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The puppies from the Nebraska litter were surrendered to HUGS so they could be safely rehomed, after their parents (both GSDs) had an unplanned litter prior to being spayed and neutered.

Sweet, snuggly, and fun this girl is looking for a best friend to enjoy life with! A positive and happy puppy, Sidney always puts a smile on people's faces with her goofy attitude and happy-go-lucky personality. She is easy-going and one of the snuggliest pupp, following you into every room with curiosity and a wagging tail. She loves to play with other dogs and LOVES a good game of tug. She’s also been a huge fan of kids, loving to play with them around the yard. She’s outgoing and enthusiastic when meeting new people and would be a great puppy for someone beginning, or experienced with shepherds. While her socializing has only just begun, she is confident with loud noises, storms, and new situations. She sometimes needs a little confidence boost with new dogs, but once she’s comfortable, she is playful and bouncy. Sidney’s training has come along very nicely. She can settle in a crate, potties outside, and she likes to learn new tricks as long as there are tasty treats involved! She has started learning sit, down, touch, spin, and come. She is happy to learn but would prefer to hang out with you while you’re napping. She will be a wonderful dog for a lucky adopter!

Like all GSDs and other herding breeds that we have in rescue, Sidney (Yote) will need training, consistency, boundaries, and lots of activity and socialization, in order to be a well-balanced, well-behaved dog. This sweet boy would make a great addition to an active home that will provide the love, structure, good leadership, activity and mental stimulation that she needs. Because of that, his ideal owner will have prior GSD, or similar breed experience, and a playful dog buddy. 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.

Sidney (Yote)'s adoption fee is $450, all of which goes back into offseting 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.

Why are Sponsorships & Donations so important?

HUGS provides dog food, supplies, necessary vet care (emergency, acute, routine), heartworm and flea/tick preventative to the HUGS foster dogs while they look for their forever homes. This can be quite costly and challenging in many ways. Additionally, some of the dogs that we rescue arrive sick or injured and require hospitalization, expensive surgery or long-term medications or other treatment. This places a huge strain on our vet fund, and can affect our ability to help future dogs.

Sadly, without sufficient funding to transport, vet/treat, feed the dogs that we take in, we could not continue saving them. As a volunteer group that runs solely on donations and adoptions fees, we truly need your support.