Backstory
“My name is Sandy Norris and I volunteer for German Shepherd Rescue and Adoption out of Raleigh NC. I was contacted about Scooby, a blind GSD mix who had been dropped off by his owners, at the Davidson County Animal Shelter in Lexington NC.
I went out to meet him and my heart just broke. He was so scared and lost. It became very clear he just wanted to crawl in your lap and feel safe. I ask our intake if we could bring him into our rescue.
Without an open foster home that can handle a large blind dog we could not help. I went out to the shelter the next day and spent more time with Scooby. I took him on a walk in the woods and spent time with him in the room the shelter had designated for him. They did remove him from the kennel floor because he was so stressed out hearing all the barking dogs not knowing they were in kennels.
He has been in his 5×5 room for at least 2 weeks and still can’t get his footing.
I decided to work my tail off to get him out of the shelter and into a foster home. With the go ahead from our Rescue board I made a plea on the shelter page. GSRA would pull him and get him vetted and his heart worms treated if someone would foster him.
A family put in a foster application this week and we are fast tracking the app to make sure it is the right place for Scooby. All of our fosters and adopters have to have a vet check, home visit and agree to take the dogs to our vets for treatment.
We supply everything, vet care, Meds, food, bowls, crates, collars, leash, toys we only ask the fosters to provide love and basic training.
I’m attaching some pics of him at the shelter.
When I saw your organization on FB I thought that Scooby could so benefit from the Halo.
We are a 501c Rescue and the Davidson Shelter is a small county shelter. If you could see it in your heart to donate a Halo to Scooby we all would be forever grateful. If you can’t at this time I understand but I thought someone needs to step up for Scooby so that’s what I’m doing.
Thank you for all the pups you do help.
Www.gsdrescue.org
Sandy mom to Emma, Jake, Junior, Bowtie and many wonderful fosters
For the love of animals
