My name is Ernie!

Posted 4 days ago

Cared for by Greater California German Shepherd Rescue - Sacramento

My basic info

Breed

German Shepherd Dog

Color

Black - with Tan, Yellow or Fawn

Age

Young

Size

Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) (when grown)

Weight

–

Sex

Male

Pet ID

21163966

My details

Purebred

Spayed / Neutered

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

Ernie is an approximately 1-year-old black and tan boy who came from a local shelter, so not much is known about his background. He weighs right around 62 pounds but is quite tall.

This poor guy probably had never been in a home before. Floors, stairs, and dog doors scared him. But, he has started coming out of his shell. He navigates the dog door and the stairs like a pro now. He appears to be housebroken with the use of a dog door. He is crate trained but sleeps freely in the house at night after earning the privilege.

Ernie is a sweet boy who wants to please, but he still has a puppy brain in a large dog body. Care should be taken when giving treats as he gets very excited about them. He also eats in the presence of other dogs like he’s had his food taken from him before. This means he wolfs it down before other dogs can take it. When he is fed by himself he eats in a much calmer manner.

Ernie walks fairly well on leash but could use more practice. He would do well with more training. Ernie has caught a possum before, so no small animals for this boy.

Ernie will be an awesome dog when he gets older!

No cats or small critters

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!

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

No cats or small critters

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

Puppy Requirements

Thank you for visiting!

Rescue

Greater California German Shepherd Rescue - Sacramento

Contact info

Pet ID

21163966

Contact

—

Phone

(877) 268-0255

aq@gcgsr.org

Website

https://www.gcgsr.org

Address

Sacramento, CA 95827

Donation

Greater California German Shepherd Rescue - Donate

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.