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German Shepherd Rescue Las Vegas

50 South Emery Street
Pahrump, NV 89048
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After being released from the vet's care Basha was welcomed in the home of our Vice President, Trish Duvall. Like any creature overcoming starvation, Basha was fed a number of small meals several times a day.... a special diet of Venison and Elk meat mixed with Potatoes and Carrots. In two weeks her weight had increased to nearly 60 pounds and she was beginning to look healthy again. She was being weighed every week to check her progress. 

After the first 6 weeks in her recovery home, we noticed that she was walking a little abnormally. We made a visit to the Vet one more time where she was diagnosed with dual hip dysplasia. Basha is a wonderful German Shepherd and we will do all we can for her. Currently we are trying to raise funds to have at least one of her hips replaced. So that's the sad but happy story of Basha the mountain dog. She is healthy and happy and loves life and is currently still being fostered by Trish.

Gypsy's Story 

  UPDATE 1/13/09   Gypsy has been adopted out to a wonderful lady that loves her to bits and will take the time to train her and love her all the time. 

 UPDATE 4/19/08   Gypsy  was lost for two days and hit by a car.
She'd just whelped 10 pups two weeks prior to her accident. We contacted her owner who claims to do good by training service dogs for disabled Vets. In this case and several incidents before this guy has proven to be a huge let down and compulsive liar. We are trying our hardest to find the new born pups but have had no luck. This man went to the vets office where his poor dog lay in tremendous pain and his response is that he can't take her because of the bill. Prior to this he said that his 'foundation' would be able to pay for the bill. 

 UPDATE 4/24/08  Gypsy is out of the hospital and in a foster home to recover. She is doing really great and  is expected to make a full recovery. I was able to see her post-op x-rays and oh man she has a lot of metal now. They used a plate in both legs to hold the fracture together and then used screws to hold the plate in place. Finally they had to use rods to make sure that nothing moves and causes any problems while healing. Instead of the two fractures, she actually had three: a fractured radius, fractured ulna and fractured tibia. All were repaired. 

Gypsy's recovery should be fairly short term. At 6 weeks she has to go back for more post-op x-rays but her total heal time should be approximately 2-4 months. Our objective now for Gypsy is to let her heal in a relaxed stress-free environment so that she can continue to recover. After that we will find her a wonderful forever home. Thanks all who helped along the way.  Without you this could not have been done and she would not have the promising life ahead of her she now enjoys.

 UPDATE 12/30/08   We had thought Gypsy had been adopted into her forever home.  Unfortunately, it just didn't work out.  Sometimes this happens.  She is back with us, putting on some weight and loving all the TLC she is getting until the right forever home comes along.  We love having her here as she is a real sweetheart.

 UPDATE 1/13/09   Gypsy has been adopted out to a wonderful lady that loves her to bits and will take the time to train her and love her all the time. 

Today Gypsy is doing just fine and thanks each and every one of you 
that sent prayers and donations towards her veterinary expenses.

Lola's Story

Lola, a 5 year old purebred German Shepherd, was forgotten at the local area high kill animal shelter. She was adopted by a loving home that was going to be perfect for her. After the family brought her home they discovered that Lola didn't get along with their cats. They still proceeded to take Lola to a local Vet office to have a check up.

This loving family was heartbroken to hear that Lola needed an expensive dental surgery. She had been neglected for so many years that all her K-9 teeth were worn, cracked and had several cavities. She could barely eat her food because she was in so much pain. The Vet also said that Lola would need expensive hip x-rays to see what each hip looked like, suspecting either arthritis or Hip Dysplasia. This poor family wanted nothing more than a loving animal to bring into their home. With all the medical expenses they were going to face they called German Shepherd Rescue Las Vegas for help. They would not return her to the high kill  shelter in fear that she would be put down. This family was very upset to surrender to the Rescue, but knew that we would take care of her and find her a loving home without cats.

Since bringing Lola into our program she has had her dental Surgery and her canine teeth were removed to eliminate her pain and any further damage. Her hips were x-rayed and although she has slight joint disease she is healthy.

Lola's future: She will have to have soft foods for the remainder of her healthy years. She will need a good diet and exercise to strengthen her hip muscles and joints. We are now taking donations to help cover the cost of Lola's dental surgery and hip x-rays totaling $350.00. (Donations are tax-deductible and easily made through Paypal.  Bless you!)

 UPDATE 9-18-08   WONDERFUL NEWS!!! LOLA has been adopted.  She is perfectly healthy and happy in her new forever home!

Justice's Story

3-20-08  Animal Control was called to pick up a stray dog at a local tire shop. She was said to have been hit by a car.  When Justice was brought to the shelter she was badly injured with a huge gash all across her rump and was in tremendous pain.

Instead of Animal Control taking her to the Vet's office she had to wait for 72 hours in a kennel with just concrete to comfort her wound. They did put her on pain meds but that was it. After her 3 days and nights of misery, rescue was called in, whereupon we took her immediately to the vet's office.

When we arrived the vets said that it had been too long to be able to stitch her gash back together. But luckily for her, the vet did just that, and indeed was able to sew her hind end back together.  After a few days at the Vet’s, she has now come to her foster home.

Upon her arrival, we were outdoors getting some much needed fresh air when her foster mom noticed something ..... she was covered in scars. In just the one area that had been shaved for the stitches, she has more than 20 old scars. And looking closer we  realized that she had a huge scar all the way around her neck and another large one behind her ear.  At 5 or 6 years old, this poor girl has not had that best life. Despite being told by animal control that she was a stray, we suspect that she was an abused shop dog. Her coat and skin were covered in oil and she just smells like a working tire shop. At this time Justice knows very much that she is loved and is very comfortable in her foster home. She is clean and healthy now.  She loves getting attention and laying her head in your lap. She does not, however, like loud noises or raised voices as she most likely has suffered beatings in her past.   UPDATE   HAPPY NEWS!!! Justice has been adopted and is safe and happy and treasured as a member of a loving family now.  Look at that smile!

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