We had a Dane...love them big stupid animals.
Really mine was dumb as a box of rocks. He would walk into our sliding glass door over and over again, and when youd open it hed walk right through and then seem surprised he was outside.
Ive got a freind that is a breeder, but doenst have any pups right now and likely wont for the rest of the year (health issues with her husband they dont want to deal with any pups for a while) she literally cried when they made the scooby doo movie the other year because she predicted (rightfully) that every bozo would go buy a Dan and then realize how much room they need and just how much food a 175lb dog eats.
Our Dan was classified as a Giant. He was like 218 I think.
Miss his dumb ass sometimes
Yeah man...I'd appreciate any info when/if they have another litter. I'd agree, not the brightest dogs I've been around...but mine can pitch a fit like no other. Her go to is flipping food and water bowls when she's not pleased with me.
mastidor FTW. mastiff + labrador
200lbs of full on retard.
I really try to stay more Dane than mastiff, I like the size a mastiff brings to the table, but prefer the dane demeanor and personality.
We have 2 goofballs, female is 5 months & male is 4 months. We got them from a breeder in Winston-salem...kind of a crazy dog lady but super helpful! Puppyfind.com & puppyfinder.com are great along with craigslist. You'll find a lot on craigslist in the 8-month range because the dipshit owner didn't realize it would be so big & clumsy.
Happen to have the breeder's name??? I've been using the puppyfind/er and CL...just difficult for the vetting process to make sure it's just not some sorta puppy mill. I'd honestly have no issues picking up an 8 month Dane off CL if the owner didn't want $6-800 they paid for the puppy, plus a rehoming fee, plus reimbursement for the food and housing they provided...maybe an exaggeration...but it does seem every 8 month old dane I see on CL is a 3/4 Euro from a champion bloodline for the low low price of a grand. For a grand, I'll just go to a breeder.
And people think I am strange because I get upset because the wife wont let the labs "upstairs" in our place...so I built them their own room in the basement.
They have crates, because they like them, but the crates dont have doors...mainlly because my female liked to pin the male in and make him bark...it was good fun to her.
They also have a window unit.
They still spend most o the time outside with us.
I'm not a huge fan of letting my animals roam the upstairs when I'm not home, so I just close the doors. But I leave them out all day, they have a crate if they want to use it, they have bedding if they want to use it. Family knows where the spare key is, so if they feel like singing in during the day to play, they do. My neighbor has a spare key (and has Danes), so she'll swing in too and play with them. Then when I'm home, they're pretty much lap dogs until I go to sleep. Then they roam the house as they see fit throughout the night.
I will say we do crate train also but most of the time the dogs go in on there own cut they know it's there place. That being said we also have appropriate crate for the dog size as not to make them stay in one place. When they are fully trained and are able to stay out of their crate without causing themselves harm they can stay out and have free roam.
I don't really crate the wife the picture is just for size reference... Lol
I have the big plastic enclosed ones. My dogs will use them to sleep in some times...but will mainly just go there for their own solitude. Too many people over, they'll peace out...don't want to share a toy, they'll go there...know they did something wrong, that's where they'll go.
