Lightening
4 years 6 months • Great Dane
Giant Sizemedium Energy
Moose
1 year old • Irish Wolfhound x Great Dane
Large Sizehigh Energy
Tiger
11 months • Great Dane / Kelpie (Mixed)
Large Sizehigh Energy
7 rescue Great Danes are available for adoption across Australia right now, listed by Animal Welfare League Queensland, RSPCA NSW, RSPCA Queensland, SAFE Perth, SoCares Central Coast Animal Shelters, Swan Animal Haven, Sydney Dogs and Cats Home. Every listing links straight to the rescue.
4 years 6 months • Great Dane
1 year old • Irish Wolfhound x Great Dane
11 months • Great Dane / Kelpie (Mixed)
The Great Dane is a large-sized dog with medium energy needs. Those two things — the space it needs and the exercise it expects — matter more day to day than the breed label itself, especially with rescue dogs, where many are crosses.
Shelter breed labels in Australia are usually a visual guess rather than a DNA result, so a dog listed as a Great Dane may well be a cross. That is worth knowing before you rule a listing in or out: temperament and the individual dog's history tell you far more than the name on the card.
Right now Great Danes in Australia are listed by Animal Welfare League Queensland, RSPCA NSW, RSPCA Queensland, SAFE Perth, SoCares Central Coast Animal Shelters, Swan Animal Haven, Sydney Dogs and Cats Home. Applications, home checks and adoption decisions are handled by the rescue directly — LocalPetFinder brings the listings together so you do not have to check each rescue separately, and does not take a fee.
As of September 2026, 7 Great Danes are available for adoption in Australia across 7 rescues on LocalPetFinder. Listings are refreshed regularly as dogs are adopted and new ones arrive — browse the current Great Danes above and apply directly through the rescue. Currently listed by RSPCA NSW, Sydney Dogs and Cats Home, SoCares Central Coast Animal Shelters, Swan Animal Haven, SAFE Perth, Animal Welfare League Queensland, RSPCA Queensland.
LocalPetFinder lists Great Danes available for adoption from rescues right across Australia, in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria. Right now the rescues listing Great Danes are Animal Welfare League Queensland, RSPCA NSW, RSPCA Queensland, SAFE Perth, SoCares Central Coast Animal Shelters, Swan Animal Haven, Sydney Dogs and Cats Home. Every listing links straight to the rescue that has the dog, and the application is handled by them, not by us.
Not for sale, for adoption, which is usually the better deal. Every Great Dane here comes from an Australian rescue rather than a breeder or a classified seller, and the adoption fee already covers desexing, vaccination and microchipping. That fee is typically a few hundred dollars, against often several thousand from a breeder with none of the vet work done. If you searched "great dane for sale", adopting gets you a vetted dog for a fraction of the price.