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Dogs In Foster Homes

Please Read This - It's Important

Purebred Rescue specializes in dogs for families. We screen them carefully to ensure that we present dogs which are friendly, gentle, and non-aggressive household pets; and of course Georgia law requires that each dog must be neutered, which further reduces aggressiveness. None of our dogs, regardless of breed, will make a good watchdog - they simply don't have the appropriate temperament. For all our sakes, we ask that you don't try to make them into something they cannot be. If you want an aggressive dog to be trained to guard your property, please look elsewhere. You'll be happier and so will we. And so will the dogs.

 

A word about foster homes

The dogs whose descriptions appear below are all presently in foster homes, living with volunteers who feed, care for, and love them until they can be placed with new owners. In order to do this, the foster owner has in most cases adopted the dog from a local County Animal Shelter and has paid the necessary fees and maintenance costs, including veterinary care in some instances, to be sure that the dog is as healthy and happy as possible. There may, therefore, be additional charges for these dogs over and above the required Shelter adoption fee to help defray the expenses incurred by the foster owner. It should be emphasized that the volunteers make absolutely no profit of any kind on these transactions; usually, in fact, they do not fully recoup their expenses. They do it because they love dogs, not because they expect to turn a profit, and they deserve considerable credit and appreciation for the financial and emotional investment they make to keep the dogs out of the gas chamber.

Note: Names for these dogs are for the most part simply a convenient means of identification by the Purebred Rescue volunteers, since they usually don't know what the dog was called in its previous home. If you don't care for the name we've given your new family member, change it! The dog will normally respond to its new name in a very short while.

 

The Dogs

 

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*SPECIAL* A wide selection of dogs is available from a lady who specializes in taking in mother dogs in danger of being destroyed and placing both the mothers and their puppies.  The State's spay/neuter requirements apply to dogs adopted from this source.   Call (770) 973-4016 to find out more about these and others.

A neutered male Labrador/German Shepherd mix, 7 months old, housebroken, and very playful.  He would be best suited in a home with a fenced back yard.  Call (770) 752-9629 for details.  (11/4)

Blackie is a black female Labrador, 2 - 3 years old, spayed, and who has been an inside/outside dog.  She's a happy, exuberant dog who may be too active for small children.  A fence is required.  Call Dave or Blackie herself at (770) 437-1960.

Maxwell is a neutered male 3 year old Border Collie who will be around 40 pounds when he gains the weight he needs.  He's a loving and affectionate dog who would do very well in Obedience School; this intelligent, happy breed loves to learn new things.  Call about him at (770) 419-2698

Buddy is a beautiful tri-colored Collie/Sheltie mix available for adoption through Sheltie Rescue of Georgia. He is completely housebroken, loves children, cats and other dogs, can sit and give paw, and is playful yet well behaved in the house. He is 1 1/2 years old and weighs about 40 pounds. He has had all of his shots and has already been neutered. He does require a 6 foot fence (he can jump lower fences) or someone who would provide him with lots of daily on-leash exercise such as jogging, long walks, etc. For more information about Buddy, please call (770) 926 2001 or email feingold@mindspring.com

Football is named for his favorite toy - a red football.  He's a 1 year old black Labrador of around 75 pounds with the typical Lab energy and happy attitude.  Call (770) 443-3530  (11/13)

Another Buddy is a mature (5 years old) neutered male Husky/German Shepherd mix, housebroken and well mannered.  Call (770) 443-3530  (11/13)

Samantha is a 5 month old spayed female Irish Setter is being housebroken and is very much the puppy,  Call (770) 443-3530   (10/6)

Big Red is a 5 year old neutered male Irish Setter.  Tied to a tree all his life,  he's a very nice dog, good with kids and other  dogs, and well worth whatever effort it takes to accustom him to your lifestyle.   He's currently being obedience trained and housebroken by his foster owner.  Call (770) 443-3530  (10/6)

Bridget is another Irish Setter- a spayed, housebroken, and beautiful 5 year old female.  She's a perfect Irish lady, and that's high praise indeed.  Call (770) 443-3530  (10/6)

Jake the Labrador is a black neutered male who is housebroken and obedience trained.  Good with kids, but really doesn't get along with other males.  Call (770) 443-3530  (10/6)

Eugene is neutered male German Shepherd mix who is a shy and gentle dog who was tied to a tree and left; he needs attention and a little pampering.  Call (770) 443-3530  (10/6)

Annie is a Beagle/Basset mix found abandoned in a dumpster.  She's spayed, housebroken, and very shy and gentle.  Call (770) 443-3530  (10/6)

Sugar, an exceptionally sweet and gentle Doberman lady who is spayed, housebroken, and a very nice dog.  She's 10 years old, but isn't aware of it and is in very good health.  Call (770) 443-3530  (10/6)

Gizmo is a 2 1/2 year old gray and white neutered male Shih Tzu.  He's an inside dog who is crate trained and gets along well with older kids and other dogs.   He's also the father of Schuyler, who is listed next.  Call (770) 928-7472 for more on Gizmo. (10/7)

Schuyler, the son of Gizmo, is very similar to his father, except that he is one and a half years old and is brown brown and white in color.  He too is a neutered male Shih Tzu who is crate trained and gets along well with other dogs and older kids.  Call (770) 928-7472.  (10/7)

Riley, a 1-1/2 year old Cocker mix, is a neutered male who does well with other dogs and older children (past the ear-pulling stage).  He needs a fenced area, because his natural tendency is to get out and investigate the world.   For more about Riley, call (770) 667-2256

Susie is a wiry 1 year old Terrier mix who weighs around twenty pounds.  She's spayed, housebroken, very affectionate with adults, but because of her past experiences she should not be around children.  Call (770) 419-2698.

Golden Retriever Mix: Male, 1-1/2 year old inside/outside dog who would be best suited to a fenced yard.  Great personality and an unusual brindle color.  He's a sweetie pie who has all the exuberance and enthusiasm of youth.  Call (770) 443-2509

Coon Hound puppy: Housebroken male, 6 months old, black and tan, weighs around 42 pounds.  Probably better suited to being a pet than a working dog.   Call (770) 830-1440 for details.