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My name is Czar!

Posted 1 week ago | Updated 1 week ago

Adoption fee: $250

This helps Tioga County Cat Project with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed
German Shepherd Dog
Color
Tricolor (Tan/Brown & Black & White)
Age
4 years old, Adult
Size
Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID

My details

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

My personality

My story

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

Czar’s story has a sad, sad beginning, but it’s time for it to have its happy ending! 📕
Born as an Amish puppy, he was purchased at 8 weeks by a family that didn’t know much about dogs and less about German Shepherds. While they probably didn’t mean any harm, their lack of socializing him, focus on punishment, and allowing the children to torment him resulted in a very insecure, terrified, and aggressive boy who then found himself at a shelter strapped with TWO muzzles. At one year of age, Czar hadn’t met a single person in his whole life he could trust and was unsurprisingly petrified and lashing out.
When we were asked for help handling him, we immediately recognized that this “aggressive” puppy was so, so terrified. He realized in all of 20 minutes that I was trustworthy and gave me kisses to show his gratitude.
Two years later, Czar still had my heart. So he came to my home to relearn life, and OMG IS THIS DOG ONE IN A MILLION! My inability to keep him for myself is someone else’s lottery win. 💔
Now that he’s seen people can be kind and loving, Czar looooves people, happily greeting visitors, delivery drivers, mail carriers, etc. He even does well with toddlers (but to err on the side of caution, we’re going to recommend kids a little bit older who know not to manhandle him). Plus he lives with lots of other dogs of all shapes and sizes and has done well with cats and horses too!
Czar loves belly rubs, running with four wheelers, getting brushed, and going for car rides. This big boy does take a low dose of Prozac daily, which we recommend he stay on at least for the time being as puppyhood trauma takes its toll long term. He’s about 4 and crate trained and housetrained too! What we’re looking for in Czar’s new home is a person/family experienced with German Shepherds and lots room for him to run, as he’s really taken to farm life and would happily spend all his time outside if he could. Most importantly, however, is a gentle and kind hand rather than the harsh training he previously dealt with. Of course Czar is neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped!
This essay should make it clear that Czar is insanely special to us, and we will be incredibly selective about where our sweet boy ends up. If you can give him the one in a million home he deserves, please fill out an adoption application here:
www.tiogacountycatproject.com/adoption
Rescue
Tioga County Cat Project

Contact info

Pet ID
Contact
Laura Clarson
Phone
Address
PO Box 160, Elkland, PA 16920

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

We focus primarily on spay/neuter and TNR, but there are rare instances where we have cats or kittens in foster care who need homes. We provide all vetting and want to make sure they go to loving and suitable homes for their personalities and needs.

Adoption application

More about this rescue

We started as an organization that focused on spay/neuter of cats to truly reduce the population effectively and humanely. Our goal was to tackle the overpopulation of cats in Tioga County PA at the root cause, which was too many unaltered cats. However, we do sometimes have cats and kittens needing new loving homes, and who are we to not help the best we can?

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