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General Discussion => Any and Every Thing => Topic started by: Riverrat on August 18, 2014, 02:49:15 pm
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After loosing my faithful side kick Bam Bam a few months ago. I have found another Great dane pup to tag along and help with hives. Introducing Theo at 2 weeks old. He just got his eyes open yesterday and will be at my side in about 5 weeks
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riverrat, let me be the first to say how happy i am for you, a new "sidekick"........and paws on the floor of your house once again...........very cool!
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I have always wanted a Great Dane, and have been researching retired Greyhounds as well. I'm glad your getting another dane :D
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Very cool! Glad to hear your about to have a new friend.
I like mine small enough to get in my lap or sit beside me in my chair.. :P
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Looking forward to updates on this fellow.
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lazy got to love them lap dogs heres pebbles my other dane last night wanting me to go to bed.
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LMAO! Scott and Rat! LOVE IT!
Hubby wants a dog on the recliner as well, but what he gets is our lab/chessie mix on the bed on a cold winters day both reading Louis L'amour ~ :D
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Ok we have puppy pics, lap dog and reading dog pics. Here's ole pebbles playing Skip bo she has her own chair and has to set and watch every time we play.
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Oh Yeah! He is Gorgeous! Every time I see a dane I have such a longing.
Here is Katy getting one of my famous foot massages
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LOL!! That is one HUGE lap dog RRat.. Jen.. If I gave my dog foot massages like that I am afraid I would have my WIFE at the foot of my recliner.. In that position she could escape, not as easy for her to do from the lap!
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Sheesh! Now there's a visual for ya... :-[
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Hey Rat - I was wondering how much dane go for now. Did you have to buy this new pup?
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Hey Rat - I was wondering how much dane go for now. Did you have to buy this new pup?
Danes are high priced. A registered dane pup will sell for $1000.00 on up. We paid well over that for pebbles but she came from a show breeder. Our intentions was to breed her with bambam but he did not meet the AKC definition of a dane as his size was over breed standard. And his breeder had a contract that said if at one year he didnt meet standard we would have to have him neutered. ( he stood at 36 inches from top of front shoulders to the ground and could stand on all fours and drink out of the kitchen faucet.). Theo will be a big dog also both him and BAM BAM are eurodanes which is a bigger breed then american danes. Theo we paid $250.00 for without papers. We know the owner well and they called the day they was born to let us know there was 2 piebalds. a friend of ours in the shrine took the other piebald that was female. Being friends the owner gave us a discount on the pup. His litter was an oops the owners have 4 danes 3 males and a female with one being a totally white mutant that is deaf and partial blind and the sweetest dog you could ask for. All are rescued the mother was from a puppy mill and was removed from the breeders by the state and placed in the home we got it from. They thought she had been spayed as most generally they will spay the females before they leave state custody. Theo is piebald marked which was caused by a mutant recessive gene in the mother. Somewhere in the mothers line a harlequin male and female was bred together causing the mutant gene. Piebalds are commonly deaf or blind. Theo has blue eyes which could be a sign he will be blind which we are fine with as we was looking to adopt a dane with the disability. They make great dogs even with the disability. He is not showing any other eye problems which is encouraging and his eyes may turn to brown later. So far he has not shown signs of deafness and his ears have opened up which is a good sign. Both the mother and father are well marked good looking danes so we should have a good healthy dane other than the possible problems mentioned. The mother had 9 pups with 4 tricolored which is sought after and 3 harlequin and 2 piebald Theo with black markings and the other grey where Theo is black.
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Interesting. We have a dane in our neighborhood that has a mink appearance to it coat. He's so beautiful!
My mother raised two danes, one when she was in her 30's, and one she retrieved from an animal shelter when she was in her 60's. Shane was under 2 years when she brought him home. He had been kept in a very small chicken coop and kids were poking him with sticks thru the coop. Needless to say he didn't do well with children. But my daughter at the time was about 6 years old when she would stay with my mom. She was the only child he would not growl at.
The hardest part for me is that danes done live very much longer than 8-9 years due to inner breeding, they have a small heart.
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I read something recently about certain breeds of dogs that some insurance companies require a specialize dog liability policy to cover. Some of the breeds were no surprise.( Dobies, Rottweillers, Pit Bulls) The Great Dane was included because of their size.
Just something to consider.
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Baker, I'm not surprised. I have a friend who's neighbor had two danes. My friend witnessed an awful fight between the two danes and one other dog in the neighborhood. Needless to say the danes won that battle. So sad. However, it has been stated that if you have one dane that the possibilites of it being a fighter are almost nill. One dane would be enough for me :)
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Greyhounds don't usually make it much past 10 years either. Strokes and bone cancer being right up there as age limiters. I also tend to think that they have several years wore out of them in the first 3 of their "careers".
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One of the things I like about the greyhounds is that they are couch potato's. I like a dog that can lay around and be comfortable at my feet. And I'm looking at another breed of dog that doesn't shed so much.
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This lady says her puppy will be a big dog one day....................
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This lady says her puppy will be a big dog one day....................
Ummmmm, how do I say this gently..........
Does that dog have three back legs or what?
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I believe that is refered to as a tail Greg... rolling eyes :D
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I believe that is refered to as a tail Greg... rolling eyes :D
I've never seen one that straight. I thought they pointed up or were bobbed. ::shrug:: I donno
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My money says that was photoshopped. ???
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One of the things I like about the greyhounds is that they are couch potato's. I like a dog that can lay around and be comfortable at my feet. And I'm looking at another breed of dog that doesn't shed so much.
Greyhounds are beautiful dogs that will do just that, not shed and lay at your feet. They are great for people with allergies. Some come with baggage because they are not reared in a household setting. Scary ceiling fans, no knowledge of stairs, bad teeth from a poor diet, and as Perry mentioned shortened lives are some of the hang ups they can have. They can also be the biggest show offs by prancing like a horse or racing around the back yard.
In our case, we adopted a retired racing greyhound from the race track. We were inspected by someone from the track, who visited our house to make sure we had adequate fencing. If we had other dogs/cats, we had to let them meet prior to adoption. We also had to promise to NEVER let him go off leash except in an enclosed area. A wonderful couch potato that developed bone cancer.
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Thanks for that Baker, I love the idea of taking a dog that has been under strenuous circumstances and giving it a loving home to rest. How old was your greyhound when he came off of the track? and how many years did you get with him?
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This lady says her puppy will be a big dog one day....................
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Photo shopped or not, that is still one HUGE Dane. Thats what I need for a yard dog.. Dog door in the wood shed so he can go inside and be warm next to the stove, and when he gets hungry I can feed him chickens, cats, coons, and trespassers!
If that size is real.. I can use the dog door to haul wood in with the TRACTOR
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Actually Scott, that is a true breed of dane, they are so Awesome. I would have one that big but our house is 1,300 sq. he/she would take up about 1/2 of that just laying down, and he/she would need a few acres to run free for excercise. Maybe later if we own a house with more land.
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Thanks for that Baker, I love the idea of taking a dog that has been under strenuous circumstances and giving it a loving home to rest. How old was your greyhound when he came off of the track? and how many years did you get with him?
He was older, about 5 years. His racing name was Quick Fix, he answered to Eddie. At the retired greyhound kennel, he liked to take people by the hand and walk them over to his kennel. Many who were interested in him lost interest, when he did that, as they were afraid he would hurt small children. We loved that about him. My son was in junior high at that time. He was with us for about 4 1/2-5 years.
A side note: I don't know if this is true at all race tracks, but at this now closed track, owners and trainers put the dogs down when their career was over. An exceptional dog will be given the chance to be adopted at the adoption kennel. Once they entered the adoption kennel they were in the no-kill zone. By exceptional, I mean a dog that they think will adapt to a family environment.
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5 years seems like such a short amount time with a dog, but I would like to give it a try ~
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We got "Mohican Dimple" (Rosie) when she turned 4.
Age 3 or 4 and for the most part they're "used up". Don't bother googleing what happens to many of them when that happens cause you won't like some of what you find.
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I'm sorry to hear that Perry :(
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Baker, I'm not surprised. I have a friend who's neighbor had two danes. My friend witnessed an awful fight between the two danes and one other dog in the neighborhood. Needless to say the danes won that battle. So sad. However, it has been stated that if you have one dane that the possibilites of it being a fighter are almost nill. One dane would be enough for me :)
The Dane was originally bred to hunt wild boar hogs. Danes are also referred to as the German mastiff. They was original bred out of wolfhounds and a greyhound cross. They actually look like a greyhound when they are running at full speed. The Danes of today have been bred with specifics on temperament and are no longer the same as dogs of yesteryear. They can , however, show that side on rare occasion. I have had my 2 Danes BamBam and Pebbles get into a knock down drag out fight over a bowl of dog food when pebbles was in heat. After that fight and the only fight I have seen involving danes. We had to feed them separately. When they got into it in the kitchen I got a hand tore up pretty bad trying to separate them by myself. The best way to separate 2 dogs fighting is to pick there hind legs up off the ground they will stop when there feet lift off the ground. But when there's one of you and 2 of them its almost impossible to separate them. They are very powerful but obedient dogs. Bam BAm was 175lbs and 36 inches tall at the shoulders pebbles weighs 130. Once I did get them separated and the dogs back in there right mind we never had any other problems. They are very protective of they're turf. BamBam thought he wanted some of Pebbles food and it was on. Both at times thought they was the alpha dog as they are pack animals. In the 17 continuous years I have had Danes this is the only time I have seen the aggressive side of these gentle giants. When the kids was little and out in the yard with Annie our first Dane if anyone came into the yard she would get between the kids and the person coming onto the property no other aggressive acts. It was her way of protecting the kids and make sure they was safe. Once we acknowledged the person Annie would go up to the newcomer and lean her side on them looking for them to pet her. We do pay a little more on our insurance to have the danes. But it all goes back to how the dog was raised. A chiwowow can be a viscous little guy more often than the Danes.
this is a pic of bam bam when he was about 10 months old I am 5' 8" so that will give you an idea of his size even as a pup. We would put a football jersy on bambam and take him to the local highschool football games I would lean on the fence with my arms he would put his front paws on the top of the fence and stand to watch the game with us until the school board passed a rule no dogs at football games. Most Danes will grow for the first year and a half then fill out. You actually feed the dane in a way to try to slow the growth down to help the bones stay strong.
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Good story Rat. Dane's are comical as well. Now my mom's dane, Shane, would back up and sit down on the couch with his front legs still on the floor when company came over ~
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Good story Rat. Dane's are comical as well. Now my mom's dane, Shane, would back up and sit down on the couch with his front legs still on the floor when company came over ~
That is a Dane Trait I never seen one that didnt do this. They generally have there own chair or a chair they believe is theirs. On several occasions our Danes have set in front of company staring at them. When asked what the dogs problem was. I would tell them your setting in their spot. I would ask them to move and watch. once they moved the dog would back up and set down in the chair with her front paws on the ground and amaze the people visiting.
This is pebbles favorite chair and she sets like this about every night while we watch tv.
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Thanks for that Baker, I love the idea of taking a dog that has been under strenuous circumstances and giving it a loving home to rest. How old was your greyhound when he came off of the track? and how many years did you get with him?
He was older, about 5 years. His racing name was Quick Fix, he answered to Eddie. At the retired greyhound kennel, he liked to take people by the hand and walk them over to his kennel. Many who were interested in him lost interest, when he did that, as they were afraid he would hurt small children. We loved that about him. My son was in junior high at that time. He was with us for about 4 1/2-5 years.
A side note: I don't know if this is true at all race tracks, but at this now closed track, owners and trainers put the dogs down when their career was over. An exceptional dog will be given the chance to be adopted at the adoption kennel. Once they entered the adoption kennel they were in the no-kill zone. By exceptional, I mean a dog that they think will adapt to a family environment.
Yes this is true of the Track in Wichita. The dogs that was put down was usually ground up and fed to cats at the zoo. I have a friend that had a cougar and got the food for the cat at the greyhound park. Greyhounds have limited choices of what can be done with them once they are retired. A good dog may go into a breeding program. A dog that can adjust to a pet home will be adopted but most dont make the cut. Its a dark side of racing. The dogs have very little early human interaction that would make them good pets. They are kept in small kennels and trained to chase a fake rabbit around a circle. If they use a live rabbit as a lure the dog will run faster. Kansas law classifies it as inhumane to use live lures for training. Florida at one time allowed the use of live lures. Not sure if they still do. Another fact if the lure malfunctions and the dog catches the lure it wont race again.
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Actually Scott, that is a true breed of dane, they are so Awesome. I would have one that big but our house is 1,300 sq. he/she would take up about 1/2 of that just laying down, and he/she would need a few acres to run free for excercise. Maybe later if we own a house with more land.
Danes require very little room actually they are not a dog that goes out and runs all day. They cant take the heat or the extreme cold. That is why most are house dogs where they lay around and keep us entertained. The dog shown is actually a breed of European Dane they are bred bigger than the American Dane. Euros are being imported. Bambam was 3/4 euro Dane but unlike this one didn't have his ears cropped
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Sad. Now, there must be a way to get a grey hound that has not been bred to race?
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yes greyhound farms that have pups they believe wont make good race dogs are sold or given away as pets after they are weaned. people have started breeding the dogs for pet use only. Was quite a few greyhounds breeders down in this area up until the greyhound tracks in kansas closed. I have always been told you have to keep greyhounds that was trained to race on a leash if in a pet home. If they see a cat or rabbit they will take in after it. Our neighbor had a small greyhound to little to race she made a great pet but when she got out of the fence she was hard to catch. It was a game to her when they tried to catch her
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Interesting... thanks rat! :)
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Further to what Rat said, greys have an incredibly strong "prey drive", one that is reinforced at the track. Being off-lead and something as simple as a styrofoam cup blowing across a parking lot can set them off.
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5 years seems like such a short amount time with a dog, but I would like to give it a try ~
We put Eddie down shortly after discovering the cancer. A limp and a quickly growing mass tells you the dog was in pain.
If I may use the phrase, "they are rode hard and put away wet". The are treated like property, not pets. Their teeth are usually horrible. They are not fed a very good diet. Eddie had a number of scars that looked like he had run into something.
I know of a couple that have a retired greyhound revolving door. They have one very large brindle male that they have kept for the longest! They were frequent visitors to my neighborhood for exercise. The male always wanted to walk to the fence to see if Eddie was out. He did that for a long time after Eddie was gone.
There may be breeders that sell the unwanted pups, but I am just sure you would have to spay or neuter prior to purchasing one. You have to spay of neuter if you adopt a retired greyhound too.
Riverrat comments: If they see a cat or rabbit they will take in after it. Our neighbor had a small greyhound to little to race she made a great pet but when she got out of the fence she was hard to catch. It was a game to her when they tried to catch her
So true! And anything can send them into a chase mode, if off leash, like Perry said. That's why they shouldn't be allowed off leash unless in a confined area.
I forgot to mention. Eddie wasn't accustomed to grass. The greyhounds had sand for a back yard. Kind of like a giant litterbox. On the plus side...that dog had a bladder of steel! Never had a single accident in the house. Never got in the trash, and never got on the furniture. He had his beds in several rooms of the house and that was his comfort zone.
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Jeez Bakersdozen, you keep talking like that and I may soon end up with another one. ;)
Lots of good memories.
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I think there is a foundation here in Cali. I was telling Perry that I'm not sure if I could bring a grey home while our Katy is still living, she is getting older and can get snippy. Not sure I would want that attitude to rein on a tired grey. I'll have to do some research on the foundation here and ask some questions.
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I assume Katy is a dog. They should meet prior to bringing a new dog home. Our greyhound never looked at other breeds as a dog. He showed no interest. Now when another grey was around, that was a different story. He acted like a pup again. Eddie did live to be almost 10, but he had spent such a long time at the retirement kennel waiting to be adopted, that's why we didn't have him but 4 1/2-5 years.
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I rescued a dane catahoula mix pup in Feb 2013, but my shar pei / gsd mix said,nope, no big puppy thinking he can hump me. (the dane was NOT full grown but had lived his first 6 months on a rope, 2nd 6 months in a cage in a shelter, so he was pretty darned bouncy...
they got into it, I got my hand bit, and my computer guy has the dane. All my dogs are rescues, and all are mixes.Vet bills are cheaper without inbred health conditions. You can just barely see my shar pei in the back. I got so lucky with him, he has none of the health problems that go with the breed, and is not temperamental. Just doesn't like bossy young male dogs....
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I got my rogue's gallery when my beautiful and much loved German Shepherd / Border collie died of diabetes insipidous, probably from a pancreatic tumor
I already had my rotti, Bronx, to keep Spike company when I was working. finally got the young dogs trained to all go around the block properly together a couple of week's ago http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n406/gypsi_fw/pets/baby_miley_spike.gif Spike liked the kitties.
Spike also was a bee-eater. And trained Bronx to be a Bee-eater, who trained Camelo to be a bee-eater. Cici tells the boys what to do, but I think she is a bee eater too. If I can train her not to eat the bees I will have a bee dog.
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nice pictures gypsi!
all of mine have been rescue's as well! vet bills? ........ :D
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Well Theo turns 5 weeks this sunday we are getting closer to bringing him home.
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Isn't 5 weeks a little early riverrat? just curious
I hope you have a movie camera and keep us up on Theo and his new family ;)
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We have a couple more weeks. The mother is weaning them now and they are eating solid food 3 times a day so it wont be long
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Most folks wait until 8 weeks to bring a puppy home.. The purpose of which is that potty training can begin in earnest after 8 weeks.. I prefer to get a puppy at five to six weeks and then have "LOTS" of patience that first two weeks.. Never scolding, just running for the door with pottying puppy in hand...
My Personal Springer Spaniel was potty trained in three days, and she was retrieving a bird to hand by the time she was three months. She won the "field" trials when she was six months, and we were asked NEVER to return and I was accused of "ruining" the breed by training a show springer for field work...
My current dog, The red doberman.. well.. I sort of fell in love with her after she fell in love with me.. My wifes doby delivered 11 pups.. One of them was a BEAUTIFUL black and tan male.. I decided right away I wanted him... By the time 8 weeks arrived... the little red female had won my heart.. She was potty trained almost from the very first time I ran outside with her while she left a tinkle trail behind... we been best friends ever since...
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The breeder has said that if we want the pup at 5 weeks she was comfortable at letting it go to us. Since the mom was weening them now. We have heard arguments for and against but most of the people will say the dog if nurtured will be closer to humans. It says if you have other dogs in the house it helps also.
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Ah, tis a brave thing to bring home a tiny pup. With my work schedule, the youngest dog I've adopted since 2004 is 6 months, and she was already housetrained.
Enjoy Theo, post lots of pics!
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And we have Theo home he is 5 weeks old doing great and already outweights the wife shitzu.
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Yeah! keep posting pics as he grows :)
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Holy $&*# that pup is HUGE for 5 weeks!
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He's huge and gorgeous! I want one! I think a harlequin or a mink
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How big are those feet?
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How big are those feet?
a little under 2" x 2"
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OK couldn't help it just to darn cute. Hes out for the count after his first full day at the house. We played hard
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LOL!! There is a LOT of joy in a new puppy Awake or asleep!
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he is darn cute! very cool! seems theo is already comfortable in his great new home!
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Love that ring around his tail!
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Noted in passing: need big sofa if that's going to be his normal bed. He is adorable
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you have to watch this great dane video, one having a fit because his brother is getting petted, just too cute!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/maycie/great-dane-hissy-fit?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgp#h8w62f
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LOL!!!
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you have to watch this great dane video, one having a fit because his brother is getting petted, just too cute!
Our Danes are that way. If Im playing with one of them the other will climb up and set on my lap to get the attention instead of the other. The personality of a Dane is like no other dog.
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I like it when the sofa dog kind of falls over at the end of the video like a giant sigh!
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LOL! Danes are the best! I to cracked up when he plopped over having a little hissy fit.
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all dogs get the jealous stuff going, danes just do it cuter.
I have a lap rottweiler, a lap shar pei and a lap dobie/gsd mix, and whoever has the lap is in trouble or I am in trouble so I make them take turns.
I have to give the sofa dane credit for staying on the sofa. Camelo might have, Bronx might have, but my Cici the wild dobie mix would have chewed the other dog's ears off... (she is still a puppy of just over 1 year)
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OK Theo is my sidekick and he rides with me everywhere I go. We are inseparable. I wont stop into a place dogs are not welcome so he doesnt set in truck. He goes in with me tagging along at me feet(not bad for 6 weeks old pup) I had to go to Udall today and the wife rode along. She said she doesn't understand how I can keep the wild devil calm while riding. She was amazed at what she saw. I'm not sure how long we will be able to ride like this as he grows but this is how I do it. He loves his back paws rubbed. so the first pic is of Theo and I driving down the road all is good he is setting up like a kid and I am rubbing his rear paw. The second pic shows what happens after a little bit of this. He will get so relaxed he falls out asleep. wife was amazed that this was the key to him riding in the truck with me. Its amazing how well we have gotten to know each other in the week and a half we have been together
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Pure sweetness right there! I'm gonna enjoy watching this boy grow up :)
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love the pix rr....especially the second one.....looking at how theo is just leaning in to you and so relaxed!
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Yep, that there is a buddy in the making
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I've Dogs and truck seats go together nicely. I've truck trained all my pups, takes a little while, but that one on one head in lap time is worth learning to lay down and stay out of the mirror. They just love it. My rotti loves to ride but I got him at 18 months and much bigger and he has yet to lay down, he stands along the seat back and looks out the window now. I did manage to teach him that and sit... And when you eat fried chicken livers in the cab of the truck with the dog and they don't beg or try to get the leftovers off the dash, your dog is trained!
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The brother of our dog Katy, just never got the riding in a truck thing down. He's a lab/chessie mix and almost the size of a dane. If his owners are taking a 1/2 hour drive or a 9 hour drive, he still pants and shakes himself into a dither. He pants and shakes when the compressor is on, he pants and shakes when the lawn mower is going, he gets sick with thunder, the shot of a rifle. Other than that he's the nicest dog you ever met. Turns out all the pups from his litter are the same way. Hunters came and picked out their lab/chessie mix pups thinking that these dogs would be mighty hunting companions. Turns out they are all a bunch of cuddlers. They're just wired that way.
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I fostered a pair of nice little rottweiler mix girls, one half shepherd, the other half pit from the look of them, in early 2013. Both got carsick within 3 or 4 miles. Some dogs do, and they do not always outgrow it. Since I will be truck training all my dogs, I just found them homes with someone that had 20 acres and didn't plan on driving with them, they trained to be service dogs for grandma.
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Nice ;)
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Ole THeo is growing quite nicely he will be 8 weeks old sunday and he is weighing in at 16lbs
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I have never seen a white Dane before, I love his face and tail markings.
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He is a result of a breeder somewhere down his blood lines of breeding 2 harlequins together which will through a mutant gene causing the "piebald" color AKC does not recognize this as a color for a Dane. They can be registered but you cant show them. Piebalds usually have hearing or sight problems. He is partially deaf but has good eyesight
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Does he have blue eyes?
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Does he have blue eyes?
His eyes was blue when he opened them which caused us some concern that he may be blind. However his eyes have changed to brown with a light tint of blue you can see if the light hits right.
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I looked up piebald, I've heard the term. The link below tells a bit about the color of the eyes with piebald animals. So very interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piebald
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8 weeks old and I got Theo on guard duty. :D
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AHahahahha! How cute is That! :D .... gotta get me a dane
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Jeepers, those ain't paws, they're paddles! :o
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riverrat, you're gonna have to get a stronger recliner for this boy :D
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Theo and I played hard today. Working on the old ford wood truck Hope he dont get used to sleeping like this
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Awwwe Geeez Riverrat... You're just a big puppy yourself.... :D
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now that is an AWESOME pic rat!!! very very cool!!! enjoyed!
captured my heart, but i must admit, theo captured my heart from your first post!
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Eventually he'll sleep more like this: http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n406/gypsi_fw/bronx_me_nap4_14_14_zpsbef1f97b.jpg
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Love That Pic Gypsi :D when hubby gets out of bed in the morning my Katy, lab chessie mix, jumps up next to me and we get a couple more hours sleep. She is the only dog I have ever let up on the bed with me ~
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Bronx is crated at night, he is a rescue, arrived at 18 months and his startle reflex and my housecats, or me tripping on him, might not be good, he still has nightmares. But if I lay down on the sofa to take a nap and he is in the house and loose he delicately sneaks up on me and very carefully stretches out on top of me, all 107 lbs of him. I am enjoying him very much, because at age 7, we've already done all the cancer surgeries we are doing, and I know his time is limited. For today he is happily chewing cici's bone. benadryl is blocking the histamine.
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Bless Both Of You ;)
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Bless Both Of You ;)
My kinda folk! :)
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Ok theos getting bigger now we are getting driving lessons. I may be spoiling him just a tad. But when he does this he is just so serious. :)
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Shame on you. Where's his seat belt?
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seatbelt? DRIVERS LICENSE.......... :D
ps fun pic rr!
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Enlarge that pic and it's hilarious!
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He started this yesterday. I was telling the wife about it she didn't believe it so we took a ride so she could see him drive. Funny thing is when I don't let him set like that he will set next to me with his back turned towards me looking over his shouder almost as if he is shaming me for not letting him join in on the fun. When I say ok he will turn around and set down like he always does :)
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Now that is funny... my mom had a dane way back when, and he used to give her the shoulder as well. And, he could tell when she was going to leave the house and he would go into the shower behind the curtain and shake ~ such personality he had.
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I think the wife is making a Sissie out of my dog
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LOL!!!!
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Theo's cuddle bunny ;)
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Very cute
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now wait just a minute.....
Is he actually CUDDLING with the stuffed bear, or is he attempting to EAT IT??? If he is attempting to eat it, set aside your fears! If he is cuddling.. he becomes the wifes and you have to go find another one... ;D
It is sort of like catching your son playing with barbie dolls... If he is undressing them he is likely fine...
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now wait just a minute.....
Is he actually CUDDLING with the stuffed bear, or is he attempting to EAT IT??? If he is attempting to eat it, set aside your fears! If he is cuddling.. he becomes the wifes and you have to go find another one... ;D
It is sort of like catching your son playing with barbie dolls... If he is undressing them he is likely fine...
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: You kill me buddy! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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QUESTION?
Is he a bee dog or a bear dog. The OP says bee. Now go find him a stuffed bee.
Got a man on it.
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I have noted that most puppy stuffed animals soon become white fluff all over the house and rags taken in the back yard for a proper game of tug. That teddy bear will probably soon be ahem, how to put this, massacred?
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I have noted that most puppy stuffed animals soon become white fluff all over the house and rags taken in the back yard for a proper game of tug. That teddy bear will probably soon be ahem, how to put this, massacred?
Gypsi has owned a dog or 2 in her days. That bear has no idea where hes going to end up unless he is reading this post ;D
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Ok so theo is pouting because he got to big to set and drive so I get the cold shoulder
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Awwwe, you hurt his widdo feewings... :sad: Love those ears folded along his face. He's already soo big for just a pup. Gotta get a dane
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Look at the size of him already! :o
Seeing that pic reminds me of the time me and a buddy stopped at a bar in Fort St. John, BC and had a quick "pop". When we came out to his new truck, my doberman pup had just riddled his dash with chew holes. It only cost me $180 at the time (1978 I think). Expensive pop! ;D
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no kidding look at the size! too funny!
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and hes only 13 weeks old
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This isn't the first one you have raised, right Riverrat?
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NO this is the 4th Dane we have had
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Sweet :)
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He is huge for 13 weeks!
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AHA!! Now I understand how RR lost so much weight!! He had to FEED that dog!! :laugh:
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ok so I was worried the wife was making a sissy out of my dog. Now I'm unsure if my wife stole my dog, or my dog stole my wife. Got to love them both
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rat......
you have no choice, you got to love them both........ :D
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They BOTH got your recliner if my eyes don't deceive me.
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wow, use caution there RR or YOU might be the one sleeping on the couch!! Great picture btw!! Anyone claims you and your wife abuse that dog, you can refute it by saying your dog and wife abuse you!!
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................... :D............ :laugh:
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What A Sweeet Face!
Oh! And Theo Is Pretty Darned Cute Too! :D
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I see you have that dog spoiled like I have mine.
Ken
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The life of a pup up early and out by 9:30 am
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AAahahahah! I love him so much :D
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LOL He is either pointing out the ceiling fan is dusty, or raising his paw because someone asked who wanted snacks?
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Theo getting to be a big dog. First day on the job learning to run a machine. :D
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Love his body shape! Kute Kooky Dog! Been shopping for a Dane, hard to find in this neck of the woods !
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What's scary is that you can just see how big he is going to get, it's frightening. You must have to take on a second job just to be able to afford to feed him! I don't even want to get into how big the plastic bags must be when you take him to town and go for a walk. :o
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LOLOL Perry! dabbing corners of my eyes LOLOL
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Perry, he feeds him dissatisfied customers. Solves 2 problems at once.
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Perry, he feeds him dissatisfied customers. Solves 2 problems at once.
Customers are just a snack. He works for peanuts as shown. Him and I set at the machine and eat peanuts all afternoon. Makes the wife not happy because something in the peanuts wind him up like a 3 year old drinking a red bull. and he goes nuts. Funny to watch him. I give them to him whole and he shells the peanut and eats the nut leaves the shell on the floor like I do. Not bad for 4 months old
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I thought my dogs were spoiled, lol
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LOL TOO funny!! How much longer before he will be sitting at that mill looking DOWN into it?
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I like that you're giving him some treats by hand, he'll have a soft mouth. My Katy has a soft mouth. The dogs next door come over every day for a cookie and they can take my hand off!
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LOL TOO funny!! How much longer before he will be sitting at that mill looking DOWN into it?
at the rate hes growing about next week.
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Ole Rat has Theo to where when we lay down at night If I lay on my left side he knows we will play and he will get his belly rubbed. When I roll over on my right he knows im done and its over and we go to sleep. With that said a Note to self is in order. Don't roll over on your left side in your sleep you will be abruptly woke up by a Dane dive onto your head ready to play. Just sayin
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Good thing to remember.
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LOL something to add to the list of rude awakenings! Ranks right up there with an air horn.. But we'd need to see vids to rank it accurately!
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Theo will be 5 months old next sunday hes going to be a big boy
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lol! he's already a big boy...........see he might be helping out with some painting?........ :laugh:
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Every pic of Theo makes me laugh!
You mean.. Theo SLEEPS with you! I Hope you have a Cal King bed for that boy!... and you... ;D and probably all your other dogs too.... Good Night Nurse!
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Thats what I was going to say Mrs. River... GOING to be a big boy? He's already the size of both my dobies!
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Theo turned 5 months old yesterday and we weighed him. He is 64lbs his sister piper weighed in at 62. Keep in mind they still have 7 months of growth left
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After growing up with coon hounds in the house that dominated their chairs (all except dads and moms) and would growl at you if you tried to make him move, unless dad told them to (dad wasn't always around) >:( , and my wife said when she lived at home their Cocker Spaniel peed on her bed ;D, we don't allow animals in our house :-X Jack
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Theo is a big boy
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5 months old an he is getting his first taste of going out in the cold. Don't think Theo likes it all he wanted to do is stand and look in the back door with the look of "Hey buddy its cold out here let me in"
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This is our crazy 9 month old pitriever Dixxie. Half pit bull half golden retriever. Approximately 60 lbs right now.
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Honestly! Theo is at the dopey puppy age and just cracks me up out loud every time.
Love her name, Dixxie, sure can't see the pit in her :)
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Theo's got no fur to protect him from that cold, you gonna get him a doggy parka? (I know feed feed feed to build the subcutaneous fat layer but he would look GOOD in a parka)
Must have been a black pit bull or a pit mix, cuz that pitreiver looks like a border collie Barry
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A dapper fellow indeed sporting a parka :)
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Ole Theo is almost 6 months old and has discovered noon time napping every day
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Hahhahaha! He looks like turkey ready to be basted. Funny too Rrat, I was going to ask for another pic of him~ Thanks!
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They are goofy dogs,we have two of them and they love to play outside (they have jackets that they absolutely love) .
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and here how we took our noon nap today. Not sure how he does it hurts just to look
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LMAO! Really I Am! :D
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Greyhounds do that a lot as well, something they refer to as "roaching"? Quite common apparently for certain breeds.
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You mean hang upside down like that?
You'll be bringing your grey home soon, hu Perry?
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Guess who? :)
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Ooooh Yeaaaaaah! She's in her forever home! Warms my heart completely! Does she have a name yet?
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The consensus was Copper!
She is a beauty, very friendly. She is small at only 53 lbs, where Rosie was a big girl at 75lbs.
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I don't have a bee dog, I have a prodigal dog. Socks (black with white paws) wandered off a couple of years ago and stayed gone for about 6 months. One day he showed back up and seemed happy as could be. I never found out where he went. So now we call him Socks The Wander Dog, or Socks The Prodigal Dog, but we ought to call him Spoiled Rotten!
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Welcome Copper! You're one lucky girl ;D
Hahaha Slow, I was raised with a golden lab, he would wander off for days and days. Mom would throw me in the car and we would drive around calling for him, his name was King. He would always find his way home, always torn and tattered from chasing a female in heat and fighting. And off he would go to the vet to have his ear or whatever sewn back on. Serious scrapper he was. He lived to a ripe age of 18.
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Ole Theo slept so good yesterday upside down he did it again for his noon nap today. Don't take much to entertain either one of us.
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:laugh: I swear.. Theo is better than any joke out there :laugh:
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Hey rat, Theo reminds me of the coonhounds that wouldn't let me have a chair when i was growing up, but when i got older it was there turn on the floor. :D Jack
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Dang Rat, Buy that poor dog a couch!! ;D
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How about a dog bed?
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Scott- "Dang Rat, Buy that poor dog a couch!!
No Kidding, Right? Or how about two dogs beds
Perry, looks like Copper is settling right in ;)
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Looks like BOTH them dogs are as spoiled as ours.. We have given up two recliners out of the three in our living room.. If you sit in one of "their" chairs, they will give you the evil eye, staring at you till you move....
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7 months old and if he grows into his paws I may have to build a horse barn :laugh:
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I just love him! And I assume you have seen those mammoth great danes? geez, that's a lot of animal!
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Iddee, we've been having some 3 and 4 dog nights, but i think just one those would be enough :D. Of course i would want to feed him good before i went to sleep with him ??? Jack
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Nice blanket there, Jack. er, I mean nice dog.
I bet he thinks he's going to grow up to be a big dog some day.
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you give him a bath at the local car wash?
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Soo Funny Gypsi :D
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you give him a bath at the local car wash?
:D :D :D :D
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Theo says stay warm and happy Thursday. Sitting up like a big boy
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I So Love This Dog! LOLOL
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Ole Theo doesn't let anyone get in the way when he pulls watch dog duty
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Good Boy Theo! Good Boy! :D
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Theo turned 8 months old April 2nd. He is 34 inches at the shoulders and still has a few months of growing. Still taking his daily 11:00 naps upside down
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Good Gravy! Look at those beautiful legs :D
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We had what is called a Theo day yesterday. This is a day that is dedicated to Theo. We take the day off from the shop and spend it playing and doing a whole lot of nothing. At the end of the day he is always wore out. He made it to the bed and that was it. I had to manually move him out of the way when I was ready to retire for the night as he was dead to the world.
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LOL If you look up SPOILED in the dictionary there is a picture of THEO beside the word!
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LOL ~ No Doubt!
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Had Theo at the vet today to check on a front leg joint that was bothering him. He turned 9 months old today and he weighed in at 114 lbs. Think he might end up a big guy when hes done growing
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Ok don't leave us hanging what did the vet say about his leg joint?
Ken
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Ok don't leave us hanging what did the vet say about his leg joint?
Ken
panosteitis or some times called Growing pains. Got him some rimadyl or expensive ibuprofen :) hes back up running around this morning
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My pup is doing well.. but only weighed in at 24 lbs a couple days ago... He ate another bee... then everyone giggled at him when his nose swelled up as big or bigger than last time...
Valkyrie, the pup in the video I did a few weeks ago is no longer with us.. we buried her yesterday across the pond from the house... Despite having all of her shots, she contracted Parvo. Spent a lot of time sitting with her watching her get worse, and nothing I could do about it. I sat beside her, and checked her every few minutes.. I patted her, she licked my hand, and five minutes later I checked her again, and she was gone.
I have no more faith in vaccinations.. I spend hundreds on them every year.. West nile vaccine for horses is another good example. I pay for the vaccine, then watch them die of west nile anyhow. Is it all just a scam to get money? Why do I pay if they do not work? My daughter gets her flu shots.. I have never had a flu shot.. My daughter gets the flu BAD every year, I have not had the flu in 20 years.... Angry.. and hurt.
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Scott- Sooooo very sorry for the passing of your pup, makes me teary. We had a new pup die from parvo many years ago. She was the Christmas morning find for the kids. One week later she passed, so very sick. I learned later that the pup came home with the parvo from the pound. Broke my heart.
I'm on the fence about vaccines. I do believe that the rabies vaccine is neccessary for all involved, and we do get the other shots as well. But we only have one dog at a time so it doesn't drain the wallet.
Never had a flu shot, not planning on getting one. I have an immune system thank you. If I get a flu bug, it's your standard every day bug that lasts a day or two. My girlfriend gets the flu shot every year and some of those years she is down with a hard flu lasting sometimes weeks. I can read between the lines ;)
What did you name your new boy pup? :)
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So sorry to hear about your pup Scott. When we welcome them into our homes they instantly become family members and the pain when they leave is just as real.
Thinking of ya.
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Knitro is his name.. he spent the day with me in the garden, then laid under the deck and watched me mow.. at this moment he is laying on the throw rug in front of the sink, as Momma is making food and he would really hate to MISS anything hitting the floor.....
There was once a shotgun powder.. red Nitro and Blue Nitro, (I think) they became Blue dot and red dot powders... I only remember them on my grandfathers reloading bench.. Since he (the pup) is lab and Spaniel he will be a bird dog, so the name after shotgun powders is fitting...
The K comes from my game name.. Long ago.... and far far away.... my wife commented that I was her prince of the night in front of my son... We were playing Ultima Online together at that time, and Diablo had JUST came out, we were signing up for Battle.net and I needed a name.. My son came up with KnitePrince, and I have used it ever since.. so the Knitro name fits that way as well.
He will never be in Theo's class... Yes, he is spoiled, he gets goofy, and acts like a fruitloop, but he JUST cant compare to the Mighty Theo for being TOTALLY relaxed in a chair thats too small for him!
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sorry to hear about the pup. Its hard to lose a good friend and companion
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"but he JUST cant compare to the Mighty Theo for being TOTALLY relaxed in a chair thats too small for him!
I don't know about that Scott, can you imagine a doggie door Theo size? might as well let the burglers walk right in :D And I think I would prefer doggie kisses from Knitro than Theo :D And Knitro won't have dog bombs the size of basket ball :D Every dog has their own strong points ;)
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Doggie door Theo size?
He has a door, AND he has an automatic door opener! :yes:
Kisses and land mines.. you have a valid point... I step in a Landmine I go wash my boot off.. RR has to go change his PANTS! :laugh:
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Sorry about Valkyrie Scott. My dog Val had had a puppy shot, but caught parvo anyway. I took her to my vet then dropped her to a daughter and my exhusband to dose with antibiotics while I vaccinated the rest of my dogs with feed store shots, and the neighbor's dogs too. ($10 and hold em still is easy). Val recovered, no one else got parvo. Then she got her rabies shot and her fur fell out. She had an immune disorder, demodex mites. Vet wanted $900 to treat them. I got some mite dip, and some probiotics, and kept her out of the sun til her fur grew back. Waited to spay her, vet said she might not make it to a year, but she did, and at 1 year got spayed and did live a normal life. It's a genetic disorder that does strike now and then. Funny thing, no way was she exposed to parvo. It had been 6 weeks since her puppy shot, she was overdue for the next one, and very few dogs out here. Unless the coyotes have parvo.
But it happens. Sorry for your loss. But I wouldn't give up on vaccines.
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Valkyrie was the same way.. she had her shots, and she lived in the apartment with my daughter. she came out here each evening to play and went back to the apartment..
5 other dogs are involved.. my two dobies and Knitro, along with my daughters two small house dogs. None of them have gotten Parvo, despite being directly exposed. I worried about the diabetic 12 year old Doberman, but she came through it all just fine.
Coyote is my guess.. they/it crapped in the yard and Valkyrie stepped in it etc... its the only way I can figure she might have come into contact.. It gives me another reason to add to my long list of why I try to remove every coyote I see.
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Theo at 9 1/2 months pulling sentry duty in our picture window. Paws on back of couch checking out the squirrels
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I.. think... you have got one of the bigger danes? :D
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Hes a big boy his new thing is looking over the privacy fence at the neighbors. Just as goofy as ever
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Looking over the privacy fence :laugh:
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Yep, the thieves will pass by that house!!
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Big dogs are the best crime preventers!
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Agreed
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The daughter and fiance came over to visit last night. She sat on Theos coach and what does a dog of his size do when this happens. He has to muscle his way onto his coach :laugh: Hes at 11 months old. To give you an idea of his size the daughter is 5'7. And hes still not done growing.
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Good Gravy!