Daggry is our current foster dog that is seeking a home. We having been working with Echo White Shepherd Rescue for years
Echo only homes these rescues to East of the Mississippi River.
We have had him here for about a month, he really is going to make a family a nice dop.
here is His write up on the Echo site
https://www.echodogs.org/daggry
(Daggry is Danish for Dawn )
Looks like a sweet boy.
Thank you for helping him! 
a few days ago we got a photo of the GSD we fostered last summer as we were the only place that could handle a mother dog with seven pups, we used one of the hose stalls as their kennel
That GSD was in terrible condition when she arrived. I think we had that herd here for about three months. All the pups found wonderful homes, and the mother dog now is the treasured dog of a family back east, the photo of her on the couch in their family room was a long way from where she had come.
What a gorgeous boy. Love his name.
I bet he’s in heaven at your house.
We named our small farm Sanctuary Morgans when we first got the horses, we chose sanctuary specifically to denote a safe place with our kids in mind, Since then many animals have used this place as their sanctuary.
Echo as rescues goes does a lot for these dogs. The mother dog with her pups we had last year the rescue spent about $15,000 in medical and support expense on that group. Several of the pups had serious medical issues that all were resolved through the excellent unquestioned vet support paid for by Echo, (the small animal vet we use and my daughter works part time as vet tech is used by Echo)
Foster care of these dogs is not an easy task as we work through the issues they came packed in their baggage. To date all fostered dogs and cats have found wonderful homes. Daggry has only been here a short time, he was a wild dude at first and scared,
In last weeks he has begun to be a respectful dog, seemly to enjoy running around in the backyard going from checking the goats in their paddock then bound over to the goats in the medical pen (we have a mother goat with her Three babies from next door in there so that the babies can be bottle fed) Here is the three when they were taken Lockheed Martin campus as invited guests of a manger who wanted the goats there to break the ice during a managers meeting, every one want to pet the goats) those girls in the pen with the babies are our grand daughters
Daggry checks the babies then goes to the back fence to count the horses, at least that is what it appears that he is doing. Them if the cats are out in their coop he will go to see if they are OK. He is not aggressive to any of these animals. no barking, just curious.
He does well with Sucha our Golden Retriever, she has no enemies. However the Great Pyrenees (Phenix also known as Barky or Fluffy) does not Think He Belongs Here.
We have never let those two be together. or have any direct contact. Also indirect contact is limited as we put Barky in her crate when taking Daggry out (he has his kennel set up in one of the spare bedrooms) He kennels very well, does not bark much if any at all.
update Jan 16th 2025, Daggry left today for his adoptive home in upstate New York almost to Canada. he was with us for eight months.
his DNA test came back 100% German Shepherd Dog
That is a wonderful update and he is going to love it up there. Never met a gshep that didn’t love the snow.
Your rescues are amazing! Taking care of the momma and pups couldn’t have been easy.
Daggry is striking and it sounds as though his personality is good. GSD’s are smart and do well with jobs. A barn owner had one that helped with the chores morning and evening. He never called in sick 
worked everyday until the very end. She would load him into her golf cart and still bring him to the barn until he died.
I’m sure the 8 months spent at your farm and your family’s great care led to the wonderful turnaround for Daggry… So many rescues are nearly unadoptable- or get returned over and over
For behavioral problems.
But the Foster families, like yours, insure a good future for them.
Thanks to your family for all you do for these rescues.
I was beginning to think he was going to be a permanent resident. It took awhile to socialize him. When he was picked up from the shelter he had no manors or respect but over time he did come into order
the primary reason we had him for so long was he is young and very athletic nearly impossible to wear down which precluded his placement into a home of limited space. Here he was daily turned loose in the backyard or taken for a hike.
of all things wife is delivering him to New York, but there is an alternative reason since she is picking up her new Golden Retriever puppy that the kids bought her. This pup is near to our son’s place in northeastern Pennsylvania so she wanted to visit him anyway. The breeder has been very responsive, the pup passed son’s inspection so was purchased about three weeks ago.
New pup has been named Turtle for some convoluted reasoning they (wife and kids) came up with Turtle, believe me there was along thought process involved. This will be our fourth Golden. (and already has a collar with turtles on it)
Sucha our current Golden turns 14 tomorrow and Turtle hopefully will learn from Sucha
Much luck to Daggry and his new family, and for your new addition of Turtle. LOVE the name!! (Puppy pictures are appreciated…just sayin’ 
)
I was incorrect on the new pup’s name it is not Turtle but is Ducky
The name comes from wife’s attraction to David McCallum from the Man from UNCLE series in the 1960s then later years in NCIS playing doctor Mallard whose nickname on the series was Ducky, so dog’s name is Ducky in his honor.
I will give the pup a true name once it gets here.
Wife named the big Great Pyrenees Phoenix, I call her Fluffy or Barky, she responds at her will to all three names. This dog will bark at anything, kid passing by walking on the sidewalk BARK, BARK then run to the other end of the house to pick up barking as the kid walks along. Really does not require a person for her to BARK, a squirrel, a leaf blowing in the wind are all subject to her attention. But the coyotes who like to come look at her goats are her primary nemesis. Fortunately we have no close by neighbors, nearest is more than a 1,000 feet away as Barky will bark nearly all night long defending her goats from the coyotes
Fluffy because she is a dog with a Lot of white hair, dog is much smaller than what she appears to be with her six or seven inch coat
Daggry delivered this afternoon by wife to new owners, he ran up to them as if he had known them all along
(have photo but file is evidently larger than this site supports)
The guy on the Lucky Dog show would get a blanket or piece of clothing from the adopters and puts it in the dog bed. He believes it helps with recognition and acceptance.
So glad the boy made it. I was wondering how the drive was for your wife.
Yes it does appear adding something from the adopters helps in the transitions, however in the Echo adoptions rarely is there the opportunity. Daggry is a good young dog who needed a home of his own and was welling with a wagging tail to make the transition. Echo White Shepherd Rescue, I have no idea where their funding comes from but once they rescue a white shepherd there is no end to money the rescue will spend to insure the animal’s welfare.
Wife went to see the new pup after delivering Daggry. The new pup is now seven weeks old and will be released by the breeder on the 23rd. One thing reason about is visit make sure Ducky and wife were to be a good match, also to drop off some of wife’s scented bedding for Ducky. The pup appears to be Huge in the videos son took of the meeting.
The Golden’s breeder is in southern New York state is a few hours from our son’s farm which made this really not a great issue.
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