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Great Danes => Great Dane Discussions => : brigid67 August 05, 2005, 01:48:13 PM
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I am a little frustrated - I took Willow out today for a walk where there were a fair amount of people and the types of comments were just incredible. People even talked about her behind our backs - while they were walking behind us.... Things like: What kind of dog is that, those legs are way to long for her, her ears are so big she looks like dumbo, what a weird color - she must be some weird mix of dog...etc etc etc
The kicker is - is she isn't even big yet...I can't imagine the comments then.... I guess I was just feeling a little protective - some of the comments weren't very nice.
Tiimmie
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That's really sad.
1.) we could talk about their kids like that. Suzzy doesn't look like the man who lives there with her mommy. Tommy is way too short to be 35.
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2.) you can come in here and post some new pictures and have us say aaaaaaaaawwwww wwww ... OMG ... Baby! you're so cute.
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Oh..Poor Willow! People are suck dummies sometimes. I know that they don't intenetionally mean to be rude but htey are. You should have turned around and said something to them like "She is just a baby! And she is not a wierd mix she is a beautiful Dane." What is wrong with people these days? I hate mean comments too. I am sorry that you had to deal with that but thin of it as special becuase your dog doesn't look like all of the others. That is a good thing! :D
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Oh no! Sometimes people are so rude! :(
P.S.--your Willow is super cute! :)
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I know - she is such a cute baby and so very sweet. I hate when people make stupid comments....I wil next time iam going to ask mean questions about their kids and family... They just talk talk talk thinking we can't hear them. Then when I said she was a great Dane they were like - why would get a dog so big? Good Luck? Just stupid...nobod y ever makes any comments about my poms.
Timmie
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We love Willow. Jerks like that need to get a life. I just can not understand how saying something like that does anything for anybody. If you can't saysomething nice just shut up.
Lisa
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We should carry a bunch of socks with us on walks and stuff them in people's mouths' when they open them.  :) Literally.Â
Yeah...it's none of their business why we got our big dogs. If you'd like an explaination please feel free to stop by the dog house and ask. If not...stuff a sock in it.
Instead of "Here's your sign"....here's your sock.
Willow is a beautiful baby and I love the colors.Â
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I used to think I should just print a run of T-shirts to wear when walking Lucy
She's a female (why do they start by assuming all large dogs are Male?)
She's a Harlequin Great Dane, not a Dalmatian, All Dane
She weighs 115lbs
No she doesn't eat us out of house and home
Her name is Lucy (why does it always take them 4 or 5 questions to get around to asking her name?)
Yes she's friendly (always asked by someone bending over her or getting right up nose to nose)
I used to have the whole 20 or 30 questions memorized and rattle of the answers in order. Oddly they always seemed to get asked in about the same order, it was like reading a script. And the folks talking behind you are nothing on the guy that followed us for about 10 blocks one night and made no attempt to hide LEERING and STARING at Lucy. One of several times walking the dogs nearly became Blood Sport. I have no issue with defending the pups exactly as I would a 2 legged child, "By Any Means Neccessary"
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Tell your daddy he's funny, Lucy! ;D
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Awwww you guys are all really great and did make me feel a whole lot better... I just don't get it.... The only thing they say about my Poms is ohhh look how cute and fluffy - of course this said wile the Poms are trying to rip their fingers off.....
Timmie
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I totally understand. I had a woman say "Is that a Great Dane?" when Sanity was 7 months old, I said yes, and she said "How old is he..... 4 months?" I said "No he's 7 months" and she says "OMG he's so small, what the h*** is wrong with him?" I said "Wow you're a total B****, what the h*** is wrong with you?" By the way Sanity was right where he was supposed to be for growth. People can just be nasty, and sometimes even though it might not be right, it feels SO good to be nasty right back.
Ang
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I totally understand. I had a woman say "Is that a Great Dane?" when Sanity was 7 months old, I said yes, and she said "How old is he..... 4 months?" I said "No he's 7 months" and she says "OMG he's so small, what the h*** is wrong with him?" I said "Wow you're a total B****, what the h*** is wrong with you?"Â
Ang
Oh, Ang, you are my hero! Sometimes it DOES feel so good to be bad...
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Timmie, Those people behind you were jerks. People like that I turn around and say "I'm sorry, were you talking to me, about how ugly you think my dog is?" It's amazing that when you confront people like that how quickly they back down. Then you tell them that he is a great dane puppy, and not a service dog for the hearing impaired and they should really not make those comments unless they intend them to be hurtful when overheard.
I think your baby is beautiful, and they need glasses.
Stella
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ha I love all the coments. And williow is beatiful I just love the color of her coat!
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I have also have a Harlequin and when she was a pup and still at times today we get stupid people that want to make comments.
"Is that a dalmation?"
"no she's a great Danes."
"Oh he's a Great Dane Dalmation mix."
"NO! SHE is a harlequin Great Dane."
"well, lady I think you got jiped cause I've never seen a Great Dane That color"
Or how about when people ask me how much I paid for her and when I tell them "You paid that much for a dog! You must not have anything to do with your money." or "thats so stupid I'd never pay that much for a dog!" I've also had people at a distance talking about Toester and I correct them with an attitude SHE"S A GREAT DANE!! You should see them when I have all three Danes stuffed in my little Thunderbird. "She got them big *** dogs in that little car. Where do they sleep do you keep them big dogs in your house, your house must stink. I'll never come to you house." Well I'm like you now I'm sick of it and now I just tell people off with a smile.
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Willow is a cute little booger, but we can't be sure without more pictures :)
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I've dealt with this with human and fur kids. My niece is "mixed", white, African-American and Hispanic. I used to have her with me all this time as I babysat while my sister worked. At Walmart once this woman followed me all over the store, looking from me to my blonde daughter to my little dark niece with this shocked look the whole time. After 30 aisles of this experience I turned around and said, "I have another at home that's Chinese!" Probably not the best response and my daughter told me that was mean but what did that lady know and what was it her business?
My Doberman got the most comments from idiots. Before his ears were clipped I was told that I got robbed because that was a hound dog. My sister even argued that point with me and I know for a fact she's never even seen a Dobie pup! I heard how funny looking he was, how his head was too big, plus the usual of people running the other direction when hearing he's a Doberman. Even though red Dobies are more common these days his color still gets comments. But when seeing my all black pug the only comment I get is that I should breed him because that's so rare! The funniest comment I had though was while at the vet one day some lady asked if my 5 yr old min pin was the puppy of my 8 month old Doberman!
And to think, humans are supposed to be at the top of the food chain. Certainly wasn't brains that got them there . . .
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I will for sure take more pics oday...gotmy digital up and running.... I know I am going to have to be tough and just be as mean back.... It is just to funny how people think that they can comment... I just don't get it.. I would never say anything to anybody unless it was a nice positive comment......
Timmie
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I wonder why people think that our dogs are fair game for their stupid comments & "advise" because we have big dogs...I don't think I have ever heard anyone make such comments about little dogs...I have had Sammy be accused of being a St. Bernard mix...I get the "Great Pyrenees are always all white" quite alot...I explain that only around 18% of Pyrs keep their color into adulthood though quite alot of Pyr pups are born with color...This is often met with looks of "yeah right lady".
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Don't you just love that they know more about your dogs than you do.
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I have a funny story about jsut such a topic...
So my little (big) guy is about 5 months old, recently had a broken leg. few weeks ago while he still had his cast on i was sitting outside a coffee shop with him, and a very good friend of mine and these 2 guys were staring at us. now, we are in our early 20's and these guys were in their late 50's or early 60's, which made the situation pretty awkward. for the longest time we couldn't figure out why they were staring, and this went on for almost half an hour before we realized it was the puppy. Finally they came over, and this is what they had to say.....
"my friend and i were just wondering if that is a cast on your dogs leg, or a prostetic leg?"
apparently they were orthopedic surgens and had been debating the whole time about whether it was a cast or a prostetic, and how one could make a prostetic leg for a dog and how to make it most comfortable and such. They were very dissapointed that it was just a cast.....
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Funny that they were thinking about that. A man here in Nova Scotia was recentley the first man to patent and make prostetic limbs for pooches! He is so far getting great responses from all of his customers and the vets that use them!
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LOL Kirsten that is funny.
Well I always get coments, not on what my dogs look like but what is on there face. We walk both of them with Halti's, other wise they WOULD be walking us! Well peolple always think that they are mean be cause they have mazzles on. THEY ARE NOT WEARING A MUZZLE!!!! Most people are nice about it, and ask and what a Halti is ect. Well on Friday we took the dogs for there daily walk and we can across a women with her dog, Harley and Dilbert wanted to say hello so we stopped, then she asks us in Dilbert is fixed, I gave her an odd look, seeing as her dog is male. Anyway I said yes they both are. Then she says in a snarky/snobby way, Why are your dogs wearing muzzles? are they mean. I look at her, no they are not wearing muzzles, they are Halti's, it is so that they don't pull when we walk them. Then Dilbert and Harley approached her dog, and her then snarles, barks and tried to bite them! I smiled and pulled my dogs away.
Nina
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Hey Nina, maybe the woman asked if Dilbert was fixed for the same reason that I always have to ask other owners of male dogs. Hutch is neutered, but he does not instantly like an intact male. If he is on his leash and an intact male approaches, he gets himself pretty worked up until he realizes that the other male is not a threat. This has to do with the the hormones emitted from the unaltered male. Many dogs can percieve these hormones as aggresion signals. Sorry, I didn't mean to sound off myself, but alot of times people wonder why I am concerned about whether or not they have an intact male.
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i used to get comments all the time with my 1 1/2 yr old dane. they always asked me why i woiuld get such a big dog with 5 kids. if he sits on them and so forth. i say no he is a great GENTLE GIANT! here is how gentle he was. i say was because i had to put him to sleep due to kidney failure. ::) look at how vicious he is..wow how can we keep such big dogs *rolls eyes*...he was such a wonderful dog. his name was Goofy because he was just that. the name fit him so well. i loved him so much. i miss him still..he was the runt of the litter and when i got him he has alot of knicks all over him from the other pups using him as a chew toy. we had a pick between him and a pup twice the size as him but my heart when out to him. i knew that he was going to be the last choice for anyone if anyone wanted him. he was so gentle and loving. it killed me to have to decide that the time was here to put him to sleep. i stayed with him till he took his last breath. here is my 1st dane..this is why we get the GIANT breed dogs....
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I never thought of it that way, between males, acting agressive towards each other. I think I take forgranted that Dilbert gets along with all dogs, but I should keep in mind, that not all dogs are like that. Thanks for the heads up ;D
I thought it was funny when her dog ended up acting agressive, when she assumed mine would be :)
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i tried to connect pic but it just wont. have to wait for hubby to come home and then i will show you my baby that i miss to much.
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Well thank you all for the suport and it is nice to know that it hppens to everyone with giant dogs.....I know Willow is a dol and I do not need any approval or praise from anyone on the street - it is just surprising that's all
Timmie
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you need a tee shirt!!! "I'm ok...you're not ok!"
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There was one time I didn't mind the Dalmatian comment though,
I'd only had Lucy a few weeks and we were walking down the street one afternoon. Over my shoulder I'm hearing "Pongo Pongo Pongo" and a toddler was running as best she could across her yard at Lucy. We stopped and the little girl ran right up and threw her arms around Lucy's neck. Her mother was clearly terrified of dogs (and said so) and was doing her best not to panic and imprint her fear onto her daughter. There was an older fellow in the background laughing either at his granddaughters joy or his daughters discomfort, I'm not sure. And though Lucy doesn't like to be hugged around the neck by strangers she can be very tolerant of her smallest fans.
And just to show sometimes even dog owners don't know thier own very well,
I got Lucy at 2 and 1/2 and was told by her previous owners "She's not good around kids, you can't have her around small children, and she hates men". It's been 10 years now and I still don't know what the h*ll they were talking about......... .....
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Oh Gene, that is too funny.Â
When I had Cabo, a toddler that lived in the apartment next door to us was obsessed with him. Because he was just a baby, he couldn't get Cabo's name quite right, and would stand at the fence and call "Abo! Abo! Abo!" very insistently.Â
At first Cabo would go running up to see him if we were outside, but after we had lived there awhile he got kinda tired of it and would just hide from the baby! If we were inside, Jordan, (the baby) would just give a couple experimental "Abo's" and give up, but if we were outside and he could see us, he would just keep going and going.Â
Eventually, the calling would die down and get very plaintive - "Abo.......  Abo........ Aaaaaaaa....." - until I would make Cabo go over there and say hi. Â
I miss my Cabo...  :(
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LOL Isn't it funny that dogs know when a child is around. Harley's ears perk up when she sees a child she wants to go and play with.
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My observation, wonder if others agree......... ......
Children shorter than Lucy have no fear and love her, or at least are fascinated by her. Perhaps they're young enough to be fearless...... .............. ..
Children that are eye to eye seem apprehensive and intimidated. Fair enough that's an awfully big mouth full of awfully big teeth right at eye level......... .......
Children taller than Lucy become comfortable with her again and friendly.
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Willow loves kids and they all seem to love her... My poms are a totally differnt story.... Kids love my poms because they are cute and fluffy...they always want to pet them especially the little ones. But my poms DO NOT like little ones. They will snap very quickly - I guess they just dont trust them... And people will just pet my POms without asking if they bite or if it is ok. I guess because they are small and cute but I always have to say ummm.... probably not a good idea... But my friends with bigger dogs most people ask or stick their hand out for the dog to smell 1st....little dogs they just reach for them.
Timmie
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That avator is great. I love that face!
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That link was so very funny!!
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I am a little frustrated - I took Willow out today for a walk where there were a fair amount of people and the types of comments were just incredible. People even talked about her behind our backs - while they were walking behind us.... Things like: What kind of dog is that, those legs are way to long for her, her ears are so big she looks like dumbo, what a weird color - she must be some weird mix of dog...etc etc etc
The kicker is - is she isn't even big yet...I can't imagine the comments then.... I guess I was just feeling a little protective - some of the comments weren't very nice.
Tiimmie
People are so insensitve these days. They just don't think before they open thier mouths.
Willow you are such a cutie ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)