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Coqueta (pronounced Ko-keeta) is an adorable black and tan, female German Shepherd who is certain to melt the hearts of all she meets. She about 9 months old and is currently around 50lbs, but she likely has a bit of growing to do!
Not much is known about her background, but she came into her foster home seeming to already know how to use a doggie door. She is familiar with basic commands so continued training will be a great bonding experience with her new humans. She is a bit hesitant meeting new people, but once she warms up, she is your best pal – well, assuming you seal the deal by tossing a stuffy for her to retrieve!
Coqueta loves her toys (durable stuffies are a favorite) and entertains herself by carrying them around the house and yard. She has been left loose in the home during the day with her foster pack when her foster mom goes into the office and has done remarkably well for such a youngster. At home, Coqueta is becoming more confident and learning the household routine as well as being part of a pack. She is starting to rough house with the resident German Shepherds and loves to engage in a game of fetch with her human. She gets puppy bursts of energy, but also settles down to nap while her foster mom is working. She is a certified “wiggle butt” and can get excitable, so she might be a bit much for very small children. True to her GSD nature, she likes to play with her mouth and is learning appropriate, gentler play.
Coqueta sleeps nicely in the crate at night and has even started putting herself to bed. It seems she has minimal exposure outside of the home, so right now the world outside the front fence is a big, scary place. She is not confident on leash or in public places yet, but baby steps outside of her comfort zone and continued socialization and will have her enjoying all the outdoor activities that summer has to offer in no time! She lives in a foster home with kitties, so she may be able to live with dog savvy cats.
Cats and small critters unknow.
Level 2
Understanding Dog Levels
Please be sure you understand what a dog of this Level requires. Go to our home page for an explanation of the Dog Rating Levels. (https://www.gcgsr.org/dogs.html#levels)
Additional Adoption Information
For more information and to see when this dog will be attending an Adoption Day, please see our Dogs page on our main website. (https://www.gcgsr.org/adopt_info.html) We operate within a reasonable driving distance from the Greater Sacramento area, the Central Valley down to Merced, and Lake Tahoe. A reasonable driving distance is determined by where one of our volunteers is willing to drive within our areas of service. That means we don't adopt out of our area, to Southern California, or out of state.
Puppy Requirements
We have special Requirements for Adopting a Puppy and a separate Puppy Questionnaire that must be completed on puppies. Please see our Requirements for Adopting a Puppy (https://www.gcgsr.org/puppies.html) email us at info@gcgsr.org for more information.
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September 2, 2024, 12:34 pm
Adoption Event Schedule
Events run from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM every month at these locations:
Coqueta (pronounced Ko-keeta) is an adorable black and tan, female German Shepherd who is certain to melt the hearts of all she meets. She about 9 months old and is currently around 50lbs, but she likely has a bit of growing to do!
Not much is known about her background, but she came into her foster home seeming to already know how to use a doggie door. She is familiar with basic commands so continued training will be a great bonding experience with her new humans. She is a bit hesitant meeting new people, but once she warms up, she is your best pal – well, assuming you seal the deal by tossing a stuffy for her to retrieve!
Coqueta loves her toys (durable stuffies are a favorite) and entertains herself by carrying them around the house and yard. She has been left loose in the home during the day with her foster pack when her foster mom goes into the office and has done remarkably well for such a youngster. At home, Coqueta is becoming more confident and learning the household routine as well as being part of a pack. She is starting to rough house with the resident German Shepherds and loves to engage in a game of fetch with her human. She gets puppy bursts of energy, but also settles down to nap while her foster mom is working. She is a certified “wiggle butt” and can get excitable, so she might be a bit much for very small children. True to her GSD nature, she likes to play with her mouth and is learning appropriate, gentler play.
Coqueta sleeps nicely in the crate at night and has even started putting herself to bed. It seems she has minimal exposure outside of the home, so right now the world outside the front fence is a big, scary place. She is not confident on leash or in public places yet, but baby steps outside of her comfort zone and continued socialization and will have her enjoying all the outdoor activities that summer has to offer in no time! She lives in a foster home with kitties, so she may be able to live with dog savvy cats.
Cats and small critters unknow.
Level 2
Understanding Dog Levels
Please be sure you understand what a dog of this Level requires. Go to our home page for an explanation of the Dog Rating Levels. (https://www.gcgsr.org/dogs.html#levels)
Additional Adoption Information
For more information and to see when this dog will be attending an Adoption Day, please see our Dogs page on our main website. (https://www.gcgsr.org/adopt_info.html) We operate within a reasonable driving distance from the Greater Sacramento area, the Central Valley down to Merced, and Lake Tahoe. A reasonable driving distance is determined by where one of our volunteers is willing to drive within our areas of service. That means we don't adopt out of our area, to Southern California, or out of state.
Puppy Requirements
We have special Requirements for Adopting a Puppy and a separate Puppy Questionnaire that must be completed on puppies. Please see our Requirements for Adopting a Puppy (https://www.gcgsr.org/puppies.html) email us at info@gcgsr.org for more information.
Adoption Fees
Our fees are $350 for Puppies (2-6 months), $300 for Adult Dogs, and $100 for Senior Dogs (9 years & up) and Special Needs Dogs who have ongoing health issues that require treatment. All of our dogs are spayed/neutered (per California State Law), vaccinated, heartworm and fecal tested clear, and most are micro-chipped.
Home Visit
We require a home visit by one of our own volunteers because we match the home to a specific dog, and we want to meet all members of the household and all other pets at that time, and make sure that environment will work for that dog. The home must be safe and suitable for our dog, and that means we won't adopt to a home with out-of-control children or out-of-control resident dogs.
Outside Dogs
We rarely place dogs in outside only homes. All of our dogs come out of shelters and into volunteer foster homes where they live in the house with the people. We haven't had much success re-homing them to an outside-only home after that. We believe that dogs are happier living and sleeping inside with their family pack, which has been borne out from many years of bringing dogs into rescue.
Adoption Requirements
Our Adoption Agreement & Contract is a legal document, therefore we will only adopt to adults, and all the adults in the household must agree to getting the dog. The home must be safe and secure, and legally allowed to have a German Shepherd Dog, and be within the allowable number of dogs. We require landlord consent for renters. The entire household must be a good match for the dog, therefore we won't place a higher Level dog in a lower Level household.
Puppies
We have special requirements and an additional questionnaire for puppies, please be sure you meet the requirements before sending in an application. Since we see so many dogs that have come out of an unsuitable environment, we want to make sure our puppies have the very best start in life. That means we won't adopt a puppy into an Outside Only home or where the puppy will be alone the majority of the time, as we don't feel that's an optimum environment to raise a happy and well-socialized dog.
Adoption Fees
Our fees are $350 for Puppies (2-6 months), $300 for Adult Dogs, and $100 for Senior Dogs (9 years & up) and Special Needs Dogs who have ongoing health issues that require treatment. All of our dogs are spayed/neutered (per California State Law), vaccinated, heartworm and fecal tested clear, and most are micro-chipped.
Home Visit
We require a home visit by one of our own volunteers because we match the home to a specific dog, and we want to meet all members of the household and all other pets at that time, and make sure that environment will work for that dog. The home must be safe and suitable for our dog, and that means we won't adopt to a home with out-of-control children or out-of-control resident dogs.
Outside Dogs
We rarely place dogs in outside only homes. All of our dogs come out of shelters and into volunteer foster homes where they live in the house with the people. We haven't had much success re-homing them to an outside-only home after that. We believe that dogs are happier living and sleeping inside with their family pack, which has been borne out from many years of bringing dogs into rescue.
Adoption Requirements
Our Adoption Agreement & Contract is a legal document, therefore we will only adopt to adults, and all the adults in the household must agree to getting the dog. The home must be safe and secure, and legally allowed to have a German Shepherd Dog, and be within the allowable number of dogs. We require landlord consent for renters. The entire household must be a good match for the dog, therefore we won't place a higher Level dog in a lower Level household.
Puppies
We have special requirements and an additional questionnaire for puppies, please be sure you meet the requirements before sending in an application. Since we see so many dogs that have come out of an unsuitable environment, we want to make sure our puppies have the very best start in life. That means we won't adopt a puppy into an Outside Only home or where the puppy will be alone the majority of the time, as we don't feel that's an optimum environment to raise a happy and well-socialized dog.
Go meet their pets
First Saturday of every month in Riverbank (Modesto), CA from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at:
Petco
Crossroads Shopping Center
2341 Claribel Road
Riverbank, CA 95637
(209) 863-1384
Third Saturday of every month in Sacramento, CA from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at:
Pet Food Express
Loehman's Plaza
2351 Fair Oaks Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 487-9999
Fourth Saturday of every month in Roseville, CA from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at:
Pet Food Express
The Fountains
Creekside Town Shopping Center
1009 Galleria Blvd
Roseville, CA 95678
(916) 780-5555
First Saturday of every month in Riverbank (Modesto), CA from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at:
Petco
Crossroads Shopping Center
2341 Claribel Road
Riverbank, CA 95637
(209) 863-1384
Third Saturday of every month in Sacramento, CA from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at:
Pet Food Express
Loehman's Plaza
2351 Fair Oaks Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 487-9999
Fourth Saturday of every month in Roseville, CA from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at:
Pet Food Express
The Fountains
Creekside Town Shopping Center
1009 Galleria Blvd
Roseville, CA 95678
(916) 780-5555
More about this rescue
Greater California German Shepherd Rescue is a 501(c)(3) public charity non-profit. We are an all-volunteer group of German Shepherd lovers dedicated to rescuing German Shepherd Dogs from at-risk and unacceptable situations and finding them permanent, loving homes with qualified owners.
We serve the communities surrounding Modesto, Merced, Greater Sacramento, and South Lake Tahoe, and occasionally parts of the North and East SF Bay area. Except for a portion of Nevada around Lake Tahoe, we don't adopt dogs out of state and rarely adopt out of our area. There are too many other German Shepherds in need of good homes in the other areas.
All of our dogs are in foster homes spread throughout our service areas. We aren't a shelter and don't have a facility. We don't take in strays, we will only deal with the dog's legal owner.
Greater California German Shepherd Rescue is a 501(c)(3) public charity non-profit. We are an all-volunteer group of German Shepherd lovers dedicated to rescuing German Shepherd Dogs from at-risk and unacceptable situations and finding them permanent, loving homes with qualified owners.
We serve the communities surrounding Modesto, Merced, Greater Sacramento, and South Lake Tahoe, and occasionally parts of the North and East SF Bay area. Except for a portion of Nevada around Lake Tahoe, we don't adopt dogs out of state and rarely adopt out of our area. There are too many other German Shepherds in need of good homes in the other areas.
All of our dogs are in foster homes spread throughout our service areas. We aren't a shelter and don't have a facility. We don't take in strays, we will only deal with the dog's legal owner.
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