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Age:  1 year Size: medium/large Activity level: medium/high Good With Dogs?: males ok, some females are okay Good With Cats?:  Will chase and bother

Foster Parents are Stephen and Penny FPiC is Lucy M.

"Sweet as Sugar" is an apt description of the little girl we have named Sugar! Sugar is a one year old female German Shepherd who loves to play, be a fairly active girl with you, and have lots of your attention. She's a fun girl, you'll find. She also LOVES snuggling and being petted, she likes playing in her fenced area, and she likes when you take her for walks. Sugar is a PARTY GIRL and she is looking to find her forever home now!

Around the age of 8 months, Sugar was loose in the neighborhood and was hit by a car. Her pelvis was cracked and her hip broken. Her owners didn't have the money to take care of her, so they signed her over to a town Animal Control Officer (ACO). The ACO was wonderful, and raised money so that Sugar could have some needed hip surgery. That went well. However, Sugar was tough to rehab - she didn't want to be quiet and heal - she wanted to PLAY! The ACO asked a very good local all-breed rescue group, Pound Hounds, to take her in. Pound Hounds loved Sugar and enjoyed her, but knew she couldn't really thrive and heal properly in a kennel situation. She needed to be in a foster home with supervised, limited exercise daily, but lots of individual attention too. So they asked GSRNE if we could give Sugar what she needed. GSRNE could!

 GSRNE decided to hold onto Sugar until her healing time was mostly finished. Sugar's foster family did some very nice work with Sugar in her rehab time. She is now mostly healed up and ready to be adopted! She is able to do more and more regular activity, and her wounds have healed nicely so far.

Sugar LOVES to play with other dogs, that is for sure. But she can get carried away too, and gets overexcited and can play rougher than some dogs prefer. She likes to be the Queen Bee in the household! She would do best as an only dog, or with a larger male dog that enjoyed playing hard, as some male German Shepherds, male Labs, etc, do. She will be happiest if you continue daily work on her obedience training, as she's a spirited dog who wants you to define her boundaries. Her foster parents greatly enjoy Sugar and her antics and have said she's one fantastic dog.

If you're looking for a bright, active, FUN dog with whom you'll enjoy doing things every day, ask us about Sugar!