There have been lots of shepherds begging for adoption in the Los Angeles area lately.
Abby416,
There are at least five German shepherd rescues in the southern CA area and between the rescues less than half the German shepherds in county animal shelters are saved. The rest are killed.
German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County as almost 80 up for adoption.
http://gsroc.org/adoption.asp?sort=PostDateTime&str_search=&Page=1