Adoption Application

German Shepherd

To be considered as a guardian of these magnificant animals there are certain requirements that must be met. Your property must be fully fenced with fence height of 1.8 metres (consideration will be given to slightly lower heights if placement is for a senior, or a less active dog).

You must allow the dog access to your home. We will not, in any circumstances, place a dog in a home where it will be 100% outside. If you own a cat you must be realistic in your expectations of an early peaceful relationship. German Shepherds are high drive animals and it will take work for a cat and dog to live together harmoniously. If you have more than 2 house cats please do not even consider a German Shepherd, we feel it will cause too much stress for all concerned.

Dog's to order - while our adoption application does offer you colour and coat choice we do not 'rescue to order' so requests for large bone, dark masked, standard coat with guarantee on hip dysplasia and strong ear set are best directed to a breeder. Please consider the financial outgoings of owning a large breed dog.

Large breed dogs do create a financial outlay of around $1,500 per annum to feed, register, and vaccinate, without any other additional vet costs due to illness or accident. Many dogs are relinquished by their owners for this very reason. Please be sure you are in a financial position to be able to maintain a German Shepherd Dog.

Adoption Application Form

Physical address required not a PO Box

Dog listed on website, enter Adoption Number in the other field.

If renting, we require written permission from your landlord allowing you to keep a dog on the property and have access to the home. Approval must be no more than 1 month old at the time of presentation to the Trust. If your dog is not permitted on your rental agreement to be inside the house or if you are the home onwer and will not let your dog inside the house we will not consider you for adoption.

Please provide a copy of written consent from landlord as soon as possible,

Please give the age of children living in your home.

Dogs will only be adopted to fully fenced properties or those that have a secure area to be left in without the need to chain it up. Does your property meet these requirements as mentioned above.

Height at lowest point

This will be at a mutually agreeable time and we request that all members of the family who are going to have regular contact with the dog be present.

Do you currently have any other pets?

Some Councils require a permit to own more than one dog. Do you have a permit, if so please give Council permit number

If Yes, please provide details.

We do not have a set fee for our dogs but that does not mean our dogs are free. There is minimum donation of $200.00 to cover our outgoings of registration, desexing, vaccinations and microchipping. Transportation is at the adopters expense.

Thank you for considering adopting a German Shepherd Dog, your application will be processed at our earliest opportunity.  Please be mindful that we are a volunteer organisation and it may be a couple of days until we are able to respond. In some cases messages do end up in spam so if you have not heard from us within a week please send an email direct to info@gsdrescue.org.nz so we can followup.


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