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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Devil Dog
« on: May 18, 2006, 02:58:25 pm »
Joey has just turned 9 months old. And this morning, someone flipped the devil dog switch. He's never been a big chewer (of un-approved items) with the exception of a brief shoe fetish. Not sure that the fetish has passed just not leaving him anything to get it worked up!

Well, today he turned into a chewer and a counter surfer! ARGH! We had three seperate incidents in less than three hours.

OK...so, I have to go to the grocery store this morning, the boys are out of meaties. After yesterday's fiasco ( Ike was left home alone and had 3 sperate instances of really nasty, runny poo), I don't crate Joey... hoping that Ike won't stress out while Joey is with him.

I get home and as I'm getting out of the truck, I see them both in the front window looking all excited (I should have known something was up). I cautiously open the door... take a snif... farout! No poo!

HOWEVER... it looked like a fruit salad covered with large snowflakes had been dumped all over the living room! HEHEHE! Peckerhead (AKA Joey) had gotten into some stuff that was on the buffet in the entry hall. He demolished a small notebook, a couple of receipts and a few pieces of faux fruit! The grapes were the funniest... the individual grapes are pretty small, more wine then table grape size. He had plucked every single one of them off the stem! I don't think he actually ate any of them, though.

He looked SO proud of himself when I walked in. Ears all perky, tail just waggin away and a big ol grin on his face. "Look what I did, Mommy!"I said... Joey! What did you do?!?!? And, he started woo wooing at me... I said...UH UH! Don't you talk back to me! Only at that point did he look ashamed of himself. It was SO funny. Well, kinda...

My cousin and I were eating lunch in the backyard, I brought my plate in to find that peckerhead had gotten into MORE stuff. There were a few things on the dining table, waiting for me to put them away, he got em! Let's see that included a partial roll of toilet paper, a lighter a few other pieces of paper. Everything but the lighter was totalled. Living room got snowed again.

I picked it all up and went outside. 5 minutes later, Christa and I came back in, I had left my plate on the counter. Well, it had magically transported itself to the living room. So he shredded the paper plate, ate a few corn chips and, I am just SO thankful, that he did manage to open the little container of SALSA!!!

Then, while Christa and I were standing in the dining room, not 4 feet from him, Joey went in the kitchen and grabbed Christa's plate.

Joey is having a little time-out right now. And, I'm thinking of what kinda of booby-trap I can set for him in the kitchen. Something to turn off the counter-surfing switch!

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I took Marvel to meet a nice family yesterday. And, they think she is PERFECT for them. They have a 2 yr old male harl and an 8 year old daughter. I can see it now... That girl will have Marvel all dressed up in no time. And, Marvel will be loving it. I think pretty Mz Marvel and that beautiful little girl are going to be the best of friends.

I had Marvel too long. I became TOO attached. She's SO sweet and mild mannered (except when wrestling with the boys). She was trying at times, not intentionaly, with her docked tail, busted stitches, stomach/intestinal infection and explosive poo. But, all that just gave me more reason to care for and baby her.

I love you Marvel... I'll miss you sweet girl!

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Great Dane Pictures / Joey's new position
« on: April 25, 2006, 01:41:17 am »
OK, this is new! Does anyone else's pooch sleep this way?







Yes, it's time to break out the leather wipes. Extra nasty becaue we had a little "incident" this morning and Joey's got a boo boo on his ear,

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Great Dane Pictures / Saving the world from utility workers!
« on: April 24, 2006, 09:31:13 pm »
Just another day for Ike, watching his "TV".



WAIT! What's this? Evil utility men! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRR!





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Tuesday following surgery

Dear Friends,

By now you may have heard about Mercy, a young pit bull mix rescued by a Good Samaritan on Good Friday and brought to Operation Kindness. This beautiful dog, about 10 months old, was doused with gasoline and set on fire. She sustained burns over 60% of her body. Mercy underwent surgery Tuesday to have her badly burned ears removed and her skin debrided--a very painful procedure in which the dead skin is scrapped away to allow the new skin to grow. Mercy's condition is stable now, but very guarded. The risk of infection is great during the weeks-long debridement process.

We're working with Dallas Animal Services as they investigate this horrible case of animal cruelty. Everything possible is being done to find, prosecute and punish the person or persons who did this to Mercy and left her to die. Since original leads are proving unreliable and potential witnesses are reluctant to get involved, we will probably we offering a reward from our Cruelty Reward Fund, which was established following Loco's torture and abuse several years ago.

The public outpouring of support and concern has been wonderful. After witnessing such horror, it's heartwarming to be reminded that so many people care about and are praying for Mercy's recovery -- and offering their services for swift justice should her abuser be found!

Our friends in the media have been wonderfully supportive, too. Russ Martin (www.russmartin .com), Larry Powell (www.readlarryp owell.com), KRLD (www.krld.com), WFAA (www.wfaa.com), and NBC5 (www.nbc51.com) are among the websites with features and links. Channels 4, 5, 8 and 33 have done stories. Russ has talked about Mercy on his show all this week, and special promos and call-in shows are running on KLLI 105.3, KVIL 103.7, KRLD 1080, KLUV 98.7, The Oasis 107.5 and other stations. And Russ is having a "Benefit for Mercy" Wednesday night at Bellbottoms in North Richland Hills.

We've established a special fund for Mercy's care, and information is on our website, www.operationkindness.org.

Thanks to all of you for your concern for Mercy. Please keep the prayers and good thoughts going her way. She needs all the help she can get.


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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Meet Marvel, the MAHVELOUS Dane!
« on: April 18, 2006, 10:05:47 am »
This is Marvel, my latest and greatest Dane! Take a look at this face:



I picked MArvel up from the vet yesterday. She was there having her tail docked (severe case of "happy tail"). She is an absolute doll!

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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Foster homes needed in Dallas!
« on: April 13, 2006, 07:24:37 am »
Meet Lilo: 





Lilo is staying with us until the great folks at the Great Dane Rescue can find her a forever home.

What made me decide to foster? I've already got 2 male Danes. My house is only 1250 sq ft and we're happy but snug with 3 adults (well, 1 is a teenager, 2 Great danes, 1 cat and about 15 fish. Why would I want to bring another set of jumbo paws and a killer tail into this house? Do I really NEED more drool? YES!!!!

When I was looking for my boy, I found the GDRNT. I ended up adopting througha rescue in Austin. It was just a timing issue. But, I've kept going to the GDRNT website. Lots of local Dane owners on the discussion board there.

I found myself in tears one day, while readin posts on the GDRNT discussion board. They are full. Overloaded. Maxed out! They simply have no more room anywhere for shelter Danes. They have to turn away the magnificent beasts!

This is too awful! Both of my boys were shelter dogs before they were turned over to a rescue organization. If there had been no room for them... (shudder) I can't think about it! It's too terrible!

http://www.danerescue.net/   is the website. Maybe someone can help. I know they've had several more fosters come aboard in the past week or so. But, it's not enough. They cannot accept anymore shelter dogs, there still isn't enough room. Maybe you can help or, someone you know. If nothing else, think happy thoughts!

I thank you for listening. So do my boys and their foster sister, Lilo.

Michelle

Here they are, about ten minutes after I brought Lilo home:



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Meet & Greet BPOers / Dallas Play Date?
« on: April 08, 2006, 09:06:40 am »
Anyone in the Dallas area, that would like to meet up at the White Rock Dog Park?

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Great Dane Discussions / Slumber Party
« on: April 08, 2006, 08:12:57 am »
Our boys and our new foster, Lilo.  Ya know, these guys have it SO rough!







Here's Lilo, I think was hiding from Joey. That puppy is all up in her kool-aid!


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Great Dane Pictures / Mr Slobberoboggus (AKA Bubbleboy)
« on: March 30, 2006, 02:15:49 pm »
The stalagtites are beginning to form:


As you can see, it's windy today:


Hey Mommy! You want some of this???


Who knew that cheese was a bubble producing substance?


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Great Dane Pictures / The guardians!
« on: March 24, 2006, 02:36:12 pm »
Ike & Joey snarling at the killer squirrel that's threatening our home!

Side note... it sure is a good thing that orchids are immune to Dane drool.

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I know there are several people on this board in the Del Mar, Solana Beach, etc area. I need your help.

Our 6 month old dane, Joey has suddenly become ill. At this poitn I have no idea what is wrong with him. Nothing in his diet has been changed. How ever he is a serious FORAGER... perhaps he managed to eat something, while I wasn't looking!

Anyway, the poor lil guy has SERIOUS diarhea, or HOWEVER you spell it! In the last two hours he has, in three seperate episodes, unloaded a total of roughly 6-9 cups of pure liquid.

Other than this he seems fine, he is eating well, active... seems normal. I am boiling a batch of rice as we speak.

I need to find a local vet... I would prefer to go on a recommendation than to have to pick someone from the yellow pages. I'm also hoping to find someone available on a SUnday. I know, It'll cost me... don't care.

I just hope whatever he has isn't contagious... I'd hate to see Ike, the 2 year old Dane, in the same condition (shudder). We were only lucky on one episode... the other two were INSIDE!

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Great Dane Pictures / New Pics of my "Babies
« on: February 21, 2006, 11:27:22 am »
I just can't BELIEVE how fast Joey is growing! I can honestly say that I seem to be able to notice a difference in his size on a daily basis!

Ike and Joey are the best buddies! Even when they are trying to eat each others heads!

Ike loves to give his daddy hugs!

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Great Dane Pictures / Our Babies
« on: January 27, 2006, 11:21:34 am »
These are our "new" Babies. Ike (the blue) is roughly 2 years old. We adopted him the PAWS of Austin. He was so scared and 40lbs underweight when we got him. Sure can't tell now. He is the sweetest critter on the planet . Our big GALUMPH!

The little boy is Joey. We decided that Ike needed a full time playmate.  Joey also came from PAWS of Austin. He had been turned in on Christmas Eve. They told the animal shelter that he had bitten one of their children. The shelter noted it as a "provoked bite: but, they quaranteened him none the less. Poor lil guy was also VERY skinny when we got him. In the 11 days since his last vet visit, he has put on 12.5 pounds. He also seems to be "outgrowing" HOD. His first owners gave him puppy chow... tsk tsk tsk.

We are taking the boys to San Diego today... Maybe I'll have beach picture soon.

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