Freedom German Shepherd Rescue strives to transform the lives of homeless, abandoned, neglected and abused German Shepherds and German Shepherd mixes. We place our rescued dogs with nurturing temporary foster families to provide all the necessary medical care, food, and basic training to ensure they become healthy integral family members. During their time with foster families, their personalities and behaviors can be evaluated to eventually match and place them with their rigorously approved furever families. Our mission is to educate the community on pet overpopulation, unreputable breeding, the epidemic of abandoned and neglected dogs, as well as topics to keep their current dogs happy and healthy.
You must be 18 years of age or older to adopt a dog. Once the application process acknowledgement, application fee, and application have been submitted, the application will be forwarded to a volunteer who will perform the vet check. The vet check will ensure that any current and previous animals in the home are consistently vetted, up to date on shots and are altered. Dogs must be altered, up to date with rabies and dhpp vaccinations, and consistently receiving heartworm preventatives and annual fecal and heartworm exams. Cats must be altered, up to date on rabies and dhpp vaccinations. Please note, your veterinarian’s office will be contacted, so please let them know a volunteer from Freedom German Shepherd Rescue will be calling and give them permission to answer any questions about your animals. If the veterinarian’s office is not informed, your application may be held up and can take longer to process. Please also list any and all vet offices where your pet has been treated, to include low cost clinics, complete with their addresses and phone numbers, to help facilitate the vet check process. Once the applicant has passed the vet check, an adoption coordinator will contact the applicant about setting up the phone interview. Once the phone interview has been completed and passed, the home visit will be scheduled. An applicant must pass all parts of the application process to be considered approved to adopt a dog from Freedom German Shepherd Rescue. Yes, the application process is very thorough. We do that to ensure that any dog that we adopt out is well taken care of to reduce the chances of the dog ending up in a bad situation and/or being returned. Please note that it can take up to 4 weeks to process an application from start to finish, with the primary delay being getting the home visit scheduled. Our goal is for each volunteer to return communication within 48 hours. Applicants may apply for a specific dog; however, applicants need to understand that the dog may not be available by the time their application has been processed. Once an applicant has been approved to adopt, our adoption coordinators will find the applicant an appropriate dog based on the applicant’s level of experience with German Shepherds or other working breeds, family members, situation, etc. Only dogs that are fully vetted, medically cleared and microchipped will be adopted out. Approved adopters will have a two-week trial period, unless otherwise noted, with the dog that the foster family and the adopter thinks is the best fit.