About this Dog
Armani was surrendered to rescue when her previous owners discovered she had Mega-Esophagus. Mega-E is a condition where the esophagus doesn't work properly so she needs to sit in a chair (known as a Bailey Chair) after eating her meals to help food go down -and stay down!-. Armani is incredibly smart even by German Shepherd standards. Her foster dad built her a Bailey chair the same day she was rescued, and by her third meal in it, she had started jumping in her chair when she saw her foster mama making her food! Armani no longer needs to eat her meals in the chair. She eats out of a regular raised feeder then sits in the chair for 20 minutes, to let gravity do its work! The first few days with Armani, she was fairly low energy and restrained, likely from lack of nutrition. She began perking up quickly, and is definitely the life of the party now, acting every bit a "normal" puppy! Shoes and socks were not safe around her for months, but she has recently discovered how tasty kitchen towels can be! Armani is very much a typical puppy - full of energy, always ready to play (even after a 4 mile hike!!), and wildly curious about the world around her. Armani has excelled at training, knowing sit, stay, how to get into her chair at mealtime, and great leash manners for her age. She's been well socialized thanks to her foster brother and two foster sisters, and has learned how to read and respect other dog personalities, everything from grumpy old man dog to crazy zoomie wrestling sister dogs. Armani recently earned her Canine Good Citizen title, and has a few tricks titles to her name. She's a smart cookie! Like any Mega-E pup, Armani will need patient pet parents with extra time on their hands as feeding time and meal prep takes longer, and she requires gelatinized chicken broth cubes, instead of water. Armani is very much a pack dog - she first left her mom with her littermate, and has since grown up with a pack of three GSDs. She would love to have a friendly dog in her forever home to play with. Armani's far more timid when she goes somewhere alone, but will gain confidence if adopted as an only dog to someone who puts in the training time. She is incredibly bonded to her humans - if foster mom is working from home, she will happily spend the whole day perched on the arm of the couch next to mom's desk dropping toys on mom and breathing in mom's ear. Like any of our dogs, this sweet, gorgeous girl would make a great addition to an active home that will provide the love, structure, good leadership, activity and mental stimulation that this breed needs. Because of that, Armani ideal owner will have prior GSD or other herding breed experience. Even if you exercise and play with your dog daily in your fenced yard, please remember that you MUST still take your dog out on daily walks and outings, in order to provide sufficient stimulation, ward off boredom, and work on leash skills, and manners. Armani's adoption fee is $400, all of which goes back into offsetting our high-cost vetting expenses and rescuing more dogs. We are a 100% volunteer-run rescue group and rely on adoption fees and donations to continue saving lives. Adoption fees include spay/neuter, current on age-appropriate vaccinations, fecal, deworming, flea/tick and heartworm preventative, heartworm tested if old enough (and treated if positive), and microchipped. Please visit http://heartlandgsrescue.rescuegroups.org/info/adoption for more information about our adoption process and requirements, and to apply.
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100% of Armani's balance will be sent to whoever adopts Armani.
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Adopting a pet can be expensive, and we're trying to help by fundraising for each individual in need of adoption. After verifying the adoption, Armani's new family will receive the funds that their pet has raised.
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The adopting family is the only party eligible to receive the contribution. The adopting family will be required to provide proof of adoption between 4-6 weeks after adoption. This is to ensure that the home is a good match and Armani was not returned. After we have verified the adoption, Armani’s balance will be sent to the adopting family. Our staff provides instructions and help throughout this process.
We want the Armani’s balance to go to the adopting family as a way to say thank you for providing a loving home and to help with pet care expenses. In the unfortunate event we cannot contact them and verify the adoption, Armani’s balance will remain in our general fund. This fund may be used to match contributions made to other adoptable pets, incentify other adoption-related actions, promote our mission, or support the operating expenses of nokillnetwork.org. If you would like to make a direct contribution to nokillnetwork.org to help us help other pets in need, you can go here. We appreciate your generosity and help!
Contribute to Armani's Stash!
100% of Armani's balance will be sent to whoever adopts Armani.
About this Dog
Armani was surrendered to rescue when her previous owners discovered she had Mega-Esophagus. Mega-E is a condition where the esophagus doesn't work properly so she needs to sit in a chair (known as a Bailey Chair) after eating her meals to help food go down -and stay down!-. Armani is incredibly smart even by German Shepherd standards. Her foster dad built her a Bailey chair the same day she was rescued, and by her third meal in it, she had started jumping in her chair when she saw her foster mama making her food! Armani no longer needs to eat her meals in the chair. She eats out of a regular raised feeder then sits in the chair for 20 minutes, to let gravity do its work! The first few days with Armani, she was fairly low energy and restrained, likely from lack of nutrition. She began perking up quickly, and is definitely the life of the party now, acting every bit a "normal" puppy! Shoes and socks were not safe around her for months, but she has recently discovered how tasty kitchen towels can be! Armani is very much a typical puppy - full of energy, always ready to play (even after a 4 mile hike!!), and wildly curious about the world around her. Armani has excelled at training, knowing sit, stay, how to get into her chair at mealtime, and great leash manners for her age. She's been well socialized thanks to her foster brother and two foster sisters, and has learned how to read and respect other dog personalities, everything from grumpy old man dog to crazy zoomie wrestling sister dogs. Armani recently earned her Canine Good Citizen title, and has a few tricks titles to her name. She's a smart cookie! Like any Mega-E pup, Armani will need patient pet parents with extra time on their hands as feeding time and meal prep takes longer, and she requires gelatinized chicken broth cubes, instead of water. Armani is very much a pack dog - she first left her mom with her littermate, and has since grown up with a pack of three GSDs. She would love to have a friendly dog in her forever home to play with. Armani's far more timid when she goes somewhere alone, but will gain confidence if adopted as an only dog to someone who puts in the training time. She is incredibly bonded to her humans - if foster mom is working from home, she will happily spend the whole day perched on the arm of the couch next to mom's desk dropping toys on mom and breathing in mom's ear. Like any of our dogs, this sweet, gorgeous girl would make a great addition to an active home that will provide the love, structure, good leadership, activity and mental stimulation that this breed needs. Because of that, Armani ideal owner will have prior GSD or other herding breed experience. Even if you exercise and play with your dog daily in your fenced yard, please remember that you MUST still take your dog out on daily walks and outings, in order to provide sufficient stimulation, ward off boredom, and work on leash skills, and manners. Armani's adoption fee is $400, all of which goes back into offsetting our high-cost vetting expenses and rescuing more dogs. We are a 100% volunteer-run rescue group and rely on adoption fees and donations to continue saving lives. Adoption fees include spay/neuter, current on age-appropriate vaccinations, fecal, deworming, flea/tick and heartworm preventative, heartworm tested if old enough (and treated if positive), and microchipped. Please visit http://heartlandgsrescue.rescuegroups.org/info/adoption for more information about our adoption process and requirements, and to apply.
