Rocky is a big, lovable, and playful German Shepherd who was surrendered to a local shelter when his owner moved to another state. GSGSR volunteers evaluated his temperament in December and he easily passed our tests, but poor Rocky could not find his forever home at the shelter. When the shelter starting getting full, Rocky's time was limited. Although all of our foster homes are full, we were lucky enough to be able to pull Rocky and arrange boarding at a local boarding facility.
Rocky is a big boy. Like Mr. Balboa once was, he’s a big guy who’s down on his luck, looking for his Adrian! He is 4 years old, a beautiful fluffy black and tan coloring and as you can see by his picture, he is very handsome. Rocky has been neutered and is up to date on vaccinations and Heartworm preventative.
Rocky passed all of our temperament tests, he is very people oriented and is happy to be with you. Rocky really likes the tug toy, but willingly gives it up. He also loves to play catch and we require that his new home has a large fully fenced in yard. Rocky is very affectionate and bonds very quickly. He is very smart and intuitive and apparently can be somewhat of an escape artist. At the shelter he figured out how to open the gates.
Rocky's owner told the shelter that he was raised with a teenager. As we don't know if he has ever lived with small children, he can only go to a home where any children in the home are older than 7. He will tolerate other dogs, but needs some obedience work on proper manners and socialization with other dogs. We believe he would be happiest to be the only dog in his new home. He ignored the cats at the shelter and the shelter was told that has previously lived with cats.
We would love to bring Rocky into foster care. For more information about fostering for GSGSR see our Foster volunteer FAQ.
To donate towards Rocky's boarding costs, please see our Donations page.
For more information about our adoption policies and to access our online application, please see our Adoption Process page.
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