Rescue

The GDLAWA is being pro-active in trying to help rescue Danes and Danes that need a new home due to a change in circumstances. The Association has contacted every metropolitan, and major country towns' pounds & rescue centres asking them to contact the GDLAWA if a Dane comes into their care. When the association is contacted, we will do our best to find the owners or a home for the Dane.

Our Rescue Coordinator keeps a Waiting List of people who have been screened as appropriate for becoming a Great Dane owner and as needy dogs become available, they will be added to the website and/or the list of people will be contacted to see if there is a match. Not every person offering will be considered for a rescue and we do not mean to offend. We do not contact every person for every Dane. We aim to match the dog with the right home so if a dog came in that was not good with cats or small animals and someone on the Waiting List had those pets, they would not be contacted. The goal is always for the Great Dane to go to its permanent home via this process so we do as much as we can to ensure that. If a Dane is a purely ‘re-home’ situation, the prospective owners will be put in touch with the existing owners, arrange to meet and the current owners will make the final decision. If the Dane is a rescue that has been surrendered to the GDLAWA, the Rescue Coordinator will make the final decision. It is important to note that the GDLAWA does not have kennels and cannot take dogs easily into care. We rely upon fostering by experienced members and at all times, their own pet’s safety is paramount. The GDLAWA cannot rescue Great Dane crosses but can add them to the website and assist in making the Waiting List aware of them needing a new home.

If a dog is in the care of another agency, we will happily load the details onto our website but the adoption process will be via the agency that has current ownership of the Great Dane. We work with all of the Rescue Agencies in WA and have a network across the country to assist in successful rehoming as needed but we are a small club and the Rescue Programme is supported entirely by member’s fees and donations. If medical costs have been incurred in the care of a Great Dane, the new owner will be asked to contribute towards those costs to compensate the club to a nominal value.

Donations made to the GDLAWA assist with providing foster care when needed, medical care and at times, behavioural training as needed. Should you wish to make a donation to the Great Dane Lovers Association of WA to assist this work, you can make a Direct Deposit into the club’s bank account using these details:

Great Dane Lovers Assoc
BSB: 086131
Account: 564323649


Please use the Reference “RES YOUR NAME” so that our Treasurer can allocate the monies received. A receipt will be issued if you use the Contact Us link and send us your name and address by email. Once we can match your details with the donation on our account, we will email the receipt with our great appreciation.

We will list on this page details of any Danes that are in need of a home. If there are no dogs listed, then please check again soon, we rescue or rehome 50 Great Danes a year on average, so this page is very active.

If you are interested in taking a rescue Dane full-time or just on a temporary basis, please contact the association.

Yes, I would be interested in helping one of the Danes listed below, or being added to the list
(When using this link please remember to include a phone number so we can contact you at short notice)

If you have an urgent re-homing enquiry please contact Lisa on 0438 833 626.

The GDLAWA is part of a national network of Great Dane clubs across Australia working to support Danes needing homes. Terrific information and details of Great Danes needing homes nationally is available by visiting the Great Dane Rescue & Rehoming website.

 

Photo of Nevada & Rhaegar

Nevada & Rhaegar Large Female & Male Great Dane Dogs

This handsome couple is Nevada & Rhaegar. They are 6 and 9 year old Great Danes needing a new home. They've had the best of care and now due to a family break up they are no longer able to stay with their mum as she is needing to relocate. They have spent the last years loving property life, running free each day is their highlight. Nevada has plenty of run and play, the more senior Rhaegar is more content with a little frolic, sniff and chew of a stick.

Nevada and Rhaegar have lived with children and are happy to have kids around as part of their family. Nevada is a good girl on lead, but Rhaegar tends to pull a bit and be a little unsure of new people and dogs when out and about. He does settle given a chance and the right guidance. This giant couple would need to placed with two paw parents so each has a dedicated handler while walking which is so important when adjusting to a new life.

We feel a continued rural lifestyle would be a very easy transition for Nevada & Rhaegar as they are going to be rusty around other dogs and a busier lifestyle. But we're happy to be open as with an experienced home who take things slowly and commit the right amount of time to helping them adjust, they could do perfectly fine in the suburbs.

The couple are inside/outside dogs who are toilet trained (can hold for many hours and easily overnight) and non-destructive.

These guys have been exposed to cats and are inquisitive however not aggressive and so with the right owner and cats, they could integrate successfully. They are well behaved around stock but never left to roam free unsupervised with no fencing between.

Nevada, the mantle girl is a very affectionate and emotional girl, under your arm with a nuzzle at every chance she can get and with her size a slightly inconvenient lap dog when you're trying to watch TV. She's quite sensitive and will shy from any aggressive behaviour. Her owner says she can be protective and is a super loyal girl. Her desire to be near her person makes recall on the property very good when running in the open paddocks. She hates the hose but adores swimming in the dam.

Rhaegar the blue boy is a docile lap dog and, in his home, very calm and quiet in nature. He will back up and sit on your lap if Nevada has left any room! The opposite to Nevada, he loves the hose but hates the dam! He's a big fan of car rides and his little frolics with Nevada. Rhaegar will stare deep into your soul, is very sensitive, aware of his human's emotions and does not enjoy yelling or aggressive behaviour.

It would mean the world to Nevada and Rhaegar's current owner if they could stay together as that's how life has always been for them. Please get in touch for a chat if you think you can see these two taking up space on your couch.

 

This page last modified 12 May 2024