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Goodest is a foster-based dog rescue saving tails, one good dog at a time.
08/12/2026
If this doesn’t look like a girl who’s found her people and home, I don’t know what does.
Someone surrendered Luna. A few weeks ago she walked into a house still shaped like another dog.
His name was Hank. A Great Dane, loved for eleven years, gone recently enough that the orthopedic bed in the primary bedroom was still there, still empty.
Now Luna sleeps on it.
Her mom sent this yesterday: “Luna is the best. The perfect fit to our family, the missing piece. I can’t believe anyone could surrender her.”
Neither can we.
This is a family that already knew the weight of a Dane. Two daughters, a yard she can actually run, people who understood exactly what they were saying yes to. They weren’t looking for a replacement for Hank. There isn’t one. They were making room.
Luna took it.
None of this happens without Maggie and The Wickenhaeuser’s Dog Haus , who fostered her, held the line while she decompressed, and got her ready for the exact right door. This is the whole job. Thank you both.
Welcome home, sweet girl. Hank would approve.
They called him Brutus. We call him Benny.
140 pounds. Five years old. Shelter pull from Palmdale — surrendered because his family had too many dogs. He was 72 hours from never finding his person.
This weekend he walked into Home Depot and trained with Colby like he owned the place.
House trained. Crate trained. Leash trained. Good with every dog and human he meets.
His whole personality is one word. Cuddling. That is the entire résumé.
If you've been waiting for a sign — Benny is it. Link in bio.
Five years old. Shelter pull. This weekend she showed up and did the work.
Dora came to us not knowing what safe felt like. New sights startled her. The leash was a lot. The world was loud.
But watch her now.
She trained with Colby this weekend and she did not quit once. Every rep. Every cue. Getting better on the leash in real time.
She's good with kids, house trained, meets every person with a wagging tail. She needs slow introductions with other dogs and a home without small animals.
A dog who spent five years in uncertainty is out here putting in reps and saying yes to everything.
If you have the patience for her firsts — she's ready for you. Link in bio.
08/10/2026
Good with kids. Good with dogs. Good with cats. Sleeps with stuffed animals.
Elsie is not a complicated dog.
Three years old, 100 pounds, grew up with toddlers. She came into rescue because her family hit a hard stretch — not because of anything she did. She arrived house trained, gentle, and completely herself.
She'll find the softest spot in the room, locate a plush toy, and settle in like she owns the place.
If you have room for her, she's ready. Link in bio.
Cash and I just had this moment in our backyard this evening and I couldn't feel happier.
It took an hour to get Cash out of the transport van on Thursday.
He growled the whole time. Showed me his teeth. Wouldn't let me touch him.
Cash belonged to a man who was homeless in San Francisco. He spent most of his life on the street, sleeping with one eye open, always on alert. Nobody had ever told him he could stop.
Yesterday morning Linette took him to CARES. He went in muzzled, because he wasn't having it with anyone. Before she left, I asked Elizabeth to connect with him. To talk to him. To let him know he's safe now, that he doesn't have to worry about anything anymore.
We picked him up that night and he was a different dog.
Tonight I caught him playing for the first time. I got it on video.
Four days ago he wouldn't let me near him and he's now letting me in. The best is yet to come big guy
08/08/2026
ONE WEEK until Danes on the Sand! 🐾🌊
If you’re anywhere near Long Beach, California next Saturday, August 15th, this is your sign to spend the day surrounded by Great Danes AND help an incredible rescue at the same time.
Goodest Great Dane Rescue is hosting Danes on the Sand at Monty’s Dog Beach & Bar from 11 AM to 3 PM. You can meet adoptable Great Danes, hang out with other Dane lovers, shop, enter the raffle, and help raise money for dogs who desperately need it.
And you don’t have to be local to help. ❤️
Their online silent auction is already LIVE, which means you can bid from anywhere! I spotted quite a few Dymond’s Co goodies that we donated, including jammies, a crewneck, bandanas, snoods, drool bibs, bowties, and some of our beaded statement collars. There are also prizes donated by tons of other businesses, so definitely go take a look.
The best part? The money raised goes toward the things rescue dogs actually need: urgent veterinary care, safe housing, food, training, and everything it takes to get these Danes from crisis situations into safe, loving homes.
If you’re local:�
🐾 Come to Danes on the Sand on August 15th�
🐾 Bring your dog. All breeds are welcome!�
🐾 Raffle tickets are $10�
🐾 Meet some of the adoptable Danes
If you're nowhere near California:�
🐾 Bid in the online silent auction�
🐾 Make a donation�
🐾 Share the fundraiser so it reaches someone who CAN attend
You can find event information, raffle tickets, the silent auction, and ways to donate through goodestdogs.org/events.
I would LOVE to see some of our Dymond’s Co family win the pieces we donated, so if you bid on something, please tell me. 🥹❤️
Every bid, raffle ticket, donation, and share helps Goodest Great Dane Rescue say yes to another Dane who needs them.
A beach full of Great Danes. That's the whole pitch.
August 15th. Monty's Dog Bar, Long Beach. Free to walk in. Bring your dog. Bring anyone who's ever asked what we actually do.
Raffle table on site — PetSmart, Fleming's, Brutus Bone Broth, and more. Every dollar goes straight to vet care. The surgeries, the heartworm treatment, the cases other rescues can't say yes to.
If you've never watched a 140-pound dog realize the ocean is right there — you're missing out.
Raffle tickets are $10. Grab them at the link in bio or at the table on the day.
See you on the sand.
08/08/2026
Your Dane can be fine at 6pm and in emergency surgery by 8.
Bloat is the number one killer of Great Danes. Not old age. Not accidents. The stomach fills with gas and flips, and once it flips you're counting in minutes, not hours. Emergency surgery can cost $5,000 to $10,000, and that's if you make it to the table in time.
There's a surgery that takes the flip off the table. A gastropexy. It tacks the stomach down so it physically can't twist, and the twist is the part that kills them.
So we made it a rule. Every Dane we place is pexied before they go home. Every single one. It costs us more, and we run lean on purpose. We do it anyway. We'd rather spend it now than have a family spend it at 2am, if they get the chance to spend it at all.
Knowing about bloat before you adopt doesn't make it scary. It makes you the owner a Great Dane actually needs.
Swipe for the signs most people miss.
08/07/2026
He made it.
Cash is off the street. He's safe, he's fed, and he's not alone anymore.
A few weeks ago he was living outside with his family, who reached out because they had no other move left. We said yes because you showed up first — you donated, you shared, you made the call possible.
His journey isn't over. He still needs his neuter, his gastropexy, a full medical workup, and his masses addressed before he's ready for a foster home. But he's in it now. And so are we.
If you'd like to keep helping Cash, every dollar goes directly to him.
goodestdogs.org/donate
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Two years old. Both of them. Surrendered together to the Palmdale shelter because someone's living situation couldn't hold two Great Danes anymore.
The boy leans into your legs the second you walk up. Follows you room to room. Decides you're his before you've made any decisions at all. He's also working through kennel cough right now, which has not slowed the leaning down one bit.
The girl watches first. Takes her time from a few feet back, working out whether you're worth it. You can see the exact moment she decides you are.
They're here because Kara, one of our volunteers, got the call and drove to Palmdale on a moment's notice. No lead time, no hesitation. That's the whole job. She showed up for it.
We're still working out if they're a true bonded pair or two dogs who happen to have each other right now. Either way, they've got the same road ahead: kennel cough cleared, both spayed and neutered, and two names that actually fit.
That last part is where you come in.
$25 to name one of them. $50 to name the pair. Every dollar goes straight to their spay and neuter. We'll announce the winners tomorrow.
Two nameless Danes. Names in your pocket. Let's fix that.
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