeo Success

A HUGE well done to our fabulous team in the East, they managed to raise £600 at the table sale.

And another HUGE well done to Lorraine and her family for raising £190 at the Vet School Rodeo.

Thank you!

Supported by Burns

Burns Dog Food

Supported by Pets at Home

Pets At Home

Animal Friends Insurance

Visit Animal Friends Pet Insurance for your quote

German Shepherd Rescue Scotland has a 'NO KILL' policy but we need your help to keep these dogs safe.

If you visit our site and like the work we do please consider donating. If every visitor donated even just £1 it would help us continue our work.

Make a donation using Virgin Money Giving

Don't forget to Gift Aid your donation if you are a UK tax payer. A big thank you to everyone who has donated.

Urgent Homes Needed

Latest Success Stories

Contact Details

Need to re-home your dog?
Call 01738 710111
(10am to 7pm ONLY)

Passed your home-check?
Call 01738 710111
(10am to 7pm ONLY)

General enquiries
Call 07920 060 668
(9am to 7pm ONLY)

Or send us an email.

Please note: German Shepherd Rescue Scotland is run by volunteers. All of our volunteers work from home, we do not have an office.

Telephones are not manned 24/7 but if you leave your telephone number we will get in touch as soon as possible.

Love German Shepherds? Then you will love our gallery. All the dogs in the gallery are happy rescue dogs or are owned by our volunteers.

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View Our Gallery

Training Your Best Friend

german shepherd training manual

David Dee's training manual includes some of the secrets of "dog whispering" (or "dog listening" as some people call it). We believe this method of training can make a substantial contribution to the control of a dog especially where owners are having difficulties.

David is a UK based trainer. His manual costs $19 and has a 60 day money back guarantee. The rescue receives a donation for every copy sold via our website.

Find out more

Dog Rescue Federation

German Shepherd Rescue Scotland is a member of the Dog Rescue Federation.

127,000 reasons to change the law. That’s how many stray and abandoned dogs local authorities in the UK rounded up last year. In the same period at least 11,000 perfectly innocent dogs were put to sleep for no other reason than they were not wanted.

Please visit their website to find out more and add your support. www.dogrescuefederation.org

 

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Like to help?

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You can help us rescue more dogs like Murphy. Just click the button to send us a donation.

All donations gratefully accepted big or small, every penny counts!

Please donate now!

Thank you for caring!

Easy Fundraising

Raise money for us the easy way. Everyone who uses the web can help!

You can help us raise money for the rescue without even leaving your home. It's easy.

For more information go to our Fund Raising page.

Thistle Care Scheme

German Shepherd Rescue Scotland's Thistle Care Scheme has been set up to give German Shepherd owners peace of mind. We promise that if anything happens to you, we will take your German Shepherd into our care and find your dog(s) a new forever home.

Find out more

ID Tags are Law

Did you know that it is illegal not to have an ID tag on your dog? The Control of Dogs Order 1992 states that all dogs must have identification when in a public place.

All dogs must have a tag with the owner's name, address and telephone number on it.

Any dog seen without a collar in public may be seized by the local authority and treated as a stray. The person in charge of the dog and/or the owner of the dog may be prosecuted and fined.

Athough ID tags are a good way to help you get your dog back if it gets lost, we still recommend you microchip your dog. Dogs Trust are offering a free microchipping service for your dog, for more information click here.

Very Important Alert!

German Shepherd Rescue Scotland DO NOT place ads in GUMTREE, AD TRADER OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

If you see any suspicious listings using pictures of dogs on our site please contact us. We will request that they are removed immediately.

We are all looking for a new home

Forever Homes Needed

german shepherd rescue dogsWe have lots of gorgeous German Shepherds waiting to be adopted.

Complete our Adoption Form if you would like to adopt one of the dogs on our site.

Foster Homes Needed

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If you can offer a warm, loving foster home please get in touch.

German Shepherds don't do well in kennels, we would love to have warm foster homes to offer instead of cold concrete kennels. ALL food and expenses will be covered by the rescue.

Success Stories

german shepherd rescue2We love to get pictures and follow-up stories from our families when they adopt a dog from German Shepherd Rescue Scotland.

You can see some of our adopted German Shepherds on our Success Stories page.