Take A Look At This Sweet Piece Of Sugar

Sugar is wonderfully sweet for her guardian!

Update from her new home: Sugar had a great time with her newpack this weekend & has taken quite well to the office. She is now a working dog. She does the "Wal-Mart" meet & greet quite well.

Sugar's adopter is in this photo somewhere!

General - R.I.P.

We lost General the other night. He lived, he grew, he finally knew love.

~Rest In Peace Beautiful Boy~

From General's Foster Mom:

"You are loved & missed, & will always have a place in my heart & in my pack".

SEPARATE LIFETIMES

We who choose to surround ourselves

with lives even more temporary than our own,

live within a fragile circle;

easily and often breached.

Unable to accept its awful gaps,

we would still live no other way.

We cherish memory as the only

certain immortality, never fully

understanding the necessary plan....

--- Irving Townsend ---

~Love Hurts~

10 Poisonous Garden Plants to Avoid with Dogs

Summer is a great time to give your dog more exercise and fresh air, often letting them have run of the yard. However, everyday gardens can pose a serious risk to your dog’s health. The following ten garden plants are poisonous and need to be kept away from our canine friends:

Bulbs – Amarylis, Daffodil, Elephant Ear, Hyacinth, Iris, Tulip. The bulb is the poisonous part, so beware particularly with those dogs that like to dig.

Ferns – Asparagus Fern, Emerald Feather, Lace Fern, Plumosa Fern. Many of these can be grown in a hanging pot, just make sure pieces of the plant or its berries do not fall to the floor.

Flowering Plants – Cyclamen, Hydrangea, Kalanchoe. While the blooms are beautiful the consequences can be deadly.

Garden Perennials - Charming Dieffenbachia, Christmas Rose, Flamingo Plant, Foxglove, Morning Glory, Nightshade.

Lillies – Glory Lily. These are not only toxic to dogs, but cats as well.

Shrubs – Cycads, Heavenly Bamboo, Holly, Jerusalem Cherry, Oleander, Precatory Bean, Rhododendron, Sago Palm, Yucca. Shrubs are one of the deadliest garden plants.

Succulents – Aloe.

Trees – Avocado, Buddist Pine, Chinaberry, Japanese Yew, Macadamia Nut, Madagascar Dragon, Schefflera.

Vines – Branching Ivy, English Ivy, Glacier Ivy, Needlepoint Ivy. The foliage of vines is actually more toxic than the berries.

Other Plants – American Bittersweet

While it is best to not have these toxic plants in your yard, at the very least they should be fenced in to keep your dog from getting to them.

Sweet As Candy - Their Horrible Beginning Will Inspire You To Rescue Or Foster

These little babies are sweet as candy. They are purebred German Shepherd puppies around 6-7 weeks old. They are brand new to our group and just left the animal hospital.

These babies came to our group from Corpus Christi. The breeder who had them decided to remove their dew claws herself at home. Their feet became severely infected and by the time she finally took them to the vet the infection had spread. This breeder took them to the vet not to have their feet treated but to have them killed.Luckily the vet refused to do this and instead asked her if he could take the puppies. The vet tech contacted our group and we were happy to step in a help. The vet was able to get the infection under control but both puppies have had their toes amputated on one foot.

Right now they are healing and building their strength up and their feet will be reevaluated. It is possible each puppy may need part of their leg amputated. Right now they are in their new foster home for lots of TLC. Despite everything they have been through they are both very sweet puppies and enjoy human interaction.

If you are interested in adopting Baby Ruth or Heath, please go to our website, copy, paste & complete our adoption application, then email it to gsdrescuectx@yahoo.com.

OMG - Calypso!

Update from Calypso's Foster mom July/2009

I've been working with Calypso to learn how to be a dog and play. She didnt even know how to play with a ball. Dakoda is teaching her the ropes though. And as you can see in the last picture of my girl I adopted that started me on this journey with you guys Dakoda is also doing very well.

She is VERY loyal to people, she likes to stay by your side, is VERY easy to walk on a leash. Sits and lays down when you ask her. She is heart worm negative – that’s why she didn’t need the 2nd heart worm treatment. She is very good with other dogs. She is learning to run for the ball and just Sunday she learned to pick it up and start to bring it back (you’ll see the one with the ball in her mouth). She did it a couple of times but is still learning how to play and be a dog. She sleeps on her little bed at night and has never had any accidents in the house. She also smiles!!! I still can’t get that picture yet, but it is too cute!!! She is really awesome.

Her temperament is very laid back and easy going. It took a while to allow us to put a leash on her to take her for a walk. She was very timid to go on the walks, but now..... now she’s hopping and whining along with Dakoda and Sheena saying "Hurry Foster Mom, I want to go for a walk! Hurry!!!!" She also is no longer wary or afraid to sniff and smell the grass and other scents that normal dogs do. She is not food aggressive at all. Dakoda started eating out of her bowl the other day and she barked once and came to Allan to tell on Dakoda since all the girls know they are only allowed to eat from their own bowls!

She is also coming out more to socialize with us (she used to hide under the dining room table or go back to her bed in our master bedroom. Now she waits for me to come home from work in the living room, and when the back door opens, she’s out the door along with everybody else. She’ll lie next to me on the couch when I’m watching TV and she finally is giving me kisses.　 She is awesome, sweet, beautiful and very generous with her affection. (She does shed a lot though and doesn’t really like when I rake her. She dips her head and ears a little and puts her tail a little between her legs but stands there contritely so I don’t do it for too long.) She doesn’t get in the pool like the other two – but Allan said that’s all we needed is for THREE Dogs with DOG HAIR in the pool! So I guess that’s a good thing.

If you are interested in adopting Calypso, please go to our website, copy, paste and complete our adoption application and email it to German Shepherd Rescue Central Texas.

Current Dogs For Adoption Below