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The Community Dogs page has a listing of dogs that are adoptable through other individuals, shelters, and rescues.
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The Rescue is All-Volunteer

We are an all-volunteer group. No one is paid a salary or compensated for their time. All of our volunteers work 40 hours a week, have families, and our own pets. The website, emails, appointments to meet dogs in our program, daily care of the animals, and free postings on our website for Community Dogs are all provided in volunteers' spare time. Please respect that time and keep your appointments or call in a timely manner to reschedule. We are not a shelter.

There is no facility and no browsing hours. Foster homes or the original owner retain custody of the dogs until we can help rehome the dogs. Appointments are crucial and necessary to have the dogs at the meeting location.

From beginning to end, each adoption takes multiple hours for us to complete. This includes email, telephone, initial visit, and adoption completion time. We thank you for respecting all of our volunteers' time and energy spent to save homeless German Shepherds.

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Elizabeth Riddle, our rescue president, outside of her full-time job and continuing educational pursuits, is an animal behaviorist and an obedience instructor, with a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Illinois with a specialty in Ethology (the study of animal behavior). She officially founded this rescue in November of 1997 while attending the University of Illinois. Learn more about this rescue...

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Approximately 8-12 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year and approximately 5-9 million are euthanized (60% of dogs and 70% of cats). — Annual Shelter Statistics, ASPCA

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Central Illinois German Shepherd Dog Rescue
P.O. Box 17464
Urbana, IL 61803
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Remember, we are always getting in new dogs so check back frequently!
See also:
Check out our Community Dogs page for a listing of dogs that are adoptable through other individuals, shelters, and rescues.
Community Dogs