a California non-profit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation

Rescuing and Adopting
Beautiful Great Danes, Borzoi, Great Pyrenees, Irish Wolfhounds, Scottish Deerhounds, Saint Bernards, Newfoundlands, Greyhounds, English Mastiffs, Neopolitan Mastiffs, Ambull Neopolitan Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, Fila Brasileiro Brazilian Mastiffs, Adronicus Mastiffs, South African Boerboel Mastiffs, Dogue de Bordeaux French Mastiffs, American Mastiffs, Tibetan Mastiffs, Spanish Mastiffs, Tosa Inu, Bernese Mountain Dogs, Bloodhounds, Sasquatch, Maremma Sheepdogs, Saluki, Leonbergers, Akbash, Whippets, Silken Windhounds, Italian Greyhounds, Peruvian Inca Orchids, Chinese Cresteds, Shelties, American Eskimos, Xoloitzcuintle, Unique Combinations and Other Loving Lap Dogs!

For Adoption: 8 weeks and up - Housebroken and Professionally Trained: 26 weeks and up

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We are the largest GIANT BREED dog rescue in the world!

Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions is a national organization that rescues more than one thousand dogs
and puppies each year from countless animal shelters and individuals all across America. We rescue all of
our many breeds as well as "Unique Combinations" of our breeds from wherever they are in need!

We are a TRUE rescue!  We ONLY rescue!  We NEVER breed!  We save EVERY life!

We believe that breeding should be strictly regulated when dogs are dying every day in shelters!
Please read about our support for The California Healthy Pets Act and how every concerned moral
citizen can help support the new laws regulating breeding, so that by working together,
we can strive for a world where every animal will have a safe, loving home for life!


Soon you can subscribe to Gentle Giants Television and watch Canine Crusader Superheroes to the Rescue!
See how we can all be Canine Crusader Superheroes if we help animals in need!


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Enjoy Our 30 Minute TV Show!

Watch Our 'Herd' of Gentle Giants!



 




Listen to Our Radio Interviews!

Hear About Our Gentle Giants!















Our Gentle Giants family of 5 instantly becomes a family of 9!

 
   
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Your Dog is SAFE eating our Gentle Giants World Class Canine Cuisine!

"Pet food manufacturers have voluntarily recalled more than 100 brands of dog and cat food across the nation since March 16, 2007. The recall was prompted by reported cases of cats and dogs in the United States that developed kidney failure after eating the affected products."  U.S. Food and Drug Administration

  FDA's Ongoing Pet Food Investigation
 

Pet food scare: Details on recall

 

FDA Asks if Pet Food Tainted on Purpose

  Pet Food Recall Expands
  New Pet Food Worry: Contaminated Rice
  Keeping Pets Safe

You don't have to worry if you order our Gentle Giants World Class Canine Cuisine dog food. We don't use wheat or wheat gluten, and our dog food is made here in the USA with the very best ingredients. We don't use any ingredients imported from China or from any other foreign country.

Our dog food is suitable for all dog breeds, from the very smallest to the very largest, and for all life stages, from weaning puppies to the oldest seniors. Our feeding and care techiniques along with our dog food have produced amazing results with our gentle giants living as long as 14 to 18 years (see below).

  We adopted "Princess Leah" at 16 years old (left), "Marble" at 8 years old (center), and "Sadie" at 2 years old (right) to Ed and Lindy Kalpakoff

Hi Tracy,

Just wanted to let you know that your 16 year old "Princess Leah" acts like she's a puppy. She's Ed's baby. Follows him everywhere and loves her walks. She's awesome!!!


Lindy Kalpakoff



Meat, Fish and Eggs
Vegetables
Fruits
Grains
Vitamins and Antioxidants
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Chicken
Carrots
Cranberries
Brown Rice
Vitamin A
Herring
Sweet Potatoes
Blueberries
Barley
Vitamin B12
Eggs
Beets
Apples
Oatmeal
Vitamin C
 
Peas
 
Flaxseed
Vitamin D3
 
Celery
   
Vitamin E, Vitamin K
 
Lettuce
   
Glucosamine
 
Parsley
   
Chondroitin
 
Watercress
   
Beta-Carotene
 
Spinach
   
Omega-6 Fatty Acids
       
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
       
Spirulina, Taurine, Niacin


 
 

What's New?: What's New? - Latest and Greatest!

Read Letters from Our Happy Adopters: What Our Happy Adopters Have To Say!


Adoption Application: Adoption Application for a Gentle Giant and a Little Giant

Donations - Your Charitable Contribution: Make a Tax Deductible Donation to our
Rescue
- Help Us Save Lives Today! - We Really Need Your Help!

You can view our Adoption Scrapbooks and Family Albums starring our
Gentle Giants and Little Giants in their new homes with their new family!

You can watch our wild and wacky Home Videos starring our Gentle Giants and Little Giants interacting and playing together!
 
Our dogs live communally as one huge happy family - a result of our behavioral training!
 

 




 


We rescue our breeds 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
from all across the U.S. and from some foreign countries!


For more than a decade, we have answered every call for help!
Now . . .



Tracy, Melody, and Burt Ward with some of their Gentle Giants

Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions is the largest giant breed dog rescue in the world, and is a non-profit charitable foundation set up by actor, Burt Ward ("Robin the Boy Wonder" from the famed TV series "BATMAN"), along with his wife and philanthropist, Tracy Posner Ward, and their daughter, Melody Ward.

More than 11,000 giant breed dogs and some smaller breed dogs have been rescued and adopted into safe, loving homes during the last 14 years by the Wards.

   
Contact Information


Adoption Information:
To Adopt a Great Dane, Borzoi, Great Pyrenees, Irish Wolfhound, Scottish Deerhound, Saint Bernard, Newfoundland, Greyhound, Saluki, English Mastiff, Neopolitan Mastiff, Ambull Neopolitan Mastiff, Bullmastiff, Fila Brasileiro Brazilian Mastiff, Adronicus Mastiff, South African Boerboel Mastiff, Dogue de Bordeaux French Mastiff, American Mastiff, Tibetan Mastiff, Spanish Mastiff, Tosa Inu, Sasquatch, Leonberger, Unique Combination or other Large Lap Dog (a "Gentle Giant"):

Please call (951) 273-1330 for Adoption Requirements. If you feel that you qualify, and if you are ready to adopt a Gentle Giant now, please complete our Adoption Application ('Click' to select)

AFTER LISTENING TO OUR ADOPTION REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE COMPLETE OUR ONLINE ADOPTION APPLICATION.
WE ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO TELEPHONE MESSAGES. THANK YOU!


To Adopt a Whippet, Silken Windhound, Italian Greyhound, Peruvian Inca Orchid, Chinese Crested, Xoloitzcuintle, Sheltie, Unique Combination or other Little Lap Dog (a "Little Giant"):

Please call (951) 273-1330 for Adoption Requirements. If you feel that you qualify, and if you are ready to adopt a Little Giant now, please complete our Adoption Application ('Click' to select)

AFTER LISTENING TO OUR ADOPTION REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE COMPLETE OUR ONLINE ADOPTION APPLICATION.
WE ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO TELEPHONE MESSAGES. THANK YOU!

Rescue Information:
To Give up a Great Dane, Borzoi, Great Pyrenees, Irish Wolfhound, Scottish Deerhound, Saint Bernard, Newfoundland, Greyhound, Saluki, English Mastiff, Neopolitan Mastiff, Ambull Neopolitan Mastiff, Bullmastiff, Fila Brasileiro Brazilian Mastiff, Adronicus Mastiff, South African Boerboel Mastiff, Dogue de Bordeaux French Mastiff, American Mastiff, Tibetan Mastiff, Spanish Mastiff, Tosa Inu, Sasquatch, Leonberger, Unique Combination or other Large Lap Dog (a "Gentle Giant") now, or to Give up a Whippet, Silken Windhound, Italian Greyhound, Peruvian Inca Orchid, Chinese Crested, Xoloitzcuintle, Sheltie, Unique Combination or other Little Lap Dog (a "Little Giant") now:

Please call (951) 279-5100 and leave a message. Then, please send a detailed description of your dog and your circumstances to us in an email addressed to rescue@gentlegiantsrescue.com


Our Gentle Giants and Little Giants


WELCOME to the wonderful world of Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions!

We rescue and adopt primarily giant breed "Gentle Giant" dogs, as well as a few smaller "Little Giant" breeds, from people who love them but who can no longer keep them, and we find them qualified, safe, loving homes as inside members of the family.  We take them whether they are perfect, or whether they have been injured and are in need of major or minor medical care.  This is our charity and we will rescue and save every life.

We also work with reputable breeders all across the United States and Canada of the many breeds that we rescue and place the Gentle Giants and Little Giants that the breeders aren't using to show or otherwise haven't sold, or dogs that have been returned to them, into wonderful, loving homes. We place great value on every life.

We have multiple facilities and many foster homes.

You can now adopt from us beautiful purebred Great Danes, Borzoi, Great Pyrenees, Irish Wolfhounds, Scottish Deerhounds, Saint Bernards, Newfoundlands, Greyhounds, Saluki, English Mastiffs, Neopolitan Mastiffs, Ambull Neopolitan Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, Fila Brasileiro Brazilian Mastiffs, Adronicus Mastiffs, South African Boerboel Mastiffs, Dogue de Bordeaux French Mastiffs, American Mastiffs, Tibetan Mastiffs, Spanish Mastiffs, Tosa Inu, Sasquatch, Leonbergers, Whippets, Silken Windhounds, Italian Greyhounds, Peruvian Inca Orchids, Chinese Cresteds, Xoloitzcuintle, Shelties and our unique 'one-of-a-kind' Gentle Giants, such as our very rare “Doodle” a giant Great Dane/Poodle who looks like a Great Dane when he is shaved and groomed, but looks like a giant "Super Poodle" when his fur grows out. Also, check out our amazing "Woodle" an Irish Wolfhound/Poodle, our funloving "BorzAf" a beautiful Borzoi/Afghan, and our breathtaking "Great DaNewfé" a Great Dane/Newfoundland.We adopt all across America to responsible, qualified, loving adopters, but you must come here to Riverside County, California to select and adopt your Gentle Giant.

Our Gentle Giants and Little Giants are healthy, housebroken, and behaviorally trained and socialized to get along with people, dogs, cats, and other animals when properly introduced.

When you adopt a dog from us, you have the luxury of taking your dog home immediately and enjoying it the same day without having to go for medical care or training classes.

We will be writing more here and putting up photos in the future of volunteers and others who have contributed and are still contributing their devotion to our cause.

This website is constantly being updated. Soon, we will be posting detailed information about giant breed care, including how to prevent bloat, torsion and other medical problems, useful obedience and behavior training, maintenance, accessories (such as the proper collars to use), and other valuable information that you can use at home.  We will also be posting oodles of new photos, videos, letters and information about other giant breed issues.  So keep coming back!!


Available Breeds for Adoption
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Gentle Giants
('Click' below to see photos of our Gentle Giants that we have already adopted. We have many other Gentle Giants of all breeds available now for immediate adoption)

Great Danes
Borzoi
Great Pyrenees
Irish Wolfhounds
Scottish Deerhounds
Saint Bernards
Newfoundlands
Greyhounds
Saluki

English Mastiffs
Neopolitan Mastiffs
Ambull Neopolitan Mastiffs
Bullmastiffs
Fila Brasileiro (Brazilian)
Adronicus Mastiffs
South African Boerboels
Dogue de Bordeaux (French)
American Mastiffs
Tibetan Mastiffs
Spanish Mastiffs

Tosa Inu
Sasquatch
Leonbergers

Doodles, Woodles, Naffies and AirDanes
Fostered Gentle Giants for Adoption


Little Giants
('Click' below to see photos)

Whippets
Silken Windhounds
Italian Greyhounds
Peruvian Inca Orchids
Chinese Cresteds
Xoloitzcuintle

Shelties
Gentle Giants Buddies for Adoption
Fostered Little Giants for Adoption


Special Dogs
('Click' below to see photos)

Hard-Of-Hearing Dogs
Blind Dogs
















2006 was spectacular and one of our most successful years!
1,129 total dogs were rescued in 2006!
With your support, we can find loving homes for
even more Gentle Giants and Little Giants in 2007!



First Six Months of 2007




The first six months of 2007
started the year off great!

490 dogs trained and adopted
288 dogs transported to other rescues,
for a total of 778 dogs rescued!
(
all in the first six months of 2007)



Gentle Giants rescues dogs from every state in the U.S.


Adopters and Rescued Gentle Giants arrive
at nearby Ontario International Airport



Gentle Giants Rescue is located 50 miles east of Los Angeles




"Avalanche"

Name:  Avalanche

Height: 43.5 inches at the shoulder, 45.5 inches at his back end

Weight: 305 lbs

Stands: 7’3” on his hind legs

Favorite pastime: He loves to sit in your lap. Unfortunately, when he does, no one has ever been able to get up.


A Regular Sized Great Dane
(photo taken same day)





Our Great Dane "Sammy" is our giant baby that is still growing!
Current Height Standing: 7' 3" - Current Weight: 285 lbs


Gentle Giants Television ("GGTV") will be soon be providing
Subscription Entertainment Programming in High Definition
featuring our dogs, cats and other animal stars in a wide variety of
comedy, drama, and news shows like nothing you've ever seen before!



Our multi-channel programming will include . . .

(1)
The K9 News Network (KNN) anchored by our gentle giants and little giants with feline correspondents providing up-to-date worldwide dog and cat news, including special events, valuable information for caring for your favorite dog or cat, and ideas and solutions for everyday problems that you can use;

(2)
Robin to the Rescue, a zany new reality TV series starring the 'Caped Crusader' who is now the 'Canine Crusader' with a houseful of giant dogs in real life stories, hilarious situations, and heart warming moments;

(3)
Puppycam of Baby Puppies playing;

(4) Kittycam of Baby Kittens playing;

(5) Ask the Vet!* what you and your pet can expect on your next visit to your vet's office;

(6) Obedience and Behavior Training for you and your pet;

(7) New Pet Products that you may want to know about;

(8) Hilarious Pet Home Videos;

(9)
Spoofs of well known personalities and their television programs;

(10) A Pet's Life, featuring a dog, cat, or human each week with an amazing story;

(11) Gentle Giant Heroes, powerful and dramatic real life stories how 'man's best friend' has saved peoples lives or has made an impact on our world by doing something extraordinary!

(12) Canine Crusader Superheroes to the Rescue! - You don't have to be a real Superhero to help innocent animals in need. We can all be a Canine Crusader and a Superhero if we adopt our local animal shelter or local animal rescue and help out in any way that we can.

Each of our Canine Crusader Superheroes programs will focus on very special people who provide assistance to animals in need where help is needed most, right in their very own hometowns. We invite you and everyone in America to find your nearest animal shelter or animal rescue and volunteer your time or make a donation. Tell us about your contribution and we'll put it on our website. Some of your stories will be presented on our TV series.

*
If you have one or more questions that you would like to ask one of our expert veterinarians, please submit your questions to us and we will discuss them with our vets. Please submit your questions to hd@gentlegiantsrescue.com and include your full name, city and state. Due to the volume of potential questions, not every question will be featured on our programming.

All of this family oriented programming will be available to you
24 hours per day, seven days a week, full screen on your computer
in crisp high definition. You can also participate with your
questions and comments that will be answered on camera.
Watch for more details and our sign up day specials!





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