Meet Chevy

Updated 1-26-2026

Meet Chevy — the sweetest girl with a tender heart, a playful soul, and a story shaped by resilience. At 5 years old, Chevy has made meaningful strides through professional training and is now searching for a calm, experienced family ready to continue her journey with patience and understanding.

💙 Personality

Chevy is a sensitive, soulful Great Dane with a gentle heart and a playful, goofy side that shines once she feels safe. Her story is one of resilience, growth, and quiet bravery – and she’s looking for a calm, patient home that will continue supporting her journey.

Chevy thrives on routine and structure. New people, sudden movements, loud noises, and unfamiliar environments can feel overwhelming at first, and she needs time and thoughtful introductions to build trust. But once that trust is earned, Chevy transforms into an affectionate Velcro Dane who adores snuggles, belly rubs, couch time, and following her people from room to room. She’s curious, endearing, and not shy about nudging a hand when she wants affection.

At home with her trusted people, Chevy is a total goofball – rolling in the grass, doing joyful zoomies, chewing on her favorite toys, and proudly flopping onto her back for attention. She sleeps in bed, loves treats, and finds comfort in predictable daily routines.

💛 Training & Progress

Chevy is house trained, crate trained, and knows her basics including sit, down, come, stay, and off. She walks well on leash but may pull when excited. She is intelligent, food-motivated, and eager to learn, especially in calm, structured environments where expectations are clear.

Fear and anxiety are Chevy’s biggest challenges, particularly around unfamiliar people and dogs. With professional training support, she has shown encouraging progress – remaining calm and neutral in controlled social settings and gaining confidence at her own pace. Continued positive-reinforcement training, management, and consistency will be essential for her success.

🏡 Ideal Home

Other Pets & Children

Chevy will do best as the only pet in the home. While she has shown improvement and occasional positive interactions with other dogs in structured training environments, she is not comfortable with dogs approaching her and struggles in neighborhood settings.

She needs an adults-only home or one with older, dog-savvy teens. Young children and unpredictable movement are not a good fit for her.

🏡 Ideal Home

Chevy is looking for:
• A quiet, predictable home
• A fenced yard or safe outdoor space for zoomies
• No other pets
• Adults only or older, dog-savvy teens
• Experience with fearful or reactive dogs (or willingness to learn)
• Patience, structure, compassion, and consistency

She can experience separation anxiety but is learning to settle and does best when departures are part of a consistent routine. When left alone, she is generally calm, resting or entertaining herself with toys.

🚗 A Few More Things to Love

• Loves car rides and hops right in
• Non-destructive in the home
• Sleeps in bed and loves to snuggle
• Very polite with food and waits for permission

❤️ Why Chevy

Chevy isn’t a “plug-and-play” dog – but for the right home, she is deeply rewarding. She forms strong emotional bonds and gives her whole heart to the people who make her feel safe. Watching her confidence grow – through brave moments, playful zoomies, and quiet cuddles – is incredibly special.

✨ Thanks to a generous sponsor, Chevy’s adoption fee has been fully covered so she can land in the perfect home—where the focus is on the right match!

If you’re ready to offer a calm, committed home and help a sensitive Great Dane continue to blossom, Chevy may be the dog you’ve been waiting for.

More about Chevy:

Great Dane Experience Required

• Housetrained: Yes 

• Crate trained: Yes

• Needs a calm home – dog savvy adults and teens only

• No dogs 

• No cats 

• Professional training in process

• Fearful and anxious around new people – needs slow introductions

Are you interested in adopting or fostering-to-adopt Chevy, reach out to placements@rmgreatdane.org.