The small neighborhood shelter near my house accepts donations of all kinds. In fact, my daughter and I go there often (especially when we see GSDs on the website) to distribute goodies to each and every one of the dogs. The adoption rate there is very good and I check to see about those GSDs.

However, I adopted from the large kill shelter in another town. Killian was on death row and Shiloh was just coming out of fostering having had kennel cough. They accept donations there, too, but they do not let you personally feed the dogs or even touch them. Don't want anyone to spread any communicable diseases (like kennel cough) which could be a death sentence for many dogs.