Shannon brings a valuable combination of life skills to the OLK9 team! With her history as a social worker and special needs adoption coordinator for children and teens in state custody for over 20 years, Shannon understands what it takes to help those dealing with traumatic life experiences. Shannon has always been drawn to “dog people”, and it’s no secret that her life-long passion has been working with animals.Shannon has been involved with numerous all-breed dog rescue organizations since the late 90’s, but primarily with German Shepherd rescue since 2007. In that time, she has been instrumental in rescuing, fostering, transporting, rehabilitating and coordinating adoptions for hundreds of German Shepherds and in 2010 became an active member of Southeast German Shepherd Rescue serving as the East TN area coordinator, adoption coordinator, and officer.Shannon is currently the longest active area coordinator with Southeast German Shepherd Rescue and feels that giving back to animals in need will always be her life passion, whether that’s through dog rescue or dog training. Shannon is located in the Knoxville area OLK9 region