Perhaps I'm a dunce. Who is Bing?

I don’t watch the show but I would have watched for Bing! He sounds like a sweetheart!

edit, I found a clip from GMA and now I want to see the movie.

(I don’t watch the morning shows and group talk shows for quite some time now because there is a lot of talking over one another and extraneous noise that makes it hard to really consider what anyone is saying.)

Suzieque - I wondered too! My guess was something to do with a Great Dane since murraysmom directed this note to Ninapearl 🤣

I'm a little out of the major circle these days - so wildly busy but looked to see what or who Bing is. The book sounds wonderful as does the movie and i've always had a huge soft spot for great danes.

i have recorded every single episode of bing and bev's (his breeder) appearances on the talk show circuit. and have watched them all so far. did you see him on jimmy fallon last night? OMG, what a character!! i am SO excited to see the movie!!

i'm going to st. louis on the 4th to see it with a longtime dane friend. then i am traveling to iowa on 4/11 where bing and bev live. the movie company has rented the entire theater for a private showing for bev's friends and family so it'll be epically fun. after the movie, there will be a Q&A session with bev, the movie director and bill murray will be there and of course, bing will be at her side to meet all of his fans!

MM i'm sure you already know that bing is a littermate of frank's. while bing is traveling the country and appearing at film festivals, talk shows and charming everyone he meets along the way, frank is doing nothing but sleeping and farting all day. 😂

also, there's a very quick scene in the movie of bing at a dog park. one of the dogs (don't blink or you'll miss her) in the background is one of pippin's littermates.

Ok - the first thing on my list today is to check out the Jimmy Fallon show - I have the ’on demand’ function. I had not heard of this movie Bing but it’s on my list now too! Ninapearl - what an excellent adventure you’re going to have in St. Louis & Iowa!

Nina, such fun.

Ninapearl - I’ve been wanting to ask you each time I see a pic of your Danes napping or lounging on your sectional sofa - is that center corner spot reserved by them for your little body? Or, do you have your own chair somewhere in the LR?🤣

@KW PNW Z8 for you and anyone else who didn't see the GMA segment, forward to 56:07 to see bing's appearance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkPdWSmq5cY

on The View, forward to 36:44...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0No0sMRay8

the trip to iowa will be brutal for me, 5 hours on the road. i'm staying at a hotel just a mile from the theater and will head home the next day. i'm not a traveler but i don't want to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity. frank and pippin will be staying home with their favorite dog sitter!

@Ninapearl - 5 hours on the road alone? Wish there was someone who could travel with you. I am not a great road traveler - the boredom of driving makes me need to stop so often to maintain alertness. My DH & I always listen to audio books which helps both of us so much when traveling. I will watch the videos you sent. I did pull up the View on TV when mm posted but couldn’t stay to watch much beyond the intro.

Ninapearl, I wish there was a big LOVE button here. I forgot to watch Jimmy Fallon but will see if maybe it is on the Tube. I didn't know until later in the day that they had been on GMA.

I am over the moon about your upcoming trip!! It's like a personal invitation to meet a movie star. I will want to hear all about it.

I believe the name of the movie is The Friend. I will definitely go see it. That is hilarious about Frank. You know how relatives can be.................

OK, I got to watch GMA and Jimmy Fallon. Great!! Just great!!! So exciting!!

@KW PNW Z8 😂 the only time i squeeze into that little spot is a couple of times a week when i do cold laser treatments on them after a rough day of play. if i sit there too long, they will tussle for my lap and i end up buried in danes, barely able to breathe. i do have my own recliner. frank is good about letting me have my personal space there but pippin sometimes gets extra cuddly...

as for the iowa trip, i'll be so excited to get there, it won't be hard staying awake/alert. same for the trip home, i'll be missing my puppers so much, it'll be an anticipatory trip! 💖

MM, i don't know how many people this theater seats but i'm sure it'll be packed to the gills. i'm going to try to get as many photos as i can!!

Safe travels Nina! Please share pics upon your return!

i plan to get to the theater early and hopefully will be able to catch bev and bing before the place fills up! of course, there will be pictures!! 😊

so happy to see bing's owner getting some much-deserved recognition!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1173671877307899

Ninapearl, if you have updated this somewhere else, I apologize for not seeing it. I just got home from seeing the movie. I loved it!! A movie with New York apartments and brownstones for backgrounds are great and having a beautiful dog like Bing made it extra special!! I your going to the opening was tons of fun. Both Naomi Watts and Bill Murray were great and a great supporting cast, in my opinion. How exciting for you!!

Which reminds me - Ninapearl, do we have pictures to show and stories to tell?

@murraysmom so glad you liked the movie! you're ahead of me. i misspoke when i said i was going to st. louis on the 4th, i'm actually going tomorrow and i can't wait to see it!!

the trip to iowa will be next friday, the 11th. i think bing's breeder will have pawtographs to hand out for all of his fans who will make a donation to a great dane rescue she works with. it'll be fun to have that and it'll be a great money maker for the rescue!

i've been hearing rumblings that naomi watts may just get an oscar nomination for this movie and i suspect she will want bing at her side. so exciting!

@KW PNW Z8 not yet but i will have after next friday!!

Nina, this afternoon, as my daughter and I ended our four-mile trek at our wildlife park, we came upon two great danes. One was drinking from the fountain, and I couldn't see her head, and she looked like a holstein cow. We met the gorgeous dogs and their lovely owners. The cow-patterned one was rescued from a group in NC and the red brindle one they had as a young pup. They were both eight years old and weighed 145 pounds. The spotted one only had one eye. These were the most gentle, relaxed, sweet dogs ever. I'd love one but am too old to deal with a dog that weighs over 30 pounds more than me.

@lily316 i'm glad you got to meet them. danes, raised with love, kindness and firm training are truly delightful dogs. these were my 2 holstein cows...

destiny (on the right), rescued at the age of 5. she was terrified of everything but with lots of love, she turned into a social butterfly.

and this was samson (on the left) he came to me at the age of 2.5 years but i lost him to heart disease only 6 months later. he was huge, clumsy and so so sweet!

i know what you mean. frank weights 30# more than i do and pip is 60# more than i am. when they are playing, especially when they have zoomies, i NEVER turn my back on them! 😂

It's difficult to see where they begin and end! They are beautiful. I know you have mentioned this before but how old was the longest living dane you've had?

Nina, the one we met today looked exactly like yours. She was the rescued one with one eye. I've always loved Danes, but these two we got really close and personal with, and they were so gentle. I can see why they are called gentle giants.

@murraysmom, olivia was my oldest. she was 8 when i adopted her from rescue, diagnosed with a leaky aortic valve at 10. regular appointments with a cardiologist in st. lous kept her going. i laid her to rest at 14, not because of the heart issue but because arthritis was putting a big dent in her quality of life. up until that set in with a vengeance, she was a spunky old gal!

@ lily316 i had never even been up close to a dane until i got my first one. the day ashley arrived at my house, i was amazed at how big she was at 170#. the first time in the house, she sauntered over to me and sat down next to me on the couch. i looked at her feet, the size of dinner plates i swear, and wondered to myself what in the heck was i thinking! 😂 now i am so used to their size, i don't even give it a second thought and i laugh to myself when i'm out with pippin and frank and someone says to me "those are the biggest dogs i've EVER seen!!"

ashley...

sometimes life just throws a curveball. i thought pippin was over her recent (and first ever) UTI. she started leaking urine again late yesterday afternoon so i had to cancel my trip to iowa. i took a urine sample to the vet today and while there is no longer any blood, there is still bacteria so pip is now taking baytril which is considered one of the "biggest guns" as antibiotics go. hopefully, this will do the trick!

even if i could make it to iowa on time, my doggos always come first and i don't want to be 5 hours from home if something unexpected happens since pip isn't 100%.

i'll miss seeing friends i know and friends i have yet to meet in person but there will be other trips. there will never be another pippin!

i hope my dane friends will post lots of photos of this epic gathering so i can at least share those with my KT friends!!

frank is laying hands, errr paws, on for healing!

Oh Ninapearl, that is a disappointment for you to miss your planned for trip I’m sure. But, you wouldn’t have enjoyed yourself worrying about Pippin so just not worth that. Her UTI seems more serious if it’s a recurrence or a continuance of the UTI already treated. We know how much damage UTI’s can do on people & it’s the same for dogs.

@KW PNW Z8 you are so right, i would not have enjoyed the trip nearly as much. i would have worried myself into an ulcer. my dog sitter is great when things are on an even keel but with this sort of thing, she wouldn't be able to manage any sort of emergency situation.

i usually have good luck with clavamox for UTIs but it didn't do much this time. if it's just a UTI, the baytril should kick it. if there is still bacteria in 10 days when i have another urinalysis done, the vet will do an ultrasound to determine if there are any stones or masses.