We knew that it would be a difficult task to try and rehome two dogs that would be seen as old and to make matters worse, they had been kept for guarding so were not used to a home environment. They were not in great condition but turned out to be very friendly - not what you would expect of guard dogs.

Unfortunately, we had no interest and then on 11th Feb 2007 we received this email from their owner:

'Hi have not heard from your colleague after his assessment visit, we have tried and failed to find them alternative homes, have now had to book them into **** vets to be destroyed on Thursday at 3.30 pm thanks for trying regards m*** h*****'. Nice eh?

"How Could You?" should bring tears to your eyes. It is very sad fact of life that many faithful pets have become disposable items and will be discarded, no longer required. Many of these will die unwanted, unloved and alone having spent the last few days, weeks or months in a filthy dank dirty kennel. Their final reward - a lethal injection!!

We couldn't let that happen so we arranged to put them into a kennel - not ideal but at least they would be safe.

We were getting really worried that we would never rehome these dogs - there was just too much to go against them.

Little did we know that a wonderful lady called Allison had been following the story about Amber and Storm. She knew too that Amber and Storm would be overlooked for younger models, so she contacted us to say she couldn't bear to think of these 2 not having a nice loving home and she agreed to take them.

Amber has been found to have tumours but we hope that with the treatment she can enjoy a few happy years in her new home with her new friends.

Please help us by making a donation so that we can help re home more unwanted German Shepherd Dogs. Donations can be sent to Jayne Shenstone, German Shepherd Rescue, Little Vauld, Marden Hereford HR1 3HA. We also accept Paypal payments - just click on the Paypal button below. Thankyou.