Success Stories

We love hearing updates on dogs that were in our program.  If you have adopted from GDRST, please send us an update on how they are doing and please include a photo.  We’ll put your update on this page.

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Rue

August 13th, 2009

Rue, estimated at about 7 years old, was rescued from a local kill shelter along with her friend Moose.  Her owner surrendered her because he didn’t want her anymore and couldn’t afford to feed her.  Once Rue was in her foster home, it became clear to her foster parents that she didn’t know how old […]

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Willy (Remington)

June 25th, 2009

Willy was 7 months old when he came to us from a shelter in Lufkin, TX.  A kind police officer had taken him there after picking him up from a vacant barn that was near the field that he had been abandoned in.  The shelter was amazed that Willy was alive, he was extremely skinny […]

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Hank

May 14th, 2009

My name is Hank and I was rescued from a kill shelter.  My rescuers don’t know the situation I was in but think that I was left on concrete and outdoors due to the scars on my body and bump on my foot.  I also was shot at with a BB gun since they found […]

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Guinness

May 14th, 2009

My name is Guinness. I was rescued thanks to the Great Dane Rescue of Southeast Texas. I am a result of an inexperienced breeder’s poor judgment. My parents were father and daughter and were both merles, which are no-nos in breeding. My siblings and I lived on a plywood floor with no padding, and we […]

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Hailey

May 12th, 2009

Hailey came to Great Dane Rescue of Southeast Texas knocking on death’s door. At only 2 years of age, this poor girl had nearly been bred to death, no doubt by a puppy mill. She had spent her entire life in a much too small crate, with no vet care, no exercise, and no exposure […]

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