Great Dane?

Anyone much experience of great danes? Looks like I maybe babysitting my brothers.... it's huge!... i've seen far smaller donkeys!!

sorry ive no experience at all hun.... but i do love them and think therye a lovely looking dog!! great dane was my first choice....

I don't know much about them but they are nice

We had one. Once!

I think Bev had a great dane

:love: i love em

but dont know a lot about them :nhy:

See lol

slynico wrote:

We had one. Once!

and??????

think linda wanted some advice lol....

All I know is my brothers dog drools everywhere!!

She also seems very independant and not very responsive, wondering if that's the dog, or the breed in general? Was hoping to spend a little time with her becuase she pulls badly on the lead, and kicks off at every other dog she sees. She's not very interested in toys, treats or fuss! Just likes to lounge around the place!

Its a dog! It eats, it sleeps & its poos. In great quantities. As for the one we had it was as thick as pig s**t and not half as useful!

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Yeah... that's the impression I get of my brothers but didn't quite know how to put it!

thanks bev!!

All the ones I've known have been lively pups but generally good adults. Theres a woman in Borrowash, cant be more than five foot tall, she walks 4 at a time on her own!!!



She may just need a little training Linda, should be fun

slynico wrote:

Its a dog! It eats, it sleeps & its poos. In great quantities. As for the one we had it was as thick as pig s**t and not half as useful!

bloody hell... i forgot about the poop too!

Compared to the GSD on a scale of 1 - 10 it would probably come in at minus 2!

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I'm being a bit cruel.
He was very loving. To me anyway.
Very wary of strangers.
Very slow on the uptake. House training him was a nightmare.
Wasnt allowed to loose exercise him much until he was quite old cos of his joints.
The puppy chewing stage was expensive. He ate the knobs off the washing machine & opened the door & flooded the utility room AND the kitchen TWICE.
As a pup he had weetabix for his early breakfast. 8 of them.

But on the plus side he was brilliant in the car. Absolutely loved it.
Walked well on the lead.
Had the most gorgeous really deep bark.

There thats Jed, in a nutshell. Nutshell being appropriate cos he was as nutty as squirrel poo! :2431:

:san42: how long did you have him for bev :2431:

he sounds absolutely beautiful bev... :love:

He's the only dog I have ever given up on Karen. We had him for about three years. He grew increasingly possessive of me and when I became pregnant my OH insisted that he had to go. He rehomed him with a friend of his down south & I cried for days cos I felt as if I had let him down. We went to see him a couple of years later. I walked out into the garden & he whimpered with excitement when he saw me.

OMG I am crying now just thinking of it!

aaawwww... bev :love: :love: :love:

awww bless you hun :love: you did what was best...

I know but that doesnt make it any easier

Been there too Bev, don't dwell on it... just makes it harder hun

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