The Blue Board

Mine don't do good with raw anything. I actually got into a phase where I would buy the frozen bags of chicken breasts from Wal-Mart and mix that in with their dry food (Eukanuba at the time) after cooking it fully and it would give them the shits way too often. Now I swear by Blue Buffalo.

left to right.
bro in laws rat dog
lola (she's my baby)
dusty (she's heavily medicated on anti anxiety pills)
bro in laws boxer, good dog
casino (he's gay, but proud)
otis (he's retarded and happy)

fwiw lola has had severe hip problems since she was young and could barely go up and down the steps. we had to quit running her and taking her on walks and somehow it's gotten exponentially better. good luck.

how in the world did you get that many dogs to sit still and pose for a pic? Only way mine do is if they are lounging around being lazy.

Beautiful dogs

I've seen that look, from the one on the right, a million times. Gets me everytime.

Lol yea we have a Great Dane and she is carefree and does whatever, whenever. My pit is kinda bi-polar, one second she is wanting all the attention in the world. The next she doesn't want anything to do with anyone. But she has been the smartest and best dog I have ever been around.

Awesome. Can you tell me more about Great Danes?

How are they as puppies?
How expensive is the upkeep?
How do I get one in a solid coat like BTBR's?
Are the social/playful?
How long to they live?
Good watchdogs?
Good with kids?

Well color me fvcking stupid, lol. My bad dvm. Will honestly say that I have never seen the word efficacy until tonight.

We have had three, so this is just based off personal experience..

1. Very good. Seem harder to house train then our other dogs. Not to hyper and all only chewed on toys we gave them. Although all liked socks, wouldn't tear them up just stole them.

2. Sheds very little. Once you get them house trained not much upkeep. Always keep toys around for them to chew on.

3. Have to ask him, we always got ours from a person we knew and never asked for any specific type.

4. Very social. Gets along with all of our other dogs and any other dogs. With people gets along great. Only bad thing is they all love sitting on everyone's laps. Playful and always happy to see anyone.

5. This is the downside. Usually anywhere from 5-10 years. 10 if your lucky.

6. Great watchdogs. But does get annoying because every knock, doorbell, sound, they all started barking. When someone enters the house they all barked and sounded mean but only initially. Never bit anyone. (Think it might be their eyesight)

7. Good with kids, but you have to be careful bc of their size. Never anything worse then them accidentally knocking a little one over just bc they are smelling them.

Overall though they are great. Not the smartest but not dumb. Happiest dogs I have ever been around and seem to get attached strongly to the family. Like someone said earlier, they love to sit like a human on couches, pretty funny.

i know someone who knows someone who does this... she deals with those dogs all the time...

http://www.rmgreatdane.org/

Don't know what kind of dog that is but I'm jealous of the view you were looking at when you took the pic.

Zoey is what is called a 'Blue.' Just Google 'blue great dane,' and you'll see plenty. Other than that, Tiwbb did a great job answering.

Great dog, very well-mannered. Big ol' dogs who think they're lap dogs. They'll lean against damn near anyone. And knock over half the people they try to lean against. My brother and I grew up with Danes. Bowser sat at the foot of my bed from the day I was born until he passed. I'd consider ours a great watch dog, just because people get the hell scared out of 'em with one bark. They have a loud, deep bark. Guaranteed to scare some of your friends and family the first time they meet.

Overall, I've loved the Danes we've had in our family. I will have a dog after school and it will be a Great Dane.