East Coast Gentle Giants Rescue, Inc.

12/14/2025

🎄 Help Ricky Get Home for the Holidays! 🎄

Ricky is a 2-year-old Boerboel (South African Mastiff) with a heart as big as his 120-lb frame. This handsome boy could use a little extra weight — which just means more of him to love — and he’s hoping this holiday season brings him what he wants most: a forever family to come home to.

He’s a true gentle giant with a goofy, affectionate personality that will instantly steal your heart. Imagine this big guy curled up nearby while you celebrate the holidays — Ricky is ready to be someone’s best gift this year. ❤️

💙 The Basics
• Kids: Best with children 10+ who are comfortable around large, bouncy dogs. He was raised with kids and does great, but his size can be a bit much for little ones.
• Dogs: Does well with female dogs and likely fine with other large males when introduced properly.
• Cats: Not a fan — he’ll need a cat-free home.

⚡ Personality
Ricky is affectionate, silly, and full of life. He loves to play, lives for cuddles, and has no concept of personal space — he will absolutely try to be a lap dog. He retrieves like a Golden, thrives with structure, and learns quickly with just a touch of lovable stubbornness. Loyal, social, goofy, and protective — the perfect mix for big-dog lovers.

🎓 Training & Vetting
• Housebroken
• Leash trained
• Knows basic obedience
• Fully vaccinated, neutered, microchipped, and heartworm negative

✨ Extras
Ricky is currently being fostered on Cape Cod, MA and is ready to head home for the holidays! We welcome local and out-of-state adopters, but all adopters must come in person — we do not ship dogs.

If you’ve been wishing for a big, loving companion to make your holidays warmer, louder, and full of laughter, Ricky would love nothing more than to spend them with you. Let’s get this boy home where he belongs. 🎁❤️

Adoption application:

https://form.jotform.com/83124421968156

10/21/2025

🐾 Meet Ricky! 🐾

Ricky is a 2-year-old Boerboel (South African Mastiff) with a heart just as big as his size! This handsome hunk weighs in around 120 lbs but could still use a little extra weight — all the more to love. He’s the definition of a gentle giant with a goofy, lovable personality.

💙 The Basics
• Children: Best with kids 10+ who are experienced with big, bouncy dogs. He grew up with kids and does great with them, but he’s a strong boy who could easily knock over little ones.
• Dogs: Great with female dogs, and likely fine with other large males once introduced properly.
• Cats: Not a fan — best in a cat-free home.

⚡ Personality
Ricky is affectionate, silly, and full of life. He loves to play, adores cuddles, and will 100% try to climb into your lap even though he’s basically a small horse. He retrieves like a Golden, thrives on structure, and is a quick learner with just a touch of stubbornness. He’s social but loyal, goofy but protective — a perfect balance for someone who loves big dogs with big hearts.

🎓 Training & Vetting
• Housebroken
• Leash trained
• Knows basic obedience
• Fully vaccinated, neutered, microchipped, and heartworm negative

✨ Extras
Ricky is being fostered on Cape Cod, MA and is ready for his forever home! We welcome both local and out-of-area adopters, but please note — out-of-state adopters must come in person for adoption. We do not ship dogs.

If you’re looking for a big, loving, playful companion who will fill your home with laughter, warmth, and snuggles, Ricky is your guy. ❤️

02/05/2025

We will be very slowly and selectively taking dogs into rescue again.

As before we will follow our original protocols. Please do not message me to take in dogs with bite histories, severe cases of aggression, or puppy mill rescues in which we have to pay the millers to “save” their dogs.

We are a purebred Mastiff Breed Rescue, these are the only breeds we will accept.

06/22/2022

**CROSSPOSTING FOR A FRIEND/Fellow Trainer**
Amavi is still looking for her perfect home. She is spayed, has her rabies shot, and is microchipped. She comes with a kennel, collar, leash, and a couple toys. She is best guessed to be around 3 years old. 45-50lb cute little bully breed mix. I have been fostering her since last fall and would love to find her a family of her own. Dog selective but seems to be getting better and better with the animals around here. SLOW intros are best as she’s pretty socially dominant with dogs.

The ideal home:
- no small children, she tends to jump and move quickly.
- only dog or live with another lower energy dog that won’t be too pushy with her.
- cats are okay as long as she’s supervised. I’d never leave a dog unattended with a small animal in general.
- younger more active home. This girl lovesssss to play tug, fetch, and frisbee and would definitely be someone’s best hiking buddy. Would be a really fun beginner sport dog for barn hunt, agility, disc, or other similar sports, but is always down to cuddle and take a nap.
- ideally she’d be the star of someone’s show and really craves individual time and attention but does really well in the crate.

I’m just asking for a good, responsible home!

Message me any and all questions:) more pictures and videos upon request.
Please do not message me unless you have read the whole ad please 🙂

Will also be driving to MN/ND beginning of July again.

Raleigh area but often drive to Jacksonville area.

Plz share🥲🖤

06/01/2022

Good morning everyone. I just wanted to say how sorry I am that we have not gotten back to anyone in the past several months via PM and messages and tags. This account was hacked and the password was changed by a former volunteer who refused to give us access to the account. After many many months we were finally able to gain access back. I cannot imagine how many dogs we could have helped during this time. Please feel free to reach out. I am going thru messages trying to respond to everyone now that has been left unanswered for months on end…

Thank you all for your support!!!

-Paula

01/31/2022

I know times are tough. One of our own needs help during these difficult times. And amount helps! $1, $5 or even just sharing. We appreciate!

While we haven’t been publicly active for a while, we continue to do shelter advocacy. Linking rescues who can take in dogs, evaluate dogs locally as well as training/behavioral consulting to keep dogs in their current homes.

Her good friend Jane Adams created this go fund me unbeknownst to her.

You have an animal in need? You call Paula. You found a badly injure… Amelia Deloach needs your support for Selfless animal advocate needs help with her own!

04/07/2020

We have a CGC/AKC TT and Trick Dog Evaluator as one of our volunteers. Times are hard and all of her training clients have been put on hold during this quarantine. If you are interested in obtaining your AKC Trick Dog Title she is doing Testing Evaluations via Video Submission!

She has also pledged to donate a portion of each test to East Coast Gentle Giants Rescue, Inc.! Please PM us for contact information if you are interested in submitting your videos for evaluation. Cost is $15 per test per dog. Why not work on a title with your dog during quarantine?

She also offers Zoom, Skype and Facetime Training sessions. And guess what, you don’t even have to leave your home!

Some of the tricks that you can submit on your test(10 required to pass):
_____Balance beam (walk on board a few inches off floor)
____ Bark on cue (“Speak”)
____ Crawl (dog on belly, crawls at least 3 body lengths)
____ Fetch it (ball, etc., 10 ft. away, bring to handler within 2 ft) ____ Find it (find treat or scent item hidden under 1 cup or object) ____ Get your _______. (Leash, brush, name of toy)
____ Get in (gets in box)
____ Sits in box (on cue)
____ Get on (gets on low platform or step - 4 paws)
____ Hand signals (Choose one: down, sit, or come)
____ High five
____ Hold (3 seconds)
____ Jump (thru a low hoop or over a low bar)
____ Kennel up (go in crate, stay in until released)
____ Kiss (point to cheek or back of hand)
____ Paws up (2 front paws on low stool or step)
____ Push-ups (sit, down, sit, down, sit, down)
____ Shake hands
____ Spin in circle
____ Touch it (hand or target stick)
____ Tunnel (agility tunnel or child’s tunnel)
____ Other: Handler’s choice:_______________________ ____ Other: Handler’s choice:_________________

03/28/2020

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02/15/2020

Happy FIFTEENTH Birthday to my heart and soul 🎉🎉 A month ago I would’ve told you he wasn’t going to see 15, but in usual Rocky fashion he proved me wrong. Not only is he turning 15, today marks 5 years since he got his freedom ride from NYC to Kentucky. I was originally supposed to just be a transport volunteer 🤣 I knew as soon as I met him he was home with me. A month after arriving we got the cancer diagnosis, and he’s beaten all of those odds as well! There aren’t words to describe how incredible this boy is, and I’m forever thankful to everyone who made his Rescue possible ❤️❤️❤️ Celebrating today filled with love, treats and toys!

Rocky was rescued from death row at NYCACC in October of 2014

01/04/2020

I want to thank everyone for the huge response in regards to Spirit. We are trying to speak with Everyone. Stay tuned 😉