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My name is Polka!

Posted over 3 months ago | Updated 1 month ago

My basic info

Breed
German Shepherd Dog
Color
White
Age
Young
Size
Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Female
Pet ID
20780389

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Purebred
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered
Checkmark in teal circle Housetrained

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Adoption Event Schedule

Events run from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM every month at these locations:

  • 2nd Saturday, Sacramento - Pet Food Express
  • 3rd Saturday, Modesto - PetSmart
  • 4th Saturday, Roseville - Pet Food Express

Please visit the GCGSR Rescue Page for specific address information.



    Adoption Fee:   $300.00

    Polka is a sweet 8-month-old pup. She came into rescue with her sister, ChaCha. She came from a shelter as a stray, so nothing is known of her background.

    Polka is the more outgoing and active one of the two. New activity brings happy exuberance and jumping up. She is learning to patiently sit for doors to be opened or for a leash to be put on. She sleeps quietly in a crate, and is learning other house manners.

    She loves other dogs and greets them with her usual happy exhuberance. She lives with cats, who occasionally receive that same greeting, but she usually leaves them alone. Learning to play fetch and play only with dog toys is a work in progress. She isn't too food motivated, but loves attention and pets.

    Polka is looking for a home with a playful male dog, and someone willing to continue her training to ensure she grows into a fantastic adult. Children over 10 are recommended due to her jumping up.

    Cats and small critters unknown.

    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.

    Thank you for visiting!



    October 16, 2024, 12:14 am
    Rescue

    Contact info

    Pet ID
    20780389
    Contact
    Address
    Sacramento, CA 95827

    Their adoption process

    Additional adoption info

    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

    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.

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