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i love it when they run at you!  the best is when you are used to it and they run full speed at a strangeR!  it's so funny to see how scared they get! lol!  but i think that's just hte owner thinking it's funny! hehe!

i must have looked like such a dork when i went to get my pup. i met her parents and the other dane bitch they had and when the opened the doors they literally "released the hounds" they came full speed at me and my man, now im used to horses doing this so i instinctually said "whoa! whoa!!" yeah ummm someone forgot to tell me, theyre dogs, not horses! lol

thank you so much, you guys are always so much help! we started getting Chloe into class a month ago, but then when her HOD acted up, there were many days when she couldnt walk or even sit up, so we had to pull her. But as soon as shes all clear we are going to get her into more classes. Chloe has been exposed to so much already, little kids running and screaming around her, people that were old and young. Loud people, shy people... i know she still has a lot of work to do... but shes been great with every situation so far. Actually, for example... my neice who will be 2 in november LOVES Chloe. she loves to hang on her and kiss and hug her. and with how little kids are, she sometimes gets too excited and gets a little rough, and Chloe never even  flinches. The other day she tried to step over her, and she accidently stepped on Chloes foot, all Chloe did was move over a little so she could get over her. But my 1yr old nephew is terrified of dogs (no one knows why, nothing has ever happened) if he even sees Chloe he cries... one day he was in his walker and Chloe went over and put her paw on his tray as if to say "hey buddy, wanna be friends" and he started SCREAMING like someone was killing him, and Chloe didnt panic, she just backed away and went and did something else. shes great at petsmart by the way, everyone comes up to her and pets her and when my man and i are busy looking at an item, she just sits or lays down and waits. The only time she ever barks is if shes really really having a good time playing, or if she needs me and im not paying attention. she doesnt chase after any other animals at all, sometimes she follows the cat around the yard begging her to play, but she never goes faster than a walk, and isnt aggressive. she recently made friends with my inlaws neighbors whos backyard joins my inlaws, and in seppareted by a chainlink fence. her neighbor has a Pom. and a Chihuahua. The Pom is actually very pretty i do have to say, but the two came up to the fence and Chloe then went up, the Pom licked Chloes face and they got along. the Chihuahua doesnt like other dogs and barked at her very aggresively... Chloe never barked back or flinched, she just walked away and didnt bother him. sorry its so long, just trying to give you a feel of what kind of temperment she has.

yeah the tooth fairy.... actually i made fun of my man about that and said "ohhh what are we going to do with these things, collect them all and put them under her pillow and the canine fairy will come and leave her a new toy"... but i would like to do a scrapbook.

my dane sleeps like that in bed. she sleeps between my man and i and its like shes trying to be a human and sleep like us lol. she tends to get on her back like that then take her front legs and put them around one of our heads. its cute

I just put a little water over the food, not all the time, especially when they are teething. I have looked online reg. benefits of either one and just came to the conclusion that it would be best to just put a little water on it, not actually soak. We are on Solid Gold Wolf Cub now and it really does not expand. I think it just varies.

like i said, my pup is losing teeth right now, and refuses to eat anything hard. i actually have a few of her teeth saved, just trying to figure out what to do with them. but when shes done with that all she will go back to non-soaked (if i can get her back)

thanks a lot. shes very very well socialized, she goes to all parties and functions with us, and everyones house we visit she goes to. she knows the commands, "sit", "lay down", "shake", "high five", "leave it". Shes had HOD so we havent been able to work on commands like "come" and "stay" because she had flare ups every week and was being hospitalized. she couldnt walk for a while so "stay" she did all the time... and she couldnt "come".. but now shes getting over her HOD and is walking, and we are working on those commands. she mostly responds to "come on sweetie" or "come on chloe"... so i guess shes getting the command "come" but in her own way.

Hey guys, I know some of you (ok atleast I know about Lily) have therapy dogs. I was just wondering... my pup has a great disposition, with older people and with kids. My father has Alzheimers and she lays right at his feet and sits next to him so proudly and watches everything he does, as if shes protecting him. And shes great with my 2yr old neice.. shes only 4months old, but shes like one of those old dogs whos had little kids around all their life, she lets my neice hug on her and pet her and play with her lips. I was just wondering, when shes older (and over her HOD) if shes still got the same disposition (which i think she still will) I think she would make a good therapy dog. She just loves people and other animals, she just loves everything! I just wondered how I would go about getting her into something like that, or if she would have to have been started off from the day i got her.