A registered charity, Vigil GSD Rescue is a Dog rescue specialising in German Shepherds, based in Surrey and Sussex. Around 250 dogs re-homed in 2010.Microchipping, education and training services available.

The objects (laid down in the Vigil constitution) are:

"... to rescue and provide care and shelter for German Shepherd dogs which have been abandoned neglected ill-treated or are otherwise in need of such care and shelter and to find suitable new homes for such animals wherever it is appropriate and practicable to do so"