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Humans have all kinds of resources available when they get sick, have a disease or are injured: doctors, specialists, physical therapists, counselors, dentists, etc. And if they don’t get better, these resource people keep searching, working together and never giving up hope that a cure or remedy can be found to save a life. This is the story of Ashka, a noble German Shepherd Dog with the willingness to survive, love and trust again….

From Ashka:

The only chance I ever had was GSRA. See I was found abandoned and starving and taken to a shelter where dogs like me aren’t even considered for adoption but gassed. I didn’t know that at the time. I just sat in my kennel growing weaker, scared and more wobbly until someone decided I was NOT worth keeping around anymore and I was taken away to be gassed, but just like an angel, a woman came from an organization called GSRA - she said there was hope for me and that I could get better. On March 4, 2010 I found myself in foster care with GSRA. Although I could not walk without falling down I was told my life was worth saving. I came into GSRA only weighing 55 pounds. In one month my foster mom got me up to 75 pounds and now I weigh 79 pounds. See, I am a very large boned German Shepherd – that is my breed, mom says it is a very dignified and important one. Mommy has 2 other GSD’s and I would love a forever home with another dog. Mommy says I am wonderful, easy go ing, a joy to walk and a super companion, just PERFECT! I don't understand all this love that I am being given, I have NEVER known this before and sometimes I find myself wondering... “Why was it not like this before? What was wrong, did I do something bad?” I love my foster mom, I follow her everywhere she goes in the house or outside and I stay in the yard. I am calm and just love being with people! I am attentive at ALL times to where she is or her two young children. When I am outside I have to be with these two little people. Something instinctively tells me to watch them, mom says that is a characteristic of GSD’s. I have all the qualities of this noble breed and mom says they are evidenced every day. GSRA just had my hips, knees and back x-rayed by a really great vet, Dr. Lapham! I do not have hip dysplasia and everything looks “good.” The only thing is that I walk a little funny sometimes and Dr Lapham thinks I have some kind of neurological issue, or maybe a soft tissue injury? But do NOT pass me up I am not in very much pain and I get along fine. I just need to be walked regularly and continue mild exercise to keep me up to speed. I love to have a ball in my mouth and sleep quietly next to you! I am a very sweet girl and I have so much love inside me and all I want to do is put a smile on my humans’ faces and feel that love in return. My life before was horrific and I don’t talk about it because I am living for the sunrise and sunset of today, tomorrow and the next day! I would make a wonderful companion for someone who wants a dog who KNOWS that the sun rises and sets on him/her. Are you the one?

From Ashka's Foster Mom:

The hardest part about fostering is when the time comes to put your foster out there for adoption. The one “special” dog (Ashka) that you have successfully nurtured back to life: loved, given confidence to and taught how to trust again you are putting that dog before the world that turned its back on him/her several years or months before. Never stopping to pick him/her up on the side of the road or leaving it die alone and cold and unloved. As a foster you are looking for that special someone who can continue to love that dog in all the ways you have. You are taking a chance, giving part of your heart away when that dog goes to another home, but when you know that is the dog’s final resting place, it’s forever home in life, then you feel overjoyed. Ashka's story is waiting for a very happy ending....

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