DUSTY came into the rescue in June 2011 as a very scared German Shepherd bitch who was found as a stray and taken to the pound where ‘her time was up’ and she would have been destroyed.

She was very thin and had some baldness on her legs. We took her into a foster home where her foster carer was able to gradually win her trust so that she could be handled.

Over time, Dusty, became more and more trusting with women but continued to find men hard to trust – she started to play with the other dogs and even learned to play ball.

Three years on and Dusty is still with us; she is a good weight now and in many respects is an ideal, easy dog, but she still struggles to trust most men.

She needs a quiet, experienced home, perhaps with a single person, with few visitors and lots of patience and understanding.

For more information go to southerncountiesgsdrescue.co.uk or call 01425 473907.