Spoiled?? Who ME??!

I am NOT spoiled! You know I get really tired of hearing people say that.  It is totally normal for me to be treated the way I am. After all, I AM the Greatest Dane in the World! My Mom says so!

So what…I get a massage for at least an hour before bed. Who doesn’t? So what, Mom runs downstairs to bring up my water bowl if it’s hot and I’m tired and don’t feel like getting off the bed to go get it myself.  So I wake her up in the middle of the night when I have an itch that I can’t scratch, so that she will do it for me. I don’t have thumbs and I’m not double jointed…what else can I do?

Ok, so Mom spends more money on me than her. It’s not my fault my food costs more than hers! So she spends more time worrying about what’s actually in my food than what ingredients are in hers….isn’t that normal?

So I get a new toy or a treat every time she comes back home after leaving me for a few hours. Well she SHOULD! After all, she did do the BAD thing and left me…all ALONE…no Mom to tickle, scratch or massage me. Run to the kitchen to grab my treats when I have a craving. No Mom to hold my bones in just the right spot so I can get those back teeth clean. She’s not here to play with me or fetch me my favorite toy that somehow escaped and is hiding under the couch. Of COURSE I deserve a treat for being neglected this way!

And for the record? I don’t think there’s a thing wrong with her taking me out to the park or on play dates when she’s in horrible pain and the doctors at the human hospital told her to rest her shoulder and not use it. Nope…she SHOULD be out there throwing that ball, playing tug of war, because, well because I said so! And I am the Greatest Dane!

So I decided, instead of listening to people tell her how spoiled I am, I am having her write up a list and put it up in each room of our house. Also, she is to take a copy with us wherever we go so when people stop us in the street, all of my commandments are ready and waiting for them to read.

Wanna know what they are? I think ALL danes should have these rules 🙂

 

1- Thou shall have no other dog, cat, other furred or winged creature, or human, but me.

2- Thou shall surrender all furniture, blankets, clothing, food, and personal space, to ME.

3- Thou shall  not be tired or too sore to play when I want to play.

4- Thou shall spend at least 5 hours per day telling and showing me how much I am loved. This will include, but is not limited to: hugs, kisses, rubs, tickles, cuddles, forgiveness of any and all drool that ends up on you or elsewhere in the home.

5- Thou shall stop making play dates for yourself and start making more for ME.

6- Thou shall not be annoyed when I have the zoomies at 3 am and make a ton of noise that might tick off the new neighbors.

7- Thou shall not leave me for any reason, for more than a total of 4 hours, and if thou does leave, thou MUST return with quality bribes to ease my pain and prevent me from taking my revenge at a later time.

8- Thou shall limit all visitors to a maximum of one hour stays. After all, visitors take time away from ME. That is a NO NO!

9- Thou shall not complain when you have no room in the bed, when my feet end up in your face, my drool in your hair, or when I pass gas. This is MY house, MY bed, YOU are mine.

10- Thou shall NEVER even CONSIDER bringing home another man, puppy or human. Again, you belong to ME. My rules. No flirting with cute police men, nor cuddling with cute pups. I am all you will ever need.

Got it?

 

🙂

Luke’s First Swim!

I took Luke down to the water again this afternoon. We can’t get down to the actual water line but I took some pictures to show you guys the view. We watched the boats and Luke explored all around.





The pic got cut off but he was giving me a big kiss

 

And later today…..My two little sisters came over to visit. We decided to try another area where we could actually get to the water, and see how Luke would take to it.  He loved it…he got so mucky we had to give him a bath when we got home but we all had a blast. I’m so proud of him

Here’s the pics

His first tenative steps with Becca & Leah
"What IS this?"


I’m not sure about this Mom!






SPLASH!!!!!!!


What a time getting him to drop this treasure!

It’s Hard Work being so Popular!

Hi blog buddies, Luke here! 🙂 Ever have one of those days where you wish people just didn’t notice you as much while you’re out and about with your human? Well I am having one of those days. Usually I love all the attention and love I get from people wherever we go, but today Mom isn’t feeling well and I could tell she really just wanted to go home. Plus it was RAINING! Like…HELLO? Dane in the rain? I MUST go home now! Leave us alone!

Then, we get home and I go out to my back yard, that has a six foot privacy fence, and there are a bunch of kids trying to climb the fence to see me! Mom told them to go away and never try to get into our backyard again. See, when Mom was young her family had a dog that ended up hating kids for just such a thing, being teased through their fence. So now Mom’s mad because these kids are rude brats. Today is not a good day. I think I’ll go snuggle up with Mom and give her alot of kisses and cuddles to cheer her up 🙂

Bye for now!

NEW VIDEOS POSTED!

Just to let you know that I’ve posted all of the latest videos on Luke’s video page here.

Check them out 🙂

So much to catch up on!

Hello everyone! Long time no see! 🙂 It has been a very busy summer, with so much to catch you all up on. First let me say, that I hope everyone had a wonderful summer, whatever it was that you did. I hope all of your danes and other beloved fur family are happy and well. Luke has grown up to be a gorgeous, wonderful young man, one I am so proud of I still look at him each day in awe that he’s by my side. He turned One on July the 14th, and although we didn’t have the big party I had been hoping for, things were too hectic at the time, I enjoyed a nice day spoiling my boy and just being with him.

We began looking for a new place to live back in late June. What a time that was! Finding an apartment in this city that was affordable, one that you would actually want to live in, and one that allowed pets, cats, let alone a great dane, was no picnic let me tell you. There were nights where I literally thought that by the end of August when I had to vacate my previous apt, that we’d be homeless. It was a scary thought! I went to look at quite a few dumps that let’s just say, I wouldn’t let a rat live in, let alone a person. Things were getting discouraging to say the least, when I happened across an ad for this townhouse we are now living in. I almost didn’t call about it….from the pictures in the ad, I figured it was too nice a place for them to ever allow dogs, let alone a dane, and after getting the door slammed in my face so to speak, so many times, I thought for sure it was a waste of time. Well, Patty convinced me to call and thank God she did! I was so excited when the woman on the phone said they did allow dogs, and didn’t start choking the minute I said my dog was a Great Dane lol. I went to look at it a few days later, and even though I didn’t like the area of town it’s in….I felt good vibes about the actual apartment, and I just knew Luke would love having a fenced in back yard to go out in….it is MUCH bigger and nicer than our old place, so  I took it.

The next few weeks were busy with getting ready to move. I had forgotten how much work it was to move, since I’d lived at the old place for ten years. Well, we’re now here, have been here almost two weeks now and we’re settling in nicely. Luke loves it, although it took some adjusting to the huge amount of young kids and noise that we didn’t have at our old place. The constant commotion had him barking a bit more than usual but he’s starting to realize that not every sound means someone is at the door, and isn’t barking as much anymore. We still have our moments where I want to go out and shut some brats and their parents up though lmao.

Luke and I have had fun exploring the new neighborhood. The good news is, there is a large park with five seperate fenced in fields to go to, only a five minute walk from here. We use one for the great dane meetups that I started back a few months ago when I decided to create a facebook group for local dane owners and have playdates with our danes. I’ve been to two so far, and Luke has really enjoyed them. He loves playing with other dogs. Especially Lilly, his little woman. There is a story there, but I’ll tell it another time.

So…it’s been a busy summer as I said. Tons of pics to share with you guys that I hope you’ll enjoy. 

Chasing a girl he liked at the dog park lol

At our first dane meetup

Some of my favorite pictures of him

A new toy and bone

With his little woman Lilly

With Kayla, Mom’s girl

At the meetup last sunday