My new puppy - Dobby
 

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I need another animal like I need a hole in my head, but this one belonged to my daughter and she can't keep him so he's coming home with me. He is a full blooded Great Dane.... he'll be bigger than half of my mini horses. lol

We are naming him Dobby.... he's badass, but if I remember right, these dogs are about as useless as a 3rd boob. lmao

pay up

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oh shit that is one serious cute dog and the name.... perfect!

He is cute, currently i have 2 irish setters and a cat but somehow they fullfill my time and make me relaxed so i am going to get 2-3 more dogs so i can have fun :D

A 3rd boob is useless? HAH! Is that a challenge? I am pretty sure I could find a use depending on 3rd boob placement
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Cut dog btw :thumbsup:2 cents:

Nice doggy! Sounds like he'll be a handful though, hehe...

For me, yes... I don't much care for the two I have. lol

I have a European Black Shepherd, mini horses and cats, I guess one more member of the family can't hurt.... I know he won't be as smart as the rest, so he'll be fun at least. lmao

I always hated Great Danes, but something about him won me over.... not sure what it is. I like DOGS. not paper weights. lol

Adorable, i love him already

my baby boy Godric (also full blooded great dane) just 9 months old a couple weeks ago. He's ~110lbs and the best dog i've ever owned. i started his training really early and it paid off. walks off leash without any problems, no aggression, total couch potato.

you've got yourself a beautiful pup!

Do you mind if I ask if they are hard to house break? Or what kind of temperament they have, as in with other animals? I have several other animals and this guy is just 3 months old, so I know little to nothing about them.

My oldest daughter had a full grown one she is keeping, but due to circumstances, she can't keep him, so since I fell in love with him, I am taking him. I haven't spend much time around hers, Jake, but he is a total laid back lazy ass dog. I have never even been around them except for these two and very very little there.

I don't even know what it was about him, but the instant I met him, he was trying to get in the car with me and come home and my daughter kept saying he hated cars, but was trying to get into mine with me. lol

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This is her other one, her baby, Jake... he lets this puppy sleep on top of him, he sleeps with my grand daughter when she visits them.. he seems to be a total doll. I just have no experience with these dogs... I have always had Boxers and Shepherds. lol

I bet he's going to eat me out of house and home. lol

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Dobby's dad. I am being told he is going to be massive... I may be getting a bit scared here. lol

Keep in mind every dog is different and I work solely from home so I was able to REALLY push the house breaking hard. It took him a week or 1.5 weeks to completely house train him. I just made it a habit of taking him outside every 30 minutes or so and working with him. I think as a breed, Great Danes are HIGHLY intelligent. He picked up on his training at a very young age VERY well (sit, down, heel, stay, up, leave it, etc). Our Great Dane has an amazing temperament, our toddler can reach into the dogs mouth and pull toys out and the dog doesn't even care, just wags his tail. Our toddler also sits on him all the time. As far as with other animals, our dog is EXTREMELY submissive and has never even so much as growled at another dog or animal. Early exposure is key, so take him out in public as much as possible at a young age and make sure he's around a wide array of animals.

Just some words of advice that we learned the hard way:

Some Danes have ridiculously sensitive stomachs. I know ours had really bad diarrhea from 6-7 months old and nothing could really stop it besides medicine from the vet. Make sure you get him on a really high quality food (we feed CANIDAE ALS). If it's a male, do your research on neutering him and don't always listen to what your vet says. It's recommended by MOST reputable breeders who have been breeding these dogs for a LONG time that you wait until at least 1.5 years before you neuter them. Your dog will probably develop puppy acne ~6-7 months old and have another bout of it ~9 months old. Clean his chin and face after each feeding and it will help. :)

This was ~July of this year. He was ~6 months old or so?
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nice puppy whats up with the horse on the left??

Aww, he is pretty.

Jake let's my grand daughter sit on him and watch tv and she uses him as a pillow at bedtime, he insists on sleeping with her when she visits my daughter. He let's Dobby sleep on top of him now. lol

I work from home too and my daughter is home schooled, so we made pretty fast work with Kasey (my shepherd) on the housebreaking thing.. so maybe this won't be bad. Kasey is an outside dog, so will he be, BUT in bad weather or when needed, they come in the house and I like them to be house broken when they do.

I have Kasey on Lamb and Rice, she has a sensitive stomach too. I don't feed any of my animals corn based food, that is horrible on their stomachs, all animals in my opinion, so we feed them well. I also give them a lot of what I eat, if it is safe for me, as a diabetic, it can't be bad for them.. so they eat a great deal of what I do, and yes, including veggies. lol

I will remember that about getting him neutered. She had a solid black one, she got her spayed at 9 months as her vet told her and it killed her, she didn't know this til she took Jake to a different Vet

No kidding, right? I just seen him this morning after telling her I'd take Dobby late last night. That motherfucker is bigger than literally every mini horse I have but one... I pray he isn't going to be THAT big, they don't eat much, I don't think I'd get that lucky with him that big. lol

You should have called him prechecked crosssale jk:thumbsup

Thats a big puppy.

Nice looking fella. :thumbsup

I would have called him Scooby. :)

Looks like a handful,nice looking doggy

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Aww, he is adorable... now THAT is a dog!! :thumbsup

My youngest daughter actually wanted to call him Scooby..... but she was out voted. lol

I have the Dane's cousin, the English mastiff. great dog for sure... 11 months about 130lbs. very sweet. one thing I did was start feeding him raw hamburger as a puppy. changed his whole personality almost immediatly... made the little guy more attentive, smarter and much happier. the big dogs don't eat much when they get older becaue the stop growing and basically sleep and sit around all day..

Wishing the best for your dog.....it may live long.....

Well the not eating me out of house and home makes me feel better. My daughter told me they don't eat much, but I know how people can be when they are trying to get you to take an animal you don't need.... oh he is good, he doesn't eat much. blah blah blah. lol

Raw meat, isn't that bad for them? I always heard it would cause worms. I know my dad used to feed it to my shepherd I had when I was little, but I heard it was bad for them later.

I watch what I feed my animals like I watch what I feed myself. lol

people say all kinds of shit... since I've feed my dog raw hamburger he's been much happier. I mix it with the kibbles... not as much now.. i alternate between that and the stuff that looks like bologna.

also be aware large breeds grow very fast and have days where they don't feel good. won't eat, lay around, sleep etc... then they will eat like hell and look taller every morning when they get up... it's a cycle with them.. Killer was gaining 5+lbs a week for some time. he's been with me since he was 8 weeks and 18lbs, now 11 months and 130lbs. so in 9 months he gained 112lbs...

one of Killer's fav things in ther world is marrow bones from the butcher... doggy crack for sure...

Thanks,
Your pup is a cutie also and Danes are fun dogs with a good temperament.
As pups they really are cute, so clumsy it?s hilarious. Keep the camcorder handy, we may have our next viral dog vid.

buy him some good food, i bet many other dogs lifes got ruined cause of business you supported. never forget. sorry dog

If he is any worse than my Shepherd, I'll have my hands full for sure, she is hilarious... I can't wait to see how well they play together, this should be fun, at least.

teencat, nice to see you here... and so worried about my animals, but I can assure you, they are spoiled and all will be fine for him. You are welcome to come and visit and see for yourself, we'd be glad to have you. ;)

oh three dogs and me cat, serious business :)

When I was about 10 years old we had a Great Dane for about a year. He was a rescue. A guy that lived down the street from us had three of them and he got his kicks by putting one bowl of food out and watching them fight for it. He got arrested for animal cruelty and my mom agreed to take one of the dogs.

I think he was a Harlequin Dane because he was white with black spots. He was very sick and hurt when we got him, but after a little while once he healed up and got used to us and realized he was in a good place he was a great dog. We lived out in the country so he loved to run around our yard and have us throw the Frisbee for him. He thought he was a 10 pound lap dog and always wanted to lay on you or crawl into bed with you.

One day he just disappeared. We searched all over for him, but never did find him. It was too bad. He had a tragic life, but was a great dog while I got to know him.

who do i need to slap for cutting his tail off? asshats.

nice puppy... :thumbsup

Lay down with it and you may get fleas.

Looks adorable

you need to work for another scamming company like you need a hole on your head.

I keep my dane a little on the thin side and he eats ~7 cups of food a day. You can most definitely feed your dog raw, but it's not recommended that you mix a raw diet and a kibble diet because the two food types digest at different rates and can cause bowel issues. However, if you do choose to feed raw, go for it. Dogs have been eating a raw diet for thousands of years and as long as you feed good, quality meat, he/she will be fine :) I considered feeding mine a raw diet, but my wife couldn't stomach it ;) If you do decide to feed raw, good luck finding a vet who doesn't think you're going to kill your dog. Veterinary schools are funded by companies like Science Diet and veterinary students are brainwashed by those companies that kibble is the only way to go. There are people who swear by feeding raw. A good balanced diet of raw meat: organ meat, chicken backs, whole chickens, hearts, livers, kidneys, etc, will do just fine with your dog. Just google "barf diet" and you'll find TONS of information about it. A lot of times, if you find the right local butcher, it's cheaper than feeding kibble.

EDIT: raw bones are absolutely fine for dogs, it's the cooked bones that will splinter in the dogs mouth and cause problems.

are you kidding? dogs eat poo of other dogs and rotten hare and such! if you wanna serve it some real deli, fill a bucket with 50/50 rumen and udder, then put a lid on the bucket and PUT IT IN THE SUN ... when the lid pops open BY ITSELF its ready for feeding ... you will be AMAZED how exited yer dog will get - and eat it in no time ... remember, dogs are nothing more than domesticated WOLFS :2 cents:

I feed my Shepherd a mix of kibble and table foods, what I eat, in other words... and she is healthy as hell, but haven't ever fed her raw meat, nor any other animal I've ever had. I always cook it before I give it to them. I boil whole chickens a few times a month for my cats and let them have that..... with the dog, she eats just about the same diet I do, and they will all eat just about anything I eat.

We just recently lost our Boxer that was 13 years old and had never been to a vet in his life.. he never got sick and I am not one to shove shots and pills down their throats if it isn't needed. He lived longer than any other Boxer around here without having ever been to a Vet's office. He ate a mix of what we eat and kibble as well. He was in no way obese, but was very muscular and strong as an ox. lol

I had a cat a few years back, a Persian, it was my first one, we took him to the vet religiously and fed him what we were told by the vets, the whole 9 yards and he started getting very sick on that damn Science Diet crap they had him on. I spent a small fortune trying to do what was "expected" of me, and as a result, he was staying sick and of course, constantly at the Vets office as that's the only time I take them to see a "Dr". I got him off that shit, started feeding him like I do the rest of my animals and he never had to see a Vet again... and lived to be 12 years old as well.

I just don't feed them corn based anything. I can't digest corn, it hurts me to eat it, so I don't feed it to them. lol

Oh boy, I can't feed it something I can't even stomach picking up... oh lord, and I just ate, yuck!!! lmao

I do get what you are saying though, and I know they are animals, so I try and keep them as close to natural as I can get them.... with the exception of cooking it first... but that's because I always thought raw would hurt them. Kasey eats all sorts of veggies and she loves her meats.. lol

They told me not to feed my mini horses on the ground too, so I spent a fortune buying bags to put their hay in and they refused to eat.. I put it all over the ground where they can graze like they would in the wild.. and they love it.

When I was a kid one of my friend's dad would cook just for their dog. He made the dog steak and burgers, sausage and all kinds of stuff. I'm not sure how long the dog lived, but he was probably 13 or 14 years old when I graduated high school (and then fell out of touch with this friend) and he was happy and healthy. We always used to joke that the dog ate better than anyone else in the family.

That is done by the breeders vet at 2 to 4 days old because at that age the tail is more cartilage so it?s less painful and does not need anesthesia.

At least I didn?t have his ears cropped, that I think is cruel.

Here is at 4 months floppy ears and all.
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Do you think he?s trying to tell me something?

well, have you ever heard of wolfs eating carrots or bananas??? surely NOT ... and a dogs stomach is made for rotten meat ... just try it ... one bowl of bought food and one with the recipe i described ... i bet my bony ass that yer dog will ALWAYS go for the "stinky" bowl ... 200% :winkwink: i have seen mine (a lazy, kids loving staffy) swallowing an almost "liquified" hare (must have been dead and rotting for over a week!) with joy and other stuff you might find disgusting (like the head of a wild hog - it even cracked the skull to slobber out the BRAIN!) - and it never had any probs with digesting (and shitting) ... died at the age of 16 (1998, never got a new one - *sniff*), so it got pretty damn old :thumbsup

see? feeding animals (in an) unnatural (way) is no good at all ... just like corn for cows = oh lord! why would one do that?

Mine don't eat better, but they eat as good as.

The Boxer, Bo, he was my husband's dog and if we had spaghetti, that dog had it, it was his favorite.... and my husband's. We always made fun of him about that too. BUT, I am the same way with Kasey, if I eat it, so does she. NEVER from my plate though, she eats either at the same time or after, but never from our plates, I cross the line somewhere. lol

This is Kasey, at 6 months old, she's pretty damn healthy. lol

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I would bet my life and your skinny ass she'd go for the nasty shit too... it's getting it past MY damn nose that would be the problem. lmao

She loves to go into the horse pen with me and if she will stop trying to herd my horses, or once she has them all right in front of me, she spends the rest of her time out there eating their shit, which is pretty damn vegetarian... I just have to turn my back on it, but it's natural for her and I leave her alone, seems the less I complain about it, the less she does it.

And I do give her what is not fit for us to eat when I clean out the fridge and she loves those days. She has to just sit in the living room and wait for me to clean out the fridge sometimes, I think. If she hears that door open, she comes running and taking out anything in her path to get there. Doesn't have to really be bad, just bad enough where we've had enough of it.. lol

That is a good looking dog!

Thanks kane, she is my baby. She's already been put into a position of defending me once and she stood up to it, so she and I are extremely close. We keep her outside during the day and she gets to come in at night... she is huge and needs to be outside so she can run her big ass around. She helps me with the horses from time to time, but she'll get wired sometimes and she'll get the shit kicked out of her, they don't put up with her puppy energy even for a second. lol

I'm jealous. I fucking love dogs.