09/16/2026
*๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐* ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐ฃ๐
๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. These handsome GSPs found themselves in rescue after their beloved owner passed away. They have spent their lives together and are very bonded, but they have also had a fairly sheltered life with limited exposure to new people, animals, and the world outside their home.
Both boys are ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐, and both are accustomed to spending time in large crates. They are looking for patient families who understand that confidence doesn't happen overnight and are willing to give them the time and space they need to learn that the world can be a safe place.
๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ (๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ)
Walker is the more confident and outgoing of the two brothers. That doesn't mean he is immediately comfortable with strangersโhe can be very anxious when meeting new people and may bark but once the pressure is removed, he settles considerably.
During his assessment, Walker showed no aggression toward his evaluator and quickly relaxed when he was separated from Zee. In fact, his barking stopped once Zee was out of sight, which gave us an important glimpse into how much the boys' anxiety can feed off one another.
Walker is an ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ, but don't let that fool youโhe is also a ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด-๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ who would happily spend plenty of time snuggled up with his people.
We believe Walker has a lot of potential to become a wonderful companion with patient handling, structure, and individual attention.
๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฒ (๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ)
Zee is the more sensitive and fearful of the two brothers. New people and unfamiliar situations are overwhelming for him, and he needs more time to feel comfortable.
During his assessment, Zee was hesitant but did not display aggression toward his evaluator. He readily accepted treats, which was an encouraging sign that he can begin to build positive associations even when he is nervous.
Unlike his brother, Zee is more of a ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต-๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ฐ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐๐. He enjoys being outside with his family but doesn't need to be the center of the action. What he really seems to want is the security of his people, a comfortable couch, and time to decompress.
Zee will need a particularly patient adopter who understands fearful dogs and is willing to let him progress at his own pace.
๐พ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐โ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐
Although Zee and Walker have spent their entire lives together, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐. Their assessment showed that they feed off each other's anxiety and reactivity. Giving each dog individual attention will allow them to learn, gain confidence, and develop independently without relying on the other dog's emotional cues.
Neither boy has had much opportunity for socialization. They have never lived with children or cats, and neither has had meaningful experience with other dogs. When introduced to a male GSP from a distance, both were extremely unsure. Walker appeared more likely to adjust to another dog with time, while Zee was significantly more uncomfortable and would require a very slow, carefully managed introduction after a lengthy adjustment period.
They also have prey drive and have chased deer, so a secure routine and careful management around wildlife will be important.
Neither dog has experienced a traditional exercise routine or off-leash freedom. They lived without a fenced yard and were taken outside on a flexi line for potty breaks. Their future families should be prepared to provide safe opportunities for exercise and enrichment, while recognizing that these boys will first need time to become comfortable in their new surroundings.
โค๏ธ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ
Zee and Walker aren't looking for a perfect homeโthey're looking for ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.
They need:
โข A calm, patient adopter experienced with fearful or undersocialized dogs.
โข Individual homes while they work on building confidence.
โข Plenty of time to decompress and adjust.
โข Safe, structured opportunities for exercise and enrichment.
โข Someone who will not rush introductions to people or other animals.
โข Lots of positive reinforcement, patience, and consistency.
โข And, of course, ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐๐ป, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต!
There is no doubt that these boys have been through a major life change. But beneath the fear and uncertainty, we saw ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น.
Walker and Zee deserve the opportunity to learn what life can be like beyond the four walls they have always known. With the right people beside them, we believe these two handsome boys can take those first steps toward becoming happy, confident GSPs.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฒ, please contact Shannon via email at ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ญ๐ณ@๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น.๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ.
๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ก๐ง - ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ก๐๐ฌ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ ("๐๐๐๐๐๐โ). ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด' ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บโ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด.
๐๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ'๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ-๐ถ๐ฑ.
