We felt that under the circumstance that you would all like to know the entire story as we now have it. To those of you who love and care about your dogs and this breed, I am sure after reading this you will be as disgusted as we are. I have always felt that if you cannot guarantee your dogs and their pups a safe and loved life DO NOT BREED. There is NO excuse ever to not be responsible. The few excuses I have heard to not do so should anger you all as they have us. SO thank you again for your care and love towards these wonderful dogs. Thank you to everyone who has agreed that breeders should be responsible for their dogs! As a rescue, we completely agree. Since my posting to the list, some things have transpired, so I thought I'd give you a complete account of what has happened in the last month since this dog was picked up by dog control on 12/13/10. . Dog Control reached out to us on 1/3/11 to help this dog. When asked about temperament and age, this is what she wrote: "I believe she is a purebred, attached are pictures, I am calling her Emma. I would guess her age to be 2-4 yrs.old judging by her teeth. As for her temperament, it took ten hours to catch her and that was because she was exhausted, I still had to use a catch pole as she was very fearful and wanted to bite. Since then, she has slowly warmed up to me and now gives kisses and shows affection and is playful. She is completely housebroken, knows sit, down and shake with both paws, she does not seem food aggressive. I have had people, male and female at the shelter and she barks and seems protective, fearful. She is anxious when other dogs are at the shelter. I know it would be very difficult if not impossible to place her. She has a microchip, an unregistered Avid chip that brought me to the breeder who showed no concern for this dog and was not helpful in the least. She said she couldn't find any info on this dog...Her name is Gloria Summers, have you heard of er?" On 1/11, we met the dog and we were able to handle her although she is very much a fearful dog. We agreed to accept her into our program and picked her up on 1/13. On 1/15, we posted to this List asking if anyone had information about Gloria Summers and since she didn't appear to be that well known, we sent her an email asking for details about this dog and provided the microchip #. Her first response was: "I AM SORRY I HAVE NO RECORD OF THIS CHIP NUMBER" After a second email on our part, and mentioning that it is our understanding that per the AKC breeders must keep records, she did provide the name and address of the person she sold the dog to. A quick Internet search revealed that the owner is now living in the exact area where the dog was picked up in December. This prompted a call by us to Dog Control who then called the owner. When she reached him he said "yes" he was missing a German Shepherd. He also said that Gloria had called him to tell him that the dog is now with German Shepherd Rescue, as Gloria is a friend of his mother's!!! Basically, they all knew all along that the dog had been picked up and NO ONE came forward to help. Their lack of action put this dog's life at risk!!! Had GSRCNY NOT agreed to take this dog, she would have been senselessly euthanized because no one cared enough to take responsibility for her....not her breeder, nor her owner! Per dog control, the dog was not licensed in the Town. The "owner" told her that she had not had shots since she was a pup and she is not spayed. He also said that he cannot make his mortgage payments and cannot afford any fines to get the dog back. So, at this point the dog will remain in our program where she will get a second chance! Oh, and an additional email to Gloria asking for the dog's age and parent information revealed this: "DATE OF BIRTH 4/18/09 HER PARENTS ARE KENNELWOODS KEY CONTENDER AND TAZZMANS CRYSTAL AT GRANDVIEW. BOTH DOGS HAD GOOD TEMPERMENTS. SHEPHERDS HAVE TO BE SOCIALIZED." So there you have it!! Thank you to everyone who has agreed that breeders should be responsible for their dogs! As a rescue, we completely agree. Since my posting to the list, some things have transpired, so I thought I'd give you a complete account of what has happened in the last month since this dog was picked up by dog control on 12/13/10. . Dog Control reached out to us on 1/3/11 to help this dog. When asked about temperament and age, this is what she wrote: "I believe she is a purebred, attached are pictures, I am calling her Emma. I would guess her age to be 2-4 yrs.old judging by her teeth. As for her temperament, it took ten hours to catch her and that was because she was exhausted, I still had to use a catch pole as she was very fearful and wanted to bite. Since then, she has slowly warmed up to me and now gives kisses and shows affection and is playful. She is completely housebroken, knows sit, down and shake with both paws, she does not seem food aggressive. I have had people, male and female at the shelter and she barks and seems protective, fearful. She is anxious when other dogs are at the shelter. I know it would be very difficult if not impossible to place her. She has a microchip, an unregistered Avid chip that brought me to the breeder who showed no concern for this dog and was not helpful in the least. She said she couldn't find any info on this dog...Her name is Gloria Summers, have you heard of er?" On 1/11, we met the dog and we were able to handle her although she is very much a fearful dog. We agreed to accept her into our program and picked her up on 1/13. On 1/15, we posted to this List asking if anyone had information about Gloria Summers and since she didn't appear to be that well known, we sent her an email asking for details about this dog and provided the microchip #. Her first response was: "I AM SORRY I HAVE NO RECORD OF THIS CHIP NUMBER" After a second email on our part, and mentioning that it is our understanding that per the AKC breeders must keep records, she did provide the name and address of the person she sold the dog to. A quick Internet search revealed that the owner is now living in the exact area where the dog was picked up in December. This prompted a call by us to Dog Control who then called the owner. When she reached him he said "yes" he was missing a German Shepherd. He also said that Gloria had called him to tell him that the dog is now with German Shepherd Rescue, as Gloria is a friend of his mother's!!! Basically, they all knew all along that the dog had been picked up and NO ONE came forward to help. Their lack of action put this dog's life at risk!!! Had GSRCNY NOT agreed to take this dog, she would have been senselessly euthanized because no one cared enough to take responsibility for her....not her breeder, nor her owner! Per dog control, the dog was not licensed in the Town. The "owner" told her that she had not had shots since she was a pup and she is not spayed. He also said that he cannot make his mortgage payments and cannot afford any fines to get the dog back. So, at this point the dog will remain in our program where she will get a second chance! Oh, and an additional email to Gloria asking for the dog's age and parent information revealed this: "DATE OF BIRTH 4/18/09 HER PARENTS ARE KENNELWOODS KEY CONTENDER AND TAZZMANS CRYSTAL AT GRANDVIEW. BOTH DOGS HAD GOOD TEMPERMENTS. SHEPHERDS HAVE TO BE SOCIALIZED." 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