My Great Dane is 2!

My Great Dane, Daisy, turned 2 the other day. It's hard to believe...

You can see how impressed she is by this fact:

"What? It's my birthday?"
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"cool..."
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Great looking Dane, how big is she? We have a girl Dane that is about 9 months now and about 80 to 90 pounds.

Wook at dat CUTE wittle face!!!! Awwww :P She is a total doll!

Happy Birthday Daisy! :fest:

Beautiful Dane!!!!:gj:

Happy Birthday Daisy!!!!!

Adorable Boston! :)

She looks VERY impressed by the camera! :D

Thats one cute pupp... i love bigger dogs... we had st bernards all my life

Very cute dog. Can't really tell how large she is from the pictures.

oh what a beautiful dane. I love Danes. I would love to own a fawn or a harlequin dane.

adorable. I am looking at getting a great dane after I graduate from school. How are they with shedding??

Daisy thanks you all for the birthday wishes! :)

To answer some of the questions-

prototype= she's about 35" at the shoulder and around 120lbs. We keep her lean, and she's pretty active for a Dane because we have 3 other dogs. Our German Shepherd and her are especially playful together.

chetman- her shedding isn't TOO bad. The hair is so short and fine. We feed all our dogs a raw diet so that really helps with the shedding, as diet is a main reason for why some dogs shed a lot. The most important thing about getting a Dane is to research the breeders. There are a lot of bad ones out there and few good ones. The breeder we got Daisy from does all kinds of health testing on any dog she might breed, and if they don't pass them all, they are not bred. Hips, eyes, elbows, thyroid among others. When we went to get Daisy, we had a phone interview, then we were invited down for a visit, and if she didn't like you, she wasn't going to sell you a pup.

Here's a couple more pics so you can see how big she is.

These are from last spring. She's a little taller now.
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Here she is compared to my GSD. He's 26" at the shoulder and 90lbs of muscle, and he looks small next to her. He can literally walk right under her if he goes under near her back legs where her tummy tucks up, and not even touch anything. Oh, that's our pug, Bruzer in this shot too. You can really see how tall she is in this because you can gauge her against the deck railing.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...ldogs026-1.jpg

Oh.. she's GORGEOUS!!! Happy b-day to her! :D

Those are great pictures! :gj:

Daisy is gorgeous! So is Bruzer! We have a dane that looks a lot like Daisy and a pug who about the same size as Bruzer. :)

I LOVE your dogs, soo cute!!

danimal,
Daisy is beautiful!!! Wish her a happy birthday from Oreo & I. I have a mantle great dane named Oreo she will be three next june. I am a part of DOL (Danes Online Forum) my username is danemom08 so if you are ever on there we should chat sometime would be fun :o) Also if you are not a part of that forum it has lots of good information & knowledgable people & some judgemental & outspoken but that is part of todays society just have to roll with it. Anyway if you are not a part of DOL you should join we would love to have you & if you already are I would love to sit & chat with you sometime. Well again give Daisy a hug from Oreo & I & hope she has a Happy Birthday! I am new to this forum we just got our 1st ball python & I really like him a lot already we have only had him two days. Well thanks for your time feel free to PM ( private message me if you wanna chat my username on here is reptilemom08 or in DOL it is danemom08 I hope to chat with you soon! Ashly

Thanks everyone! She is definitely a joy to be around...

Alice ,that's pretty cool- I bet a Dane and Pug household isn't real common!

Reptilemom08, I'll look up DOL. I'm not a member there but I post on Leans and Slobbers- http://leansnslobbers.proboards92.com/index.cgi. Thats a pretty nice online community.

Happy belated Bday pretty girl! Love the GSD too!!!

Thanks filly77. The Dane is my baby girl, but the GSD is my pride and joy. I'll post about him some other time.

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Originally Posted by reptilemom08

danimal,
Daisy is beautiful!!! Wish her a happy birthday from Oreo & I. I have a mantle great dane named Oreo she will be three next june. I am a part of DOL (Danes Online Forum) my username is danemom08 so if you are ever on there we should chat sometime would be fun :o) Also if you are not a part of that forum it has lots of good information & knowledgable people & some judgemental & outspoken but that is part of todays society just have to roll with it. Anyway if you are not a part of DOL you should join we would love to have you & if you already are I would love to sit & chat with you sometime. Well again give Daisy a hug from Oreo & I & hope she has a Happy Birthday! I am new to this forum we just got our 1st ball python & I really like him a lot already we have only had him two days. Well thanks for your time feel free to PM ( private message me if you wanna chat my username on here is reptilemom08 or in DOL it is danemom08 I hope to chat with you soon! Ashly

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Thanks for the referral to DOL! I looked up DOL and found it to be a great source for info on danes.

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Originally Posted by danimal

Alice ,that's pretty cool- I bet a Dane and Pug household isn't real common!

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You're probably right on that. Considering the food has to be different, the feeding bowls are different sizes and heights, etc., etc. But my dane thinks she can crawl into my lap just like my pug. :)

Do you know my Dane or what? She thinks she's a lap-dane!

I actually feed all my dogs the same thing. Since we do raw, it's just a matter of proportion size between the little guys and the big guys. Yes, the Dane has the biggest bowl lol! We feed them outside in the grass in the back yard.