Thank you so much for considering adding a rescue Dane to your home. Before you begin the process to adopt, I would like to give you some information about the process which can take up to a month to complete. We do very careful screening of our adopters. Great Danes are not for everyone, rescue is not for everyone, many people don’t have the patience for the time it takes to apply to adopt. Please know that we are all volunteers with families and full time jobs, so it can take up to a month to get thru the process. But we know that the adopters who do make it thru are committed to rescuing a Dane and giving it a wonderful home. That’s what is most important to us. If you know you can provide a loving home to one of our Danes, I hope you have the patience to go thru the application process and make it thru to approval. The NJ Chapter thanks you for your interest and looks forward to working with you.

MaryFran Cini, Northern NJ & Jenn Payne, Central & Southern NJ Chapter Coordinators

In order to be sure that the right Dane goes to the right family, we have a multi-step adoption process for interested adopters. In fact, we have an equally thorough process for screening the dogs.

Get some general information on what to expect when you adopt a Great Dane.

The steps are described on our main website.

Contact the Adoption Coordinator for your area. MAGDRL covers several states from New York to North Carolina. If you are not sure who to contact, check the Regional Coordinator page on the main MAGDRL web site and ask them who to contact for their area.

If you are in New Jersey, the NJ Adoption Coordinator for your area will discuss the process in detail with you. Part of that discussion will include a telephone interview to get an idea of your lifestyle and the dog personality that would fit.

Contact the Adoption Coordinator for your area:

• Northern NJ Adoption Coordinator (area codes 201, 551, 862, 908, 973)
  
  
• Central & Southern NJ Adoption Coordinator (area codes 609, 732, 848, 856)

You can view dogs available in the New Jersey region or for all of MAGDRL. Note that you are required to bring your family and pets to visit the dog in its current foster home.