Back in August of this year I lost a good friend named Fred Dubiel, some of you have had the chance to know Fred. We are trying to help Fred's wife Linda to find a home for one of Freds dogs Wiley or as some of you knew him as Brix. He is located near Detroit Michigan. Wiley has been neutered. Anyone interested please call 870-736-4737
Thanks Maureen. Wiley is a 3 year old neutered male. He has always been a woman's dog or favors women. Anyone interested can contact me either at the number above or via pm and I will give you the phone number to Fred's widow Linda which can tell you more about him as I'm just posting as a favor to her and specially to find this boy that forever home
She should ask local rescues or the German Shepherd Rescue of Michigan to help her in safely placing him. The GSD rescue is based in the Detroit area / they can do an evaluation on him.
I know you said you are posting for someone else...but do you know how he does with cats? My parents two dogs were lost to cancer last week, days apart, at the age of 15 and 14 (old for greyhounds). They want to head back to shepherds now, but have cats.
I know that they had small dogs also that he lived with and if I'm correct his breeder had cats when he was there for the first 6 months of his life. Not sure exactly if he did well with cats. You are welcome to pm me and I will give you the contact number in which you may get better information from Fred's widow Linda
He is a beautiful boy. But I would really suggest you take the initiative to find someone to evaluate him. Many people won't go past the initial post if the information isn't there and if there are any issues, often owners don't consider them issues so don't say anything about them...that's how I ended up with an anxiety ridden, cat killing, doberman for a foster for 9 months and I'm NOT saying Wiley is like that dog just using my example. So, if you know anyone in the Michigan area that can go take the dog out and evaluate him that would be ideal. The more information you can post first hand, the better chance he will have of finding a home. I'm just giving you my experience with posting a dog here or any other forum.
It's amazing to me that people will adopt a dog from a shelter halfway across the country based on a picture on the internet and a death sentence, but little to no info or only basic info as in "he sniffed a dog today and didn't growl so we'll label him dog friendly" (hey, I've done it too, I know they tug at your heartstrings), but a gorgeous decently bred beautiful young adult sable that is in good health and presumably has a decent temperament has trouble being placed.
OP has provided a nice picture, some basic info, and appears to be quick to give the phone number of the owner who can surely tell interested parties anything they'd like to know. IMHO if someone was serious about adopting him, they'd PM OP for contact info. People email with shelters back and forth all the time to try to find out if a dog is dog/cat/kid friendly, and talk to breeders. Why would they not just pick up the phone and call the owner as has been requested?
I actually just saw that the number was posted. Perhaps it was the last thread about this dog that you had to PM OP, but really, the number is right there. If anyone was seriously interested, they could give the owner a call and ask questions.
ADMIN NOTE: If anyone is interested, Please phone the contact number. That is the best bet to get the info a person wants.
Chuck has been clear that his knowledge of the dog is limited and inquiries need to go to the owner. Let's stop the harassment from people who feel that things should be done differently.
And if you wonder where you post went, it got deleted.
Thanks but I think this boy would do well soon as we are able to place him, we are working with a couple rescues which i hope will improve the chances of finding that precious home soon
I wish that all that helped with Brix/Wiley when he got lost when Fred first brought him home would make the same effort in finding this boy a forever home
Your direction in this thread is to call the #for information. Maybe there is another way to help Brix/Wiley in his location/asking the local GSD rescue to help?
I know we in rescue make it all look so easy :rofl: but to place an adult, male GSD typically takes time and patience. Anything beyond total pet lengthens the time needed. Add sable, depending on your area - yeah, I know it seems weird to everyone here - if we could fine lightly pigmented black/tan (silver) saddle backed GSDs with good temperaments, we would have a high adoption rate! My non-temp fosters in the past few years have been with me 10 months (sport dog), 1 year (senior), 8 months (an old health issue), 10 months (health/shy).
When you look at the board itself as a place to adopt a dog out, it is not a very effective (in terms of percentages) place to do that either. I just don't want people to have high hopes that this will be THE place to have an adoption happen.
Rescues can help in many ways beyond the courtesy listing. They can go through adopters and applicants to see if the dog is a match with any. They can help in the screening process. They can help support people with training resources, evaluations, and vetting info. Courtesy posting is just one way to help.
I am not local to Wiley and so do not know the best resources available in terms of rescues, but I would focus on them for sure with the understanding that they are really busy too. I am very sorry for Wiley and for Fred's wife and family.
Jane I would be happy to give you Linda's number and she can answer your your questions. I know white paws knows about him also since Maureen has talked to me and also Linda about him and she set up a evaluation on him
I hope Maureen will share the evaluation on here to further help Wiley. And independent evaluation is so important.
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