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I adopted a 6 month old Dane who already had cropped ears. I tried to tape them. He had severe anxiety whenever he was wearing the tape, and would only settle down after I took the bandages off. His anxiety made him lose about 15 pounds and have diarrhea every day. I finally gave up and we've got floppy ears most of the time unless he is alert. He absolutely hates having his ears touched now, and I simply cannot clean them without a fight. Seems to me like he is never going to forget about that experience.

  There are only a few toys that have lasting power at my house:

1. Kong. The big one.

2. Nylabone. I think it's called the Wolf size. It's pretty dern big. They do eat it eventually but it takes a few months. There's also one that is shaped like a rawhide bone, and that one is very much still intact after a year! I got it at Target.

3. These really cheap fire-hydrant-shaped toys from Walmart. I don't know who makes these things but the dogs love them, and they are hollow so you can put peanut butter in them. They come in blue, green, and red I think.

4. The rubber tire-on-a-rope that also comes from Walmart. They tear the rope off the first night but then the tire lasts forever.

Good luck!!!

WOW  I cannot believe they are trying to pass off those parents as purebred Newfs!!! As long as they are scamming people they should have stolen some real pictures of Newfoundlands and posted them to be the parents!

BUYER BEWARE!!! (I CAN'T believe all the puppies are sold!)

Great Pyrenees dogs are mostly white, but there are some who have that "biscuit" colored tone. Looks to me like your dog is probably at least half Great Pyrenees. I have a Pyr mix who doesn't even have fluffy hair, but she is definitely a Pyr mix. She has the personality and temperament, 100%. 

If you feel that your dog has the Pyr temperament, you can use that knowledge to your advantage and study up on Pyrs and what it's like to try to train them. I went through the same thing when my Pyr mix started showing serious guarding behaviors.

You have a very beautiful dog there!!! Congratulation s!!! He is very lucky to have been adopted by you.

Here are pics of my Mokey just so you can see that Pyr mixes can look very different from one another. Mokey was born with double dewclaws.

HOLY COW I nearly just fell out of my chair when I scrolled down and saw that little Landseer fuzzball!!!! Murphy!! What a little doll!!!!!!!
Jaspa and Tiny look like a couple of sweetie-pies too. Thanks for posting pictures!!!!

I'm so sorry to hear that it hasn't worked out with Scout. I can surely understand why you wouldn't want her living with you anymore.

As for the people interested in her, I'd ask for veterinary references... and you might even want to get applications from people. It's not "easy" to place a Dane in a good home just because there are people who "want" a Great Dane. (I used to answer emails for a Dane rescue group, just so you know where I am coming from). There is a rescue group here in Athens with Dane experience if you get too frustrated with trying to find a home for Scout yourself. How many homes has she been through?? The next one should be her last, so it will be worth whatever it takes to get her matched up with the right people.

Best of luck... hehe looks like you got pretty lucky with thta lottery thing and I hope your other dog is feeling better!!!

What an amazing little puppy! I wouldn't have been able to resist either! So how many is that at your house?? You don't have to answer that!!!

YAY! Congratulation s!!! Geez I want a puppy!!!! LOL!

Those pictures are so awesome!!! They make me... A) want snow, and B) want a Saint Bernard. And poor me I will have neither one this year.

Thanks for sharing!!! By the way, your Bubba has the most gorgeous head I have ever seen!!!! WOW!!!