They are both magnificent!! I love Pip's brindle coat! I bet you buy a LOT of dog food!

Gorgeous! They look very natural together, glad that’s going well so quickly. Lots of dog food and I imagine couches don’t last too long either?

Pippin is a beautiful girl! I'm so happy she has a beautiful home and someone to love on. What's her story?

Oh my, be still my heart ❤️

beautiful dogs

What's her story?

she comes from a preservation breeder in iowa (about 4 hours from me). i have known her online through our mutual love of great danes for 12+ years. she has 2 other danes she is taking on the show circuit and another champion female that was bred a couple of weeks ago. because of her crazy schedule she decided to place pippin in a companion home instead of showing her.

eden and i lost our best friend 3 months ago and ever since, we have both been sad. when hailey contacted me about pip, it could not have come at a better time! eden will be 8 years old in july but still has lots of play in her. i can tell she is happy to have another friend!

actually, eden only eats 2 cups of kibble for breakfast and 2 cups for supper. pippin eats 2.5 cups at both meals so i don't really buy a LOT of dog food.

as for couches, in all my years of danes, i've never had one that chewed anything it wasn't allowed to. of course, they all came to me as adults and puppy shenanigans were in their rear view mirrors!

they each have their own couch. i take turns sitting with each of them in the evenings. eden has always laid on the couch with the cow blanket. i am training pippin that the other couch is hers and tell her to "go basket" and she'll climb up there. :)

Beautiful dogs and story!

They're both beautiful dogs. How lucky for you all that you have become a family.

She is absolutely beautiful!!!!! Thanks for sharing "her" with us. She looks so regal

and proud. :)

Wonderful and so glad they are getting along well!

Pippin is beautiful! So glad you and Eden found her! I can see her helping you with the healing so easily.

She looks wonderful, Nina. And so great she's adapting so quickly. That's a very pretty girl you've added to your household.

Brindle is my favorite coat color! She's very beautiful 🙂

She is GORGEOUS.

They are both beautiful! Congratulations on your new friend!

I didn’t know you’d lost one of your babies Ninapearl, I’m so sorry. Pip is beautiful and looks like she has a lot of personality. Congrats on the new family member!!!

They are beauties!

Pippin has spectacular ears. As they say in my house, she fell in good. I remember many of your Great Dane pals.

Beautifu dogs. They look so happy. Nice for all of you.

thanks, everyone!! i couldn't be happier with how pippin has adjusted in just one week. she is wonderful off leash and she LOVES the zoomies. i have to stand back so i don't get smushed!

@Lukki Irish, i lost olivia 3 months ago. she was a rescue, i got her when she was 8. had she made it to april, she would have been 14 which is pretty much unheard of in the world of danes. even more remarkable, i had been treating her the last four years of her life for a heart condition. sadly, she was starting to become overrun with arthritis and it was a kindness to lay her to rest. i will always miss that sweet girl, she was my constant companion for almost 6 years and was eden's best friend. it was one of the toughest losses i've experienced but i wouldn't trade my years with olivia for all the tea in china!

Sweet memories, and sweet memories in the making. I'm very happy for you :-)

Congratulations on bringing Pippin into the family. I'm so happy they have settled in so easily together. Must be all the love and good vibes in your house!! Wishing you many happy years together!

I figured you’d get another pup eventually. This worked out well. She’s wonderful.

What gorgeous puppers!

Olivia was a gorgeous dog. I’m sorry for your loss.

Pippin is so beautiful. I’m happy for you and Eden! (Who is a beauty too).

A Great Dane with the zoomies! That must be something else!

Wow! That is a LOT of dog! ! ! Sorry you lost Olivia, and glad Pippin is settling in so well.

Rusty

Seeing your pups is a wonderful experience. Did they come to you trained?

@maggie200, yes. all of my danes have come to me as adults. all of them except for eden and pippin have come from a couple of different rescues and all have been well trained so i have been so so lucky! raising a puppy at my age just isn't in the cards for me so when opportunities like this arise, i can't say no!

pippin takes cuddling to a whole new level!

channeling her baby yoda. LOL

Awe, I’m so sorry. All of your Danes have been so beautiful and full of personality. I feel the same way about my lab Ellie. I got her as a pup and I can’t believe she is nine now. She’s my shadow and I love her dearly.

Ninapearl❤️ I am thrilled for you and Eden... I know how much of your heart you lose each time you lose one of your babies. Pippin is beautiful...just like Olivia was❤️......Robin

I would love to see them next to an adult to understand their majesty. I adore your story. I have tears of sadness for you.

Absolutely gorgeous Dane! Someone spent a lot of time and effort on getting those ears to stand so beautifully! I have racked many sets of ears and those are awesome. My condolences on your loss.

@maggie200, here's a picture of the 3 of us (i'm the one in the middle, hehe). pippin has another 9 or 10 months of growing to do before she reaches adulthood. she probably won't get any taller but she will fill out and get broader.

@ravencajun Zone 8b TX, she has the longest crop of any of my danes, past and present! i know it takes tons of dedication to get this result. i can't imagine the time it takes and the inevitable frustration along the way as i know it can take many months before they no longer need posting/taping!

In a nod to We Rate Dogs, "Please don't send us pictures of elf horses we only rate dogs. Rating 15/10." https://mobile.twitter.com/dog_rates/status/1387835584366796800

Our family is on the completely other end with dachshunds, but I absolutely adore your beautiful Danes. Unfortunately they're too big for us so we admire from the small dog side of the park. Enjoy!

Pippin has my heart. She is beautiful, as any Great Dane I have ever met. Have never had a close relationship with one, but I know that they are gentle, loving dogs. Size has nothing to do with their personality. She and Eden make a house full of love..... it is obvious!

"elf horses", that's hilarious!! @Jen K, people are always surprised to know that danes don't need a whole lot of room. as long as they get sufficient exercise, they are happy to pretty much snooze on a comfy bed or a couch the rest of the time. i have several dane friends who live in high rises in the city with their danes. :)

@lgmd_gaz, she has mine, too! she has turned out to be a total joy and you would think she and eden were raised together. many people will tell you not to bring in another female dog because there will most likely be squabbles that can escalate to an all out bloodbath. that has never been my experience with danes. i've had as many as 3 females living together, all acquired at different times, and never once had a single snarl or curled lip from any of them. it's truly a thing beauty to behold!

i put pip to the test on saturday and left her and eden alone and loose in the house while i visited my grandson in the city. got home 5 hours later and there wasn't a single thing out of place. i have pet cameras in every room so i could check in on them often. all they did was sleep.

squirrel patrol...

Pippen looks very much at home. Congrats on the new family member. Many happy moments in the future for all of you!

pippin proved to be worth her weight in gold today. my dearest brother-in-law lost his old Australian Shepherd saturday night. he'd had her since she was a puppy, she was 13 years old. he has been very sad the past couple of days and kind of wandering around the farm aimlessly. he stopped in to see us today and as soon as he sat down and we started talking about nellie, he got weepy. pippin just seemed to sense his sadness and she climbed up on the couch with him and cuddled for 2 solid hours. he said it was the best therapy ever and he'll be back tomorrow for another session. aren't dogs just amazing!?! i'm so glad she could lift his spirits!

2d from the top, your BIL looking at the camera and Pippin down, is the shot! But I also live the top one, too. Yes dogs are so intuitive and great consolers.

now that we are all vaccinated, my dog sitter and her friend came out to visit and meet pip. no lap is safe from this girl!

i put pippin to another test yesterday and left her home alone while i took eden to the vet to have the pressure in her glaucoma eye checked. we were gone for a couple of hours and looking in on pippin from my pet cameras, she pretty much laid the whole time in front of the door waiting for us to return. you would think we had been gone for weeks with the greeting we received!

That is hilarious. I love how much everyone loves these dogs.

Me too! I love that you take such good care of these babies! Great body language! ♥ Thanks for the fun photos!

"you would think we had been gone for weeks with the greeting we received!" The dachshunds every time we come home.

thanks for the comments! pippin is proving to be such a character. i've had several male danes over the years and they have always been so much goofier than the usually-reserved females but pip is giving those boys a real run for the money!

@Jen K, i have to remind myself that dogs really have no sense of time. whether i'm gone for 5 minutes or 5 hours, i always get the same enthusiastic greeting. i've gotten to where i give quick pets and then try to ignore them till they settle. if i pay too much attention, it seems to cause a serious case of the zoomies and 290# of zooming dogs looks and sounds like a herd of a hundred elephants! lol

eden and pippin are pretty much inseparable now. they are such a joy!! i have been trying, off and on, for the past several years to wean myself from the anti-depressant i've been taking since i lost my husband 13 years ago without any success. it seemed that every time i tried, within just 3 or 4 days, i felt myself going back down the rabbit hole. i've been without it for just over 2 weeks now and feel just great!

@Jen K, such a cute pair!!

i've left one or the other of the danes home for up to a couple of hours and all they do is pretty much sleep when left alone.

i get what you mean and most problems arise when a person brings home 2 puppies from the same litter. it takes some pretty intense training to end up with dogs that can be comfortable when they're separated. i have a friend who had never heard of littermate syndrome and
brought 2 puppies home, littermates. i gave him suggestions as far as training and 6 months later, his pups are doing great.

before i had ever known it wasn't the best idea, i brought home 2 siberian husky littermates. i guess i was very lucky that the usual problems with those arrangements never cropped up as i had never heard of the syndrome way back then!

i'm not a big fan of "virtual" training. there are just too many variables that can pop up for a virtual trainer to be able to deal with. if you want a puppy, you'd be much better off with an in-person trainer you would find locally. lots of stores like petsmart offer beginner classes in a group setting so that's another option. also, there are such things as "boot camps" wherein you leave your dog with a trainer for a certain number of weeks and supposedly you get your dog back all spiffy and trained to a T. i STRONGLY discourage these places for several reasons. a dog left at a "board/train" facility is completely out of your control. you have no idea if he's being fed properly, exercised enough (or in the case of a young pup, exercised TOO much), or if he's being abused by methods that have proven to be ineffective (hitting, training with shock collars, etc.). i have known of so many horror stories of dogs even dying at these places and there isn't a soul i would trust with my dog(s). also, it's just as important to train the OWNER as well as the dog. at these board/train facilities, owners are rarely allowed to even visit, let alone participate in training sessions.

my best suggestion to you would be to decide on the breed you would be drawn to and check with rescues in your state/nearby states to see what's available. there are breed-specific rescues with tons of dogs that need good homes as well as lots of mix-breed dogs waiting for forever homes.

great danes are wonderful dogs that don't require tons of room, are extremely people-friendly and with proper introductions, willingly accept the companionship of other dogs. i've had danes for 14 years now. nine of my past danes came from various rescues, all as adults and a few of them were even seniors when i got them. they do have their downfalls, though, mostly the fact that vet care and even routine things like flea/tick control and heartworm preventatives cost way more than what you pay with smaller breeds/dogs. the breed is also flooded with less-than-reputable breeders who churn out litter after litter of puppies from parents that haven't been health tested for the many genetic issues the breed can have nor have they been screened for temperament which leads to so many "cute" puppies growing into aggressive adults. the last thing anybody needs is a giant breed dog with a questionable temperament. i've always been very lucky that all of my past rescues (all except a couple of them having unknown backgrounds) have all been very sweet and even-tempered.

so, that's my take on your question. check out rescues and local shelters and see what's out there. you can often find young puppies but please don't overlook the adult dogs!! i can tell you from personal experience that when you bring a rescue/shelter dog into your life, they are forever grateful and will worship the ground you walk on. there's no better feeling in the world than to give one of these dogs a good life!