GSROC has taken the injured dog under its care and has named him Justice. Justice is currently under veterinary treatment.  Donations are desperately needed to help cover the costs of Justice’s veterinary treatment.  “While we recognize that animal shelters are faced with the challenge of helping millions of homeless pets find loving homes, it is situations like this that we hope would make municipal animal shelters adopt stronger home screening practices.  GSROC has an extensive screening process, only because we want to make sure that the dogs we place are in safe, loving and permanent homes,” said Maria Dales, GSROC volunteer.

Approximately 50% of the dogs GSROC rescues come directly from owners who are no longer able to care for them for one reason or another.  The other 50% of the dogs in the rescue’s care are saved from public animal shelters throughout Southern California when an owner doesn’t come to claim their pet or the animals are no longer wanted.  Of this number, Dales estimates that 20% have been victims of some type of neglect or abuse.

While most of the dogs GSROC rescue are in reasonable health, GSROC also saves a number of dogs that require extensive medical attention.  Another recent GSROC rescue involved a blind and emaciated German Shepherd whose hipbones horrifically protrude through her skin. This blind dog had been used as what is referred to as "a breed bitch" – by a disreputable breeder who used her to produce litter after litter of puppies for profit. Once a breeding dog is no longer useful to a disreputable breeder, she is often discarded at a high kill shelter.  This is not the first time GSROC has rescued a dog once used for breeding.

GSROC currently has 40 dogs in its care that are in search of loving families.  Within the last nine-month period, GSROC has helped 186 homeless dogs find loving forever homes.

For more information about German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County or make a donation for Justice’s recovery, call 714-773-5915 or visit their website at www.gsroc.org.