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(Blast, it's hot outside. I haven't been able to make it down to TAS yet this weekend but here's another previously adopted.)

King was adopted by one of the volunteers at Toronto Animal Services South. He's a very friendly German Shepherd. If he were actually placed in a sheep herd environment, he'd be hanging with the sheep, partying with the sheep, getting drunk with the sheep. He sure wouldn't be guarding them or telling them what to do or any of that maintaining the order type of thing.

The sheep would love him but the shepherd (the human one) would be like: WTF? Who's guarding my sheep?





5 Comments to “King - German Shepherd”

  1. MKlwr says:

    So he's a GSD with the sould of a Great Pyrenees? :-P

    He's gorgeous! Is it just me, or is there some dobermann or rottie in there?

  2. GoLightly says:

    If he's about 50 pounds or under, he's very likely Kelpie.
    Keystone Kop = Kelpie.
    Busy, funnier 'n heck dogs:)

    Very handsome fellow, my girls would love him:)

  3. Anonymous says:

    I love his "socks' and nails.
    He would make a super hot-late-night walking companion.

  4. Gotta love a dog that's party hardy!

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The public still too often associates shelter dogs with images of beat up, sick, dirty, severely traumatized animals and while we definitely sometimes see victims such as these, they are certainly not the majority and, regardless, even the most abused animals can very often be saved and made whole again.

Pound Dogs sometimes discusses the sad histories some of the dogs have suffered. For the most part, though, it tries to present the dogs not as victims but as great potential family members. The goal is to raise the profiles of animals in adoption centers so that a potential pet owner sees them as the best choice, not just as the charity choice.

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