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I was looking for Great Dane videos and look what I found. A video of Honey. She is a Great Dane about Lucy's age. Her owner stops by our blog from time to time.

Isn't Honey beautiful? She is looks like a pretty happy and silly girl too.

Bullvie The Great Dane

This is Bullvie the Great Dane. Isn't she a beautiful Great Dane. We love Great Danes.

Her owner just ordered her some saddle bags from our store www.lucysdoghouse.net. He uses them so that Bullvie can carry her own food and water to their camp site. She likes to have them as they do not chaff or rub and she feels good about helping out. Dogs need a job, they like having a job and Great Danes really enjoy making their humans happy.

Well anyway, I hope you enjoy the picture.

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Dane Day At the Dog Park

We took Lucy and Kona to the dog park today. It was still pretty muddy and of course Lucy and Kona decided they wanted to splash around in almost every mud puddle there. Kona makes it especially fun because she likes to jump on me after. She is not really a jumpy dog, I think she just likes to share the mud. LOL.

What made today unusaul at the dog park was the amount of Great Danes there. There was at least eight which is the most I have seen at one time any time we have gone to the dog park. They were all different colors and all beautiful. Lucy had a good time interecting with all of of the danes. She really likes being around other danes, I am not sure why, but she does. She was a rescue so she spent a lot of time at the rescue with other danes. Maybe that is it? Kona on the other hand has no affection what so ever for other labs. They are just another dog for her.

Lucy always manages to attract male dogs. I am not sure why since she was spade for years. Today was kond of funny because it was a young english bulldog. He would not leave her alone. He was trying as hard as he could to get high enough but physics really got in the way. He certainly had a lot of heart though.

Lola's Story...

Okay, this is going to be a story, a little bit on the longer side so stay with me. So, on our trip down from Massachusetts we drove about 14 hours and through 10 states. We stopped in Tennesse, Sieverville was the name of the town. Interesting place if you like in your face amusement. The Smokey Mountains look like a lot of fun though as there is a ton of beautiful scenery in the area. Michelle, Lucy, Kona and I all stayed at a great little mountain cabin resort. A little hard to find but other than that it was great. The cabins are all over the mountain with plenty of room between the cabins. You really do not feel like you are at a resort at all.

So we arrived pretty late at night after a long drive. In the middle of the night we heard a dog barking for while but did not think anything of it. The next day we stopped by the front office to go check in. They had left us the key to get into our cabin but we had to go take care of all of the paperwork.

When we were up there we met Lola. Now Lola is a beautiful mix breed. I think she is a brindle boxer mixed with lab or another field breed. What really stands out about her though is she is super friendly and intelligent dog. You pick that right up, first thing. She Lola was rescued by one of the folks that work at the resort and she stays there, at the resort. She was left for dead by her previous owners after she had a liter of puppies. The woman at the resort found her by a river under a bridge. She was malnourished and in really bad shape. Since she was rescued she has gained a bit of very healthy weight. It was amazing hearing the story and seeing the dog in front of me. She was a happy and super friendly dog and had no signs of physical or emotional abuse.

Later that day we brought Lucy and Kona to meet her. All three got along really well with Lola really defering to Lucy and wanting to play a lot with Kona. So we walked back to our cabin and Lola tagged along. We let Kona and Lucy off their leads to let them play and all three had a great time. We walked Loal back to the front office and we had her put inside but sure enough we were a few hundred feet away and we see Lola escape from her office home and run after us. You could tell she was really excited and was showing off on the way back, running up these really high hills. You could tell she wanted Kona and Lucy to follow her but we didn't let them because well ..., they probably could not have followed Lola.

Well Lola followed us all the way back and we had to go inside. She looked positively crest fallen when we went inside without her. So was I. After a while she left.

Later that night we heard the same barking we had heard the night before and again did not think anything of it. We thought it was another guests dog, but then at quarter till five the next morning when I let Lucy and Kona out I knew I was completely wrong. Who was there to greet me??? It was Lola waiting right there and she jumped all over me, Lucy and Kona. I brought her inside and fed her a nice breakfast and after playing with Kona for a little while went to sleep on our floor.

The folks at the front office were not there yet for the day. I wanted to talk to them about the possibility of me taking Lola. As we getting to leave I had the strongest urge to take her with me but I didn't.

Well anyway that is my story about Lola. I am not sure if I did it justice as the whole experience made a big impact on me.

Dan The Basset Hound

Here is a picture of Dan. Dan as you can probably tell is a Basset Hound. We see Dan almost every time we go to the dog park. Dan is a really good dog with an owner that really loves him. Dan plays with most dogs and runs around barking in his deep basset hound voice.
Dan has some really silly habits. I think it is because he is a scent hound he likes to roll around in poop more than your average dog to bring the scent back to his pack. One time Lucy really let one go. Great Danes are a pretty big dog and with big dogs come big messes. Sorry for getting a little graphic but it is a funny story. Remember I said Dan likes to roll around in poop. You know where this one is going. He was there quicker than anyone could get there and sure enough he was sure able to carry that scent around for a while.

The funny part of the story was he turned around to his owner, ran up to her and sat up like only a basset hound can. They sit on their butt with their long body vertical in the air. I do not think I have ever seen a dog more proud of himself. He sat there giving that doggie smile, wagging his tail like crazy.

I know this goes without saying but it was a while before his owner was able to get the stuff off and into the car.