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Ok, I normally post in Yappy Rats, so it feels kind of weird to cross to the 'other side' as it were.... This is my wife's departed Pyr, Bay. He was named "Beethoven" by his idiot first owners, was adopted by my wife's family when he was 11 mos old and lived with them until just before he turned 14. He was not from a reputable source and had a lot of chronic health issues. In the picture, you can see he was in the middle of another eye infection. Bay's nickname was "Oof" because he was a fluffy oaf of a dog who welcomed most strangers but really only got excited when he saw Erica or children. When he was first adopted he out-weighed her by 20lbs and was an inch taller on his hind legs but she was the ONLY person in the family who could walk him without losing an arm. Eventually, Bay developed a tumor on his thyroid, and given his compromised breathing and age the vets didn't think surgery was a good option so sadly, they had to say goodbye. But, 13 is a decent old age for a dog that size and he had a very very good life once he left his first owners.  Also, this was taken while her aunt was dog-sitting....he managed to get so far entangled in a bramble on her property that the groomers opted to just shave him instead of trying to brush them out. Hence his slightly shameful expression. He had the saddest rat-tail when she picked him up 
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Euro and American lines vary at least slightly in almost every breed. Same as working vs. show lines even within the same country. Some people breed Danes to be much heavier, some super lanky/tall and SOME like to make them as tall and heavy as possible, to the detriment of the dog. There's a lot of novelty attached to breeding GIANT dogs in INTERESTING colors so you will have quite a bit of variance once BYBS and mills throw in their two cents.
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Mar 22, 2012 19:25
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I prefer the more sight hound looking danes myself and I'm partial to the black ones. Dr Ozziemandius Sage looks like a giant version of our old dog, Alex. 
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Mar 23, 2012 04:28
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actionjackson posted:I still don't get the whole small dog thing. We have a bunch of them in my condo and they just yap all the time. The worst is those Bichon Frieses or whatever. Big dogs rarely do that poo poo. We have my dog Abby (76 pound female (!!) greyhound), a bull mastiff which goes at the speed of a turtle and drools everywhere, and a Bernese Mountain Dog which just owns. Our Chihuahua is practically silent. I would say all of her positive personality traits are things grey hound people can appreciate. She is fairly independent but still wants us around, she's quiet, tidy, easy care coat, happy to see most people but in a less obnoxious way. I've said it before but it is still true, Lucy is the least likely dog in our house to bark, ever. And every Chihuahua my wife had a hand in training was the same way. Conversely, her Pyr would sound the alarm at anything within a five mile radius of their acreage. At any time. Day or night. As did my parent's 80 lb Shepherd mix. I mean, yknow, she's still Lucy and deserves all your revulsion but yappy she ain't.
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May 10, 2012 00:26
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vacation in merica posted:Here's my big ole dog: Can I covertly mail you my aunt-in-laws dog? They've done everything humanly possible to destroy that poor animal as a pet and he's just miserable. 
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Aug 5, 2012 00:42
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Ridgie (yes, that is his name) is un-neutered, never walked, on an invisible fence system that lets him pace right along the road where he menaces joggers and moms with strollers, he is completely un-socialised, un-trained and bordering on aggressive. They can't walk him easily so they don't walk him at all and he likes to chew on her kid still even though the dog is long past teething age. He came directly from an Amish puppy mill and they went with a Ridgeback because they liked the picture of one in the dog encyclopedia.
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Aug 5, 2012 01:05
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vacation in merica posted:I don't see how an invisible fence could possibly hold a Ridgeback. They take off like they've been shot out of a bazooka if they see so much as a squirrel, their prey drive is insane. My boy is unaltered, and I can tell you that if he ever got in the vicinity of another unaltered male without me around it would be downright ugly. I've had to be super, super careful about having him at the dog park because the other males seem to attack him on sight and his response is not to run away. They have the shock collar set to the absolute highest setting possible without actually scorching the dogs neck. The first thing he did when they moved was test the entire perimeter of the yard for a way out. He gets so frantic and worked up by any passersby or any new activity that he literally froths at the mouth. It is absolutely unpleasant to be around him and the rest of the family hates him- well, everyone agrees it isn't the dogs fault but my wife's stupid aunt. The woman is a study in obliviousness. She also let one of her cats become morbidly obese because he became indoor only and apparently monitoring his food intake is hard Fluffy Bunnies posted:Like this one. I don't usually get worried about the way people keep their dogs, but an unaltered, unsocialized Ridgeback without a real fence might as well be loose. That dog is going to go over that invisible fence poo poo one day. That breed does not contain well in those at all. If he decides to be aggressive, he is going to gently caress somebody's day up. He's already like 4 years old so it's not like this is still the puppy I pictured before. And so far the only thing he DOES listen to is the fence so lets keep our fingers crossed on that, shall we? And he drags the kid around like a rag, chomps on him like a tug toy, knocks him over and regularly knocks over/growls at/attempts to mouth my wife's grandparents who are 85 and 86, respectively. He has actually knocked Grandma over on the paved driveway more than once because the aunt lets the kid hold Ridgie's leash....like that would provide any control whatsoever....  He has also body blocked, postured and growled at Erica's dad when he was housesitting and he's known him since age 5 weeks. Oh YES OF COURSE he was weaned at five weeks, why not?!He has zero recall so if they take him to a park, he just runs amok and tries to hump every dog ever. He is not neutered because Erica's aunt thinks it would make him less 'manly'  Father's Day 2011, Ridgie had to be sequestered in the car because he would NOT stop trying to mount our dog, Quinn, and had covered her with slobber. His owner left in a huff because we were being preferential to my dog, who mostly was trying to lay down and relax and didn't make her wait in the car instead of Ridgie.Because how can we blame him when there is a female around, poor thing. Rape?  No. 
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Aug 6, 2012 00:19
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What do you mean by chew on the kid? Playful mouthing, or is he bruising the kid up and getting vicious about it? 
He deserves better.
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kalstrams posted:I hope this is right place to ask such questions. It's a grossly oversized Malamute or mix thereof. Probably not a healthy dog in several aspects.
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