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Goodest is a foster-based dog rescue saving tails, one good dog at a time.
Meet Tigger & Biscuit
Yesterday at 9:27am, a DM came in from a woman in Devore named Lola. She’d been following the page for a few days. Two young Danes, an altered male and his brother, had been hiding at the local school. She and her husband coaxed them home. Her own dog jumped through a window screen trying to get to them.
She knew what taking them to Devore shelter meant.
We got on the phone. By 5:30pm she and her husband were in my driveway with both boys.
Neither had a chip. Tigger was riddled with ticks. I bathed them both, then sat with Tigger and pulled at least 200 off him. We microchipped, vaccinated, dewormed, and flea-treated both boys. Biscuit has a little blood in his stool. Otherwise they look healthy. Two years old at most. Completely glued to each other.
I tried to bring them inside after dinner. They wouldn’t step foot through the door. They had clearly never been in a house before. So I put them in the warmest diamond flannel pajamas I had, made them a spot outside, and left the back door open in case they changed their minds.
They didn’t.
This morning it took an hour. They’re both sound asleep on my office floor right now.
Meet Biscuit and Tigger.
They have a lot ahead, starting with figuring out what’s going on with Biscuit’s gut. Every dollar goes directly to them.
Zelle:
PayPal: GOODEST / [email protected] 💙
06/06/2026
Pancake found a family that thinks a 50-pound shepherd is small.
Maple, their current dog, is 2 years old and somewhere around 50 pounds. Nikki describes her as “tiny.” That’s the household Pancake walks into. Cardiff By The Sea, eight years in the same home, a 6-foot fence, two kids who have grown up with giants. They were specifically looking for a giant breed. A 4-month-old Dane puppy on his way to 150 pounds is not a surprise to them. It’s the plan.
He still flops flat the second a leash clips on. Still peeing on the correct patch of turf like a gentleman.
Welcome home, buddy.
06/06/2026
Parvo puppy updates:
Delilah ate her second meal on her own today.
She’s vocal again. The diarrhea has passed. They said she might be able to come home tomorrow.
Winnie is still down. Still not interested in food. They’re force-feeding her for now. We don’t know yet when she comes home.
Still touch and go for both of them. Parvo doesn’t give you a clean timeline, it gives you small wins and quiet hours and a vet bill that climbs while you wait.
If you’ve been following these two, you know where we are. Any donation helps cover what’s keeping them alive right now.
If donating isn’t where you’re at, prayers and good thoughts are welcome too. We’ll take all of it. Donation link in bio
06/05/2026
Words cannot describe my excitement to announce this... ROSIE FOUND HER FOREVER PERSON!
Cathy was walking around the neighborhood when she saw Rosie on a walk. Standing on the sidewalk with her foster family. She didn't know Rosie was up for adoption. The next week she came back and noticed the "adopt me" wrap on her leash.
She lives alone in Lake Forest with three cats. Her daughter is close. When she read Elizabeth's notes from Tuesday, the ones about grief living in the lungs and being allowed to put it down when you're ready, she almost started crying.
Rosie has been carrying something. Cathy is ready to help her through that.
The two of them, three cats, one quiet house. Someone to narrate the day. Someone to read at night.
Heavy lies the crown. Time to put it down.
Thank you to the Davidson family for fostering Rosie and being so patient with her through every quiet day. And thank you to Elizabeth Baudhuin, our animal communicator and the newest member of the care team, for telling us what Rosie couldn't.
Forever Friday: Ralph 💙
He was scheduled to be euthanized at a shelter in Devore. Two years old, flagged for behavioral notes that were really just fear. We pulled him anyway.
Michelle and her husband raised their hand to foster. They already had a Dane pack, they understood the breed, and Ralph figured out almost immediately that the yard was for burying stuffies. He started cruising the property with his new siblings. He got comfortable. He got confident.
A couple days ago, a family reached out wanting to adopt him. Before I started vetting them, I texted Michelle. Her response was immediate.
"He's not going anywhere. He's home."
I met Michelle and her mom a few weeks ago. This is a family where the dogs come first and the grandparents always show up. Ralph isn't just loved there. He fits.
From his mom this week: "He's totally blossoming. We took him for a car ride to the park and he did SO good. He gained so much confidence from that trip. His bow tie is totally his personality."
This is what foster looks like when it works. Someone raises their hand, opens their home, and then can't imagine the house without him.
Welcome home, Ralphy. Officially a Bentley. 🎀
Thank you .bentley_ for being exactly the kind of foster every rescue hopes for. We are so proud of this one.
06/03/2026
A few months ago I came across a Washington Post profile of Elizabeth Baudhuin. She's an animal communicator. I sent it to a couple of people, sat with it for a while, and eventually reached out to ask if she'd ever work with rescue dogs.
She said yes. She's been volunteering with us since.
Here's how it works. I send her a photo and the dog's age. That's it. No name, no history, no "she's been a little off lately."
On Tuesday she did a session with Rosie.
Rosie is a 4 to 5 year old Great Dane we pulled from the Palmdale shelter. She's still adoptable. Since she came into foster, something about her has been quiet. Not sick. Not aggressive. Just sad in a way that didn't feel like an adjustment period. It felt like grief.
Elizabeth titled the session "Heavy Lies the Crown."
The first thing Rosie asked her was in Spanish. Elizabeth doesn't speak Spanish. The question was "Am I staying here?"
The next thing: "I like things a certain way. I like to know what's going on, and when."
Then the part I keep rereading. Grief lives in the lungs, and Rosie is carrying some. Elizabeth told her she's allowed to put it down without losing the person or the life she's missing. Only when she's ready.
I gave Elizabeth a photo and an age. She came back with the thing we already knew but couldn't name.
Rosie is looking for a quiet home with someone who will narrate the day to her. Tell her what's happening, and when. Read to her at night (Elizabeth flagged that one too. Apparently she finds it soothing).
If that sounds like your house, her profile is at goodestdogs.org/available-dogs.
More about Elizabeth's work: https://www.elizabethlistenstoanimals.com
Over two weeks ago, I wrote that Rufus left me nothing to fix. That the only thing left was to carry him.
Yesterday, a package arrived. Inside was a portrait of him, drawn by Mandi at Grey Boy Pet Prints, someone I have never met. She read his story, sat down, and made this.
I stood in my kitchen holding it for a long time.
This is the part of rescue I never know how to talk about. The people who show up for a dog they never touched. Who read about a Dane pulled from SEAACA hours before his deadline and decide he matters enough to spend hours of their life making something beautiful for him.
Rufus is on the fireplace now. Drawn by a stranger who I now call a friend . Carried by more people than I ever realized.
Thank you, . I will look at this every day.
06/02/2026
May 2026 Impact Report
11 Danes found homes in May. 0 came back. This is our May 2026 impact report.
This is our first one. We’re going to publish one every month because rescues should show their work, the wins and the hard math both.
The eleven: Chloe, Daisy, Ruby, Bella, Dior, Neo, Capone, Boston, Gus, King, Violet. Every placement was the result of a foster, a vet, and a chain of people who said yes.
Thirty adoption applications came in. We approved 68%. Ten of those families are still waiting on the right Dane to come into rescue, instead of buying from a breeder. That number matters as much as the eleven we placed.
Two dogs are still in care. Wilson is recovering from his first set of mass removals. Bella Rose is in foster with a cherry eye surgery pending. The May vet bill came to $11,353. That is the cost of saying yes to the cases other rescues won’t take.
6 families called this month asking to surrender. 4 of those dogs came home with us. One family kept theirs with our support. One we never heard back from. Every call is a fork in the road.
Annie, Luna, Bella Rose, Squish, Dora, Gatsby, Wilson and Rosie are available now.
This is what your support builds. Thank you for being part of it.
06/02/2026
May 2026 Impact Report
11 Danes found homes in May. 0 came back. This is our May 2026 impact report.
This is our first one. We're going to publish one every month because rescues should show their work, the wins and the hard math both.
The eleven: Chloe, Daisy, Ruby, Bella, Dior, Neo, Capone, Boston, Gus, King, Violet. Every placement was the result of a foster, a vet, and a chain of people who said yes.
Thirty adoption applications came in. We approved 68%. Ten of those families are still waiting on the right Dane to come into rescue, instead of buying from a breeder. That number matters as much as the eleven we placed.
Two dogs are still in care. Wilson is recovering from his first set of mass removals. Bella Rose is in foster with a cherry eye surgery pending. The May vet bill came to $11,353. That is the cost of saying yes to the cases other rescues won't take.
6 families called this month asking to surrender. 4 of those dogs came home with us. One family kept theirs with our support. One we never heard back from. Every call is a fork in the road.
Annie, Luna, Bella Rose, Squish, Dora, Gatsby, Wilson and Rosie are available now.
This is what your support builds. Thank you for being part of it.
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