Raspberry
County ID A5169663
Deadline: Monday, September 14.
Raspberry is a young shepherd who carries fear like a weight. She wants to trust—she'll come forward when a handler kneels down, she'll lean into quiet companionship—but the shelter breaks her every time. She's been through intake five times since early August, and the stress has caught up with her: she now has persistent respiratory disease and is on urgent medical status. She has nine days.
Already applied? Call or text 602-834-4911 and tell us it is Raspberry.
What the shelter has seen
- Follows handler to a chair in the yard and will settle underneath it, accepting pets with a soft body once she feels safe.
- Takes treats gently, even when nervous.
- Startles easily—flinches at reactive dogs passing by, activities outside the yard, sudden movements—and will move closer to her person or try to get underneath them.
- Shuts down hard under kennel stress: has cycled through intake five times in the past month, and each time stops eating for days.
What Raspberry needs
Raspberry needs an experienced, patient home with no other dogs, adults who understand that a frightened dog needs time and will not push her, and a commitment to slow, gentle decompression. She is head-shy with leash placement and startles easily, so this is not a beginner's dog. She is listed as a medical priority and her deadline is firm.
Everything here comes from Raspberry’s Maricopa County Animal Care and Control record. We leave out the parts that belong between the shelter, the rescue and the vet, and we do not soften what a dog needs. If something changes at the shelter, this page changes with it.
The county record
- Age
- 2 years old
- Sex
- Spayed
- Breed
- Brown / Black German Shepherd / Mix
- Weight
- 55.0 lb
- Shelter
- West shelter
- Kennel
- West Kennel, Wing S - 318
- Deadline
- Monday, September 14
You can adopt this dog directly
This dog can go home with a member of the public before the deadline, with adoption fees waived. Apply, then go meet them.