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Adoption Event Schedule Events run from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM every month at these locations: 2nd Saturday, Sacramento – Pet Food Express 3rd Saturday, Modesto – Strand Hardware Store 4th Saturday, Roseville – Pet Food Express Please visit the GCGSR Rescue Page for specific address information. All of our dogs are in foster homes and not in one single kennel location.  Adoption events is the best way to meet several of our dogs at once. Valen is a 10 month old male Shepherd mix weighing approximately 70 pounds. He was initially adopted from our organization as a young puppy, but he found his way back due to unexpected family circumstances. Since he reunited with us, Valen has made it clear that his needs are very simple. He is extremely content with a quiet home, a playful dog mate, and a human companion that he can call his own.In his current foster home, Valen has settled in very well and has welcomed numerous foster mates. Although he takes his time to get to know each new sibling, he eventually engages each one with his puppy-frolic, play bows, and games of chase. He can be occasionally enthusiastic in his play style, so supervision and guidance will be helpful as he learns to engage with mutual energy. He shares his space well with his foster companions, including rides in the back of the vehicle, resting on large dog beds, or playing tug of war with a rope toy. Valen also, however, does well as a solo dog where he will seek play with his people for entertainment. He will not complain if he has to wait patiently alone at home while you are away. Valen enjoys short walks in the neighborhood where he prefers to ignore other company along the way. If you don’t have time for a walk, he’s fine with that too. When it comes to canine social gatherings, he may take a few minutes adapting to strange pack members before he participates in group fun. Once he does, it’s as if he’s among old friends. If he only has one friend in his life, he’ll be quite content with that too. Valen also finds crowds of people to be over-stimulating and will prefer to keep to himself or, better yet, go back to his familiar home. Because of this, meet and greets with interested adopters will be offered privately where Valen can display his best self. Valen is very food-motivated (especially carrots) and waits his turn with eager anticipation for treats and meals. At bedtime, he’s the first to enter his crate where he sleeps quietly through the night. He is housebroken and routinely uses a dog door. If you are seeking a dog companion that enjoys his simple home without asking for more, Valen will be your forever grateful boy. Small dogs and cats unknownLevel 3 Understanding Dog Levels Please be sure you understand what a dog of this Level requires. Go to our home page for an explanation of the Dog Rating Levels. Additional Adoption Information For more information and to see when this dog will be attending an Adoption Day, please see our Dogs page on our main website. (Adoption Process) We operate within a reasonable driving distance from the Greater Sacramento area, the Central Valley down to Merced, and Lake Tahoe. A reasonable driving distance is determined by where one of our volunteers is willing to drive within our areas of service. That means we don't adopt out of our area, to Southern California, or out of state. Puppy Requirements We have special Requirements for Adopting a Puppy and a separate Puppy Questionnaire that must be completed on puppies. Please see our Requirements for Adopting a Puppy or email us at info@gcgsr.org for more information. Thank you for visiting!