I’ve contacted 2 people locally. One a professional trainer who does rescues with problem dogs, but he currently is full up. He said he’d get on the phone immediately to see what he could do with various groups. He recommended another person locally involved in rescues who asked for the email to send out to various groups/people. She said most people that do rescues have other dogs, but with my dog’s socialization issues he can’t go to a foster or permanent home with animals.
I don’t know what I’d do if I had to give up my dogs, let alone so quickly like that. I am sorry for your heartbreaking situation. I bet there is a rescue out there that will take him. Keep looking. When we last needed to add a dog and found that the Wisconsin Doberman Rescue had no dogs available, we easily found the Illinois Doberman Rescue and had a dog within 2 weeks. The internet made it so easy to find a doberman who needed a new home. That rescue takes in dogs with all kinds of special needs, physical or behavioral. They even take non-dobermans and cats. Perhaps the trainer you mentioned will come up with a solution for you. I sure hope so.
pops88,
You are in a very tough situation regarding surrendering a dog to a German Shepherd rescue in the LA area.
The typical wait time to surrender a GSD is about two to six months for the German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County, likely the same for Westside GSR, Coastal GSR, and GSRLA (you can try the others, though).
Here is information on surrendering your dog:
http://www.gsroc.org/surrendering.asp