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Titan In His New Home

Titan In His New Home

Thanks to Titan’s new Mom, Barbara, for sending this sweet photo of Titan and their other rescue Dane Shawnee. Here is what Barbara wrote to us:

“Well, tomorrow it will be a month since Titan came to his forever home.  As you can see he has found his favorite place — between our pillows on the bed!  We puppy pile watching TV at night.  He and Shawnee are getting along very well.  He has put on some weight.  The front half looks normal, but still need to fill in the back half.    He is a joy and a delight.  He seems very comfortable here and is a naturally happy dog.  He is a treasure!”

Pure Love

Pure Love

Thanks to Carol Draper (a volunteer with our group in Reno) for sending this touching photo of her two dogs…just makes you smile to see how much these two love each other.

Tank

“It’s mine”……Tank chilling after Thanksgiving.

Moose!

Moose!

Moose is still available & looking for someone who can put in the time. Go to our “Adoptable” page to learn everything about him.

Maggie Is Gone

Maggie Is Gone

Please read the touching tribute we posted just previous to this from Maggie’s mom Julie.

Here is Maggie’s story:

Maggie came into rescue a dirty mess. Double ear infection, staph infection on her face and she required a complete mastectomy because of mammary tumors. We placed her in a home but when she, 7 months later, developed Canine Leproid Granuloma (CLG) she was returned. We spent months diagnosing/treating Maggie. During this time she endured countless biopsies, surgeries and vet visits, and never showed anything but a superlative temperament. Just a sweet, loving girl. The vet said amputating her ear (which was ground zero for the CLG) would be “curative”, meaning we could avoid months of antibiotics and topical medicines and all the vet visits if we removed the ear and the granulomas. So Maggie became the one eared Great Dane, but this never interfered with her good looks. Julie Meyer saw this one eared girl and recognized her inherent beauty and adopted Maggie. We thought Maggie was cured and would live a normal life after this, which is what we told Julie. We were wrong. About a month or so after her adoption, a new CLG lump appeared and continued to come and go throughout her life. She also developed allergies and was on allergy injections, as well as her horrific bout with pneumonia which Julie mentioned in her memorial. Throughout her time with Maggie, Julie accepted whatever came her way and just loved her girl. She never complained or blamed Rescue for adopting out this “lemon” of a dog. She just felt the joy of living with Maggie. When the lymphoma came on suddenly and virulently, we all hoped chemotherapy would help buy her some time. It really didn’t and Julie made the call to say goodbye to Maggie when she started to go downhill. I wish everyone could have met Maggie. I’m not exaggerating her status as Best Dog In The World. She really was. I cannot say enough good things about the angel known as Julie Meyer. 99% of people out there would not have suffered through all the medical problems Maggie had, but Julie did. My eternal thanks goes out to this amazing, wonderful woman. I will never forget Maggie and her example of what we all love about this special breed. Rest in peace sweet girl.

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Kevin In His New Home

Kevin In His New Home

Kevin’s new parents sent this update on him:

      Everything is great! We have power again, although fire season isn’t over so we’ll see how it goes. Kevin is still fantastic, he loves his life and his family. I am happy that he is rarely ever alone,  because he sure doesn’t like when we’re out of his sight! The couple times we left him to run errands though he was a perfect gentleman. Although we do have to be careful because I found a whole baby sock in his poop a few weeks ago! It’s good information to have though, just have to watch those socks since then tend to not stay on her feet very long ? I hope you enjoy these fun photos of our boy. 

Goliath In His New Home

Goliath In His New Home


Goliath was adopted by Matt and Sara, who were on our “waitlist” (one good reason to get on the list!). They already had Max, also deaf, and fell in love with Goliath. Here’s what they shared about Goliath:

11/16  Goliath came and joined Max today (they really are bookends, they make a pretty pair!) . We will keep in touch for sure!

11/18  They are fast friends-mid-morning yard patrol and then nap time.

Rocky In His New Home

Rocky In His New Home

Here is a nice update on Rocky from his new owner Mickey:

” We love him so much and he’s settling in so well.  He and Atlas sleep near each other and play in the yard together.  Rocky follows me everywhere I go. I’m so grateful to you for trusting us with Rocky.  He’s quickly becoming one of the great loves of my life, and my husband feels the same. ” 

We so appreciate Mickey and her husband adopting Rocky! When they came to meet Rocky, Atlas was less than impressed but obviously he has grown to love his new big blue brother.

Benjamin Button Bleu

Benjamin Button Bleu

Another wonderful message from Kathy Moraes about her big blue boy Benjamin:

YOU KNEW HIM AS SEBASTIAN 
AND SAID HE IS QUITE TALL TO ME 
I JUST SMILED CAUSE I NEVER LOOK UPON A DOG FOR THEIR SIZE

ITS IN THEIR EYES & HEART WHICH BELIES SO MUCH MORE

I REMEMBER THE DAY WE MET HIM
I REMEMBER SAYING TO YOU I KNEW I WAS TAKING HIM HOME

MY HEART KNEW FROM THE VERY START

I WAS BRINGING HOME THIS QUIET BOY WHO HAD ALREADY CAPTURED MY HEART

I KNEW HE WAS MEANT TO SHARE THIS LIFE WITH US FATE DESTINY SURE HE WAS BORN WITH ANOTHER REASON IN MIND
HIS JOURNEY IN LIFE HAD FINALLY MET HIS DESTINY 

Thank you Colleen for all you & GDRNC have been doing for Great Danes since 1987

You are all a gift and a dream come true 
On the behalf of so many families 
We give to GDRNC our heart & solemn thanks”

By Mama Bleu Mrs Kathy Moraes 

Titan In His New Home

Titan In His New Home

Wonderful photo of Titan with his new sister Shawnee. Thanks to the Slobodian family for adopting Titan. The Slobodian’s are long time rescuers and we know Titan is such a lucky boy to now be living with them.