GDCLA – Great Dane Rescue

Thanks you for your interest in a Great Dane rescue. I have been doing this since 1971 so I am quite partial to the breed. They can be such a wonderful addition to your life and you can make their lives so much better.

All of the Danes on the site that come from me have been carefully screened to make sure what type home would be best for them. They have all lost at least one home for reasons that mostly have nothing to do with them, transfers, divorces, lost jobs, family problems etc. Many were “impulse items and never had any training and when they got large, which happens quickly with Danes, the owners are ready to toss them aside. I always work with them to help them have the manners they need to be loved and appreciated in a new home. That does not mean they are fully trained. They listen to me and to give them the best chance in a new home I strongly suggest you enroll them in training classes. It is a wonderful bonding experience and will teach the Dane to listen to your voice.

Many people have asked me how I can let them go when they seem so attached to me. The answer is simple math. I placed 86 Danes last year. I could not give 86 Danes all the love they need for their lifetimes. It give me great joy to take in a frightened, sometimes thin and unsure Dane and watch how they blossom into a wonderful confident Great Dane. My greatest joy comes when they go to a new home where they are loved. I love getting the pictures over the years of how well it is going and how the family cannot believe how much they love their Dane. Since I have been doing this so long I have now placed Danes with third generation rescued Dane families..

Please look at the Danes here. Just click on their names to see a picture. Remember these are not show Danes. Their adoption fees are no where near what you would pay for a show Dane either. They are large, vaccinated, on heartworm preventative, already spayed or neutered and ready to love. Please give them a chance.

Thanks for caring,

Sue Sexton

Phones: First try 601-776-2558 or 601-274-0120

Contact information: ssexton@emrl.lib.ms.us email me for an application

ALL of the Danes live in their temporary, foster home, in MS, unless noted next to their names. Most Danes were rescued from different areas in Louisiana and Mississippi.