The Great Dane Sanctuary
The Great Dane Sanctuary is a place for unadoptable pure bred Great Danes to live out their lives in a safe, secure, happy, healthy and loving environment being cared for until their very last day.

It is the only sanctuary of its kind in the U.S. and accepts dogs from all over the country. The Sanctuary currently resides on the property of Bifrost Farms located in Boyceville, WI.
Bifrost Farms is owned by the co-founder of the Sanctuary, Meg Wittenmyer. She has opened her heart, her home, and space in her boarding kennel for our Sanctuary danes. She has space fully fenced in so they can romp around the yards, and because of her location, the dogs get frequent volunteers to give them extra pets and love. Meg ensures the dogs are fed, kennels are cleaned, and outside of routine care, Meg works with our danes to overcome aggressive behaviors, gains trust, provides stability and structure, and helps them really learn to live in a pack safely.


Since most daily care is taken care of by Meg, we’ve been able to eliminate the need for full time Kennel Manager and Sanctuary staff, and have instead hired two part time Kennel Technitians or what we call, care takers. Morgan and Sid, work 2-3 hours taking turns on different days to ensure the dogs get extra enrichment. They walk each dog everyday, help with extra medical care if the dogs need it, play games with the dogs, and ultimately just spend time with them!


A sanctuary is not a rescue.
We do not adopt out any dogs that are strictly Sanctuary, but rather keep them safe, secure and as healthy as we can on the Dane Farm for the full length of their lives. We do though, have some adoptable dogs at the Sanctuary location due to lack of foster homes.
The Danes that are surrendered to the Great Dane Sanctuary are un-adoptable due to temperament, illness, and/or old age. Some of the dogs have been court ordered to be euthanized or come to our farm, others would have been euthanized by their owners because they had no other choice.

We currently can take in a total of 12 Great Danes at a time, we love the fact that we can save these gentle giants but wish we could save more.
With the time and money that it takes to keep the Sanctuary open and running, we are always in need of financial help, as the Sanctuary runs solely on donations and grants.
Donate
Please consider giving a tax-deductible gift to the Great Dane Rescue of MN & WI, who co-owns the property, and make a note that your donation is pledged to The Great Dane Sanctuary.
With expenses exceeding $3000/month just to operate, no amount is too small.
Interested in Sponsoring a Dane or our Sanctuary? Find us on Patreon!