So she's food motivated. Good....Since she's so smart
(She's a GSD afterall ) , she could be easily trained to take
her treats "easy". If they could throw away a dog, that's nine
yrs old, like yesterday's news they probably never spent time
with Iris, or bonded at all. For any reason short of death, it's
a betrayal of trust with the animal. Poor baby. She will probably
morn the people who left her there.