Gretchen is a beautiful 12-month-old, purebred German Shepherd. Gretchen has it all. She is a beautiful girl and actually much prettier in person, but what is also special about her is her personality. She is calm and loving and walks right by your side. She has some obedience training and will sit and lie down on command. On a walk, a little dog dashed across the street and ran up to her. She gently bent down and gave the little dog kisses. Gretchen is wonderful with dogs her own size, too. We saw a picture of Gretchen at the Camarillo Shelter where she looked so sad we knew we had to help her. Gretchen is her real name. Her owner came to the shelter, saw Gretchen, said that's my dog and left - never to return. Some other family will be lucky to have perfect Gretchen.