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I've Got Sensitive Paws

2008-11-26T07:21:00.000-08:00

I don't know if any other dogs out there suffer from this syndrome (a new word I heard today from one of my humans) anyway, I have extremely sensitive paws. I only really discovered this in the last couple of days when there has been so much rain and the back garden has become really muddy and nice. However, it turns out that my humans don't like the mud. Personally I can't see what their problem is with it, I enjoy it immensely.

Anyway, everytime I go outside and have a nose around in the garden, my humans insist on wiping my feet and this is how I discovered my sensitve paws. I try to explain this to them by sitting in the corner and refusing as best as I can to stop them from wiping my paws. Well it doesn't work as they carry on until they've managed to wipe all four and won't let me into the house until I give in. Frankly, my paws aren't really sensitve, I just like to be as awkward as I can as it drives my humans nuts and keeps me amused. I guess I am what you would call a rather naughty puppy but it keeps me entertained and keeps my humans attention on me quite a lot of the time. The other thing they hate me doing, which I never miss an opportunity to do, is getting hold of the kitchen roll. For me a kitchen roll is a fascinating object that has the potential to keep me amused for hours. I love unravelling it all over the floor. I get a double rush out of doing this, as not only do I have the fun of unrolling it everywhere but it really gets me attention from my humans. In a word it drive them 'Crazy'. They do their best to keep the kitchen roll away from me but I watch and wait and it never fails, they forget to put it out of my reach quite frequently and as soon as I get my chance, that's it, I'm off and I know that I will have at least five to ten minutes of good fun as soon as I get the roll between my teeth.

Well once again, it's time for me to go so until next time have a double woof from me.

My First Snow Fall!

2008-11-22T06:49:00.000-08:00

Hello all, well here I am again today, not much to talk about really as the weather is awful, very cold and wet. I did have quite a suprise this morning when I first went outside, the whole place was covered in some white very cold stuff, which I heard my human refer to as something called snow.

I had quite a bit of fun with it, even ate some just to see what it tasted like but I have to say, it really didn't taste of much, I can only describe it as being like crunchy water really. Anyway, due to how cold it was outside I decided it was far more comfortable indoors, so did my ablutions and scurried back inside.

As usual I had my breakfast toast with butter and then I got some raw chicken wings (my favourite) yum, yum. Spent the rest of the morning sparring with my housemate Chica. She really does appear to hate me but I'm not going to give up on her, I shall keep on barking and wagging my tail at her until she gets to like me. I hope that will not be too long as to be honest my nose is getting awfully sore from her sinking her claws into it, but I guess it will be worth it in the end, as the old saying goes, "faint heart never won fair lady" and all that.

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A Trial - Visit to the Vet! Ugh!

2008-11-20T09:45:00.000-08:00

What a week I've had this week. On Monday evening my humans took me for a drive which was very exciting, although I do admit I found it difficult to remain standing at times when the car went around corners, however, I did enjoy sticking my nose out of the window and trying to bite the air as it went by.

It was not too long however, before we stopped and I was taken out of the car and led into a building that smelled suspiciously like a veterinary surgery. One look through the window and I knew I was in trouble, as I spied some miserable looking dogs sitting with their owners waiting patiently. Not me I thought, there's no way I'm going to just go in there quietly. Sure enough I put up a good fight but in the end I had to give in. Once inside there was a lady behind the desk who was very nice and told me how handsome she thought I was, which comes as no surprise to me really as there could be no other description for me, if I do say so myself. My sense of calm at her kind words soon evaporated however, when a door opened I was summoned inside by the vet. She, the vet seemed surprised to learn that I was only 9 months old, he's still a puppy yet, she commented. Yes, I thought so becareful what you do to me. Then she tried poking around in my ears, well that was just too much, I flung my head as hard as I could from side to side. My two humans and the vet tried their best to hold me still but I was determined to fight my corner as much as I could.

I am pleased to report that despite all three of them trying to hold me still, after about 15 minutes they gave up and let me go, so I felt quite pleased with myself although I was a bit exhausted with all the hullabaloo of throwing my head around and just generally behaving as obstinately as possible.

On the way home I heard my human discussing how awkward I had been which really pleased me, as they both decided that taking me to the vet is not something they want to have to do too much, so I think it was well worth the fight that I put up while there. No, you can stuff the vet as far as I am concerned, I hate being pulled about and that's all they ever seem to do to a dog. It really is too much to have to put up with.

Anyway, that was the issue of my week, I would definitely not call it the highlight but rather a very unpleasant experience. However, once I did get home I had a lovely big dinner of ground beef and biscuits and retired to my bed and had a lovely long sleep after that.

Well I'll be off now but I shall be back to write some more in due course.

A Long Time Coming

2008-11-11T08:53:00.000-08:00

Hi all, I know it has taken me quite sometime to get back here but life is so busy and I use up so much energy growing that I am often exhausted by mid-day. Anyway enough about that, I really want to tell you about the goings on with my housemates, small furry things, my human call kitty cats.

They are great fun to chase but can be quite unfriendly if I ever do manage to get near to them. One of them nearly ripped my nose off the other day. Very unpleasant experience. Don't understand why they're so unfriendly, I just want to play but they never seem interested. I do my best to encourage them by barking and wagging my tail, sometimes I leap up and down but to no avail, they just sit and stare blankly at me.

Just this morning when I was having my toast with nice runny butter on it, one them Chica came wandering into the conservatory (that's where i have my toast most mornings) and although I stopped eating to give her a friendly bark, she just completely ignored me. I thought it was pretty bad manners myself but I let it go as it is apparently bad manners to point out bad manners, so I returned to my toast.

Well that's all for now but I will be back again to record my adventures and ruminate on life as I grow up, I have grown quite a lot actually since my first post. My humans say I'll grow a lot more, if that's true I guess I will have to continue to take life slowly.
http://www.aloe-vera-guide.com/Pet-Health.html

In Training

2008-07-04T08:16:00.000-07:00

Greetings All

2008-07-04T08:11:00.000-07:00

Hi welcome to my blog, I thought I would keep a record of my daily activities and if there are any other Great Danes out there who have adopted humans as their gofers, may be we can compare notes on the services that we receive.

So far my humans are quite easy going and never refuse my requests for food, toys or whatever takes my fancy. However, I try not to spoil them too much as I don't want them getting out of hand and thinking they can take over and rule the roost as it were.

I had a great adventure today, there is this pesky cat that lives in my house and she keeps trying to scratch my eyes out as she is quite unfriendly, anyway I saw her out in my back garden and ran after her, she got really scared and one of my humans came out and made me leave her along but I have to say, I did enjoy the chase and cannot wait to catch her outside again, when my humans are not around. Anyway, that's it for today, I feel very tired after all that running so I am off to get some shut eye.
http://www.aloe-vera-guide.com/Pet-Health.html