I have a four year old German Shepherd and the other day I was at the shelter and fell in love with another GS that looks just like my other baby. This dog is younger, and was apparently in a hoarding house before he was surrendered to the shelter. He’s very thin but extremely sweet and loving. He’s goofy and acts JUST like my other shepherd. The two of them so far have been pretty good together.

One of the things I’m worried about is how this new rescue is with food. The dog bowl was down (no food in it) and when they both walked up to it, the rescue snapped quick at my other dog. I corrected it and told him no, but obviously will be feeding them separately.

The big thing I’m worried about is when I put my rescue to bed in his crate, he growled at my other dog when he got too close. He did this 2-3 times before I corrected him and told him “NO” firmly.

I’m so scared because I will not put the dog I already have in harms way, no matter how much I adore this rescue. I don’t know if it’s a bad sign that the rescue growled while in his cage at my other dog. Or that he could potentially be food aggressive. He’s not at all with me, but I’m nervous that he could get aggressive with my other dog.

Is growling a bad sign that he might attack my other dog or is it normal?

She gets her last round of vaccines at the end of November and she’s waiting on a spay appointment, her family is more than willing to wait! We are very excited for her❤️

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She’s been wandering an area northeast of Houston. She’s still on the streets right now!! Can anyone in the Houston area foster so we can get her to safety? She’s extremely sweet (but skittish) and probably about 35 lbs. I’m networking for a rescue but must have a committed foster first.

My hot take: I really don’t like people who purchase purebred dogs. I think the every day person with a purebred dog buys one for the “looks” .

I don’t hate purebred dogs themselves, a lot end up in shelters because of ignorant people. But in my opinion, there is no reason that pure bred dogs should be sold to the everyday person.

I have adopted all 3 of my dogs. The first one, 9 years ago, he was found under a porch abandoned. He is the most perfect angel ever to exist. My second, I adopted when she was a year old. She taught me so much about owning dogs with behavioral quirks. But after the first year she was amazing. (She sadly passed away suddenly in July). This week I adopted a puppy from a local shelter. While on pet finder there was over 4 thousand adoptable animals in my local area. FOUR THOUSAND. How could anyone want to bring more dogs into this world when there are so many that need homes?! It seriously gets under my skin so bad. You don’t love dogs if you refuse to adopt. You love the look and appearance a certain breed will give you. I’m the one of the only people in my friend group that has never had a purebred dog, and honestly… I look down on people for it. Call me a hater, I don’t care. My mutts have traveled the country and been better dogs than most purebreds and I’m proud I can give a life I can to them. They deserve it. It also is annoying when I see people on Facebook who I know bought from a backyard breeder share posts from the pound about how overwhelmed they are. Okay so why didn’t you get an animal from there then???

I also hate when people don’t get their animals fixed but that is a whole other rant.

Anyway, I love my rescues and I will defend them until the end. I also have rescue cats, one stray that just appeared as a mangy kitten, and another I adopted when the shelter was begging for help and people kept dumping animals off in the middle of the night. Thanks for listening to me rant 💙

I’m looking to adopt a dog and have been looking at adoptapet.com. I have seen a couple that I like but the only issue is that it says cared for by private owner. The details say good with kids, dogs, shots current, sprayed/neutered and microchipped. The description says they came from a breeder that never sold them, most likely because of their color..does this website to a thorough job screening private owners? I want to make sure I’m not just going to a sketchy/unreliable breeder who is just posting on that website.

On a Christmas Day 2018 the vet came to check on the animals in the kennel. Someone left Cheyenne tied to a sign out front and drove away. A note attached to her harness. “Dog is not good with other dogs n people, but has been fixed” I adopted her December 15, 2021 and she is the best girl ever. ❤️

Let me start out by saying that she has had a full vet work up and she is perfectly healthy on paper, nothing at all wrong with her physically. I’ve only had her a week and she’s just so uninterested in life - she doesn’t play, she doesn’t do anything really other than lay on the couch or the porch and sleep. She’s an absolute gem and I’m dedicated to keeping her no matter what, I just want some advice to pull her out of this weird funk she’s in. Is this just a situation where she needs more time?

I realize a week is nothing, I’m just feeling like she doesn’t enjoy living with my family and I hate it for her! She was found roaming the streets a couple months back, stolen from the shelter she was in for 3 weeks and when they recovered her from that I decided to step in to foster her because I work with a rescue and I felt like she needed some serious TLC after everything she’s been through.

We’ve already decided we’re dedicated to keeping her - I just want a way to lift her spirits. I’ve tried toys, puzzles, treats, anything you can think of and I’ve probably tried it and her reaction was “this is meh” at best every time. She also isn’t really eating much of anything so she’s losing weight. I work from home primarily so she is with me all day every day, we just aren’t really bonding yet and it bothers me because I don’t understand where the disconnect is coming from. I’m willing to be patient of course I just need some guidance/success stories/reassurance, anything really.