Thank you for the compliments everyone! Mine eats around 10+ cups a day because she is more active. If she was not, she wouldn't eat all that much. She's still pretty much a puppy, so she's still hyper. They won't mature fully until around 2, and eat less as they get older. Mine runs for a maximum of 45 minutes and she is done for the day and her energy is shot. I hear people who say they're the laziest dogs, and that's true for the most part. She leans on everything(mainly me!) and prefers to sit on me rather than the floor. Like MO_cows said, she backs up to me sitting on the couch or in a chair and will just sit on me anywhere. Her butt on my leg & front paws on the floor. I was laying on the rug one day and she sat on my ribs and I thought I was dying. I don't lay in the floor anymore.
MO_cows":185j7nx3 said:
She's a beauty! I love Danes, we had 1 that was 1/2 Dane and 2 purebreds. All 3 of them were really special dogs, just a wonderful disposition. Truly gentle giants. Sometimes they can be too timid, you have to help them build up their confidence.
Their life span is the down side. The 1st purebred Dane died in her sleep at 6. Just went to sleep as normal and never woke up. The 2nd one, we sought out a breeder who had longevity in her dogs. We saw a 12 year old who was still going strong. But our dog got osteo sarcoma, bone cancer, and had to be put down at age 6.
So I am on a break from them, just not ready to have my heart broken again like that.
Honestly that's one of my worst fears before and after I got Lilah. I wouldn't trade her for anything, but sometimes I just wish I would have fallen in love with a different breed and a different dog who is expected to have a longer lifespan. Although, I do like to say that a Great Dane who will only live to be 10 will love more in those 10 years than another dog who lives to be 15 can in those 10 years. I have nothing against any other breed, I've owned plenty & plenty of mutts, but I don't think I can ever get away from this breed now. I will be devastated when she passes. I give my condolences to you, I hope you will mend soon.
Dogs and Cows":185j7nx3 said:
We have 2 Danes...both about a year and a half old. Female and male and they are amazing dogs. Both push about 150 lbs. They are true gentle giants. That being said...I would not want to break into my house...haha...those dogs would not take kindly to that...which is fine with me. However, when we have guests over they are perfect citizens. From this point forward in my life I will have a Dane. I have been won over...and surprisingly, the food bill is not that bad for dogs of their size. I heard someone once say that Danes think they are lap dogs...and now I know why LOL! Enjoy your baby, she is beautiful!! They are wonderful dogs!!!!!
Tim
I pray for the person who decides to break into either mine or your house lol, because they would be goners! Mine is a huge baby but one night I took her outside to use the bathroom and something rattled in the leaves and she was full on attack mode. That's what I like about her. A gentle giant but not afraid to protect :nod: She likes all my friends and always wants to play with them but none of them really understand what to do with a dog that big lol. Thank you! I hope you guys have many healthy years to come with yours! I am completely won over as well :nod:
wacocowboy":185j7nx3 said:
my ex had 2 of them I miss them a lot more than her. Those were 2 of the most fun dogs I ever been around loved to play fetch with a tennis ball. maybe one day I will get one of my own.
Lol, my step aunt has one, the actual first one I've ever met and I would go to her house just to see him. She's pretty crazy but I went just for him, to see and play with him.
dun":185j7nx3 said:
Years ago my brother had one they called Victor. After they had his coin purse emptied I just called him Bruce. They had a couple of cats that would lay on the roof of his truck, mainly to get away from Bruce. After one of the infrequent rains he noticed that the roof of the truck was caved in and had water standing in it. Yup, Bruce decided that was a dandy place to lay.
He was a lot of fun to play fetch with. Hw would take off after the ball and over shoot it, then turn around in a big arc and over shoot it again. Usually took him about 4 laps to finally get the ball.
I was sitting in the back of my dads pickup during summer one day letting Lilah run loose in the yard. I was thinking, nah, she can't get up here, too high. She took off at full speed and jumped up in it and laid down beside me and looked so accomplished. My face was pretty much
More pictures when she was 4-5 months old. Such a goofball.
why she laid sideways i will never know. i guess it was more comfortable.
she also slept beside her bed. logic. ignore that piece of bone in the floor lol.
