happy gotcha day, frankles!

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frank came barreling into my and pippin's lives 3 years ago today. it feels like he's been here forever! they bonded at their very first meeting and have been inseparable ever since.

the day they met...

every day is a joy with these big hooligans. 💖

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Ninapearl
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@chloebud you're so sweet. 💖

frank's previous owner is a mobile groomer. she always took him with her so he wouldn't have to spend days alone. he got to where he really didn't enjoy the traveling and the hubub of life on the road so she decided to place him with someone who was home all the time. she and his breeder looked for 2 years but were never able to find a place they felt he would thrive in. i had known his breeder for many years (she is the photographer who took the puppy litter photos). i contacted her and pippin's breeder when i started my search for a companion for pip. they both immediately thought of frank, put me in touch with his owner, and the rest his history. his first mom also showed him a few times and has a female dane on the show circuit now. any time she is traveling anywhere near my area, she will stop for a visit. frank always loves seeing her and she always tells me what a perfect home i have given him. :)

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stacey_mb
last year
Nice that Frank and Pippin have each other as friends. And Happy Homecoming anniversary to Frank!
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LynnNM
last year
Ohhh, how wonderful for them and for you!!!
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eld6161
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They are exquisite.❤️
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thanks, all! this is one of my favorite photos of them. unlike all but 3 of my 11 danes over the years came from a couple of great dane rescues. frank, pippin and eden came from show breeders. all of them had/have wonderful personalities.

eden, i lost her to bone cancer 3 years ago. that left me with only pippin. she took eden's death hard and was sad for such a long time, and after watching her mourn for 2 months i finally decided it was time for a companion for her and that's when frank was offered to me. best decision ever!
KW PNW Z8
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Ninapearl, I love seeing pictures of Frank & Pippin. I have never seen such a bonded pair of dogs - it’s a thing of wonder and beauty. Seeing their pictures is always such a mood brightener for me. Thanks for sharing.
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chloebud
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“…i finally decided it was time for a companion for her and that's when frank was offered to me. best decision ever!”

Best decision, for sure! I always enjoy your photos. No doubt their bonding is also because of you.🥰
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Ninapearl
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@KW PNW Z8 i'm glad you enjoy the pictures! i've had other bonded pairs over the years but pip and frank take it to a whole new level. while they both love attention from me and seek me out multiple times all day long, neither will let the other get out of sight. if one goes outside, the other follows. they often start evenings off sleeping separately but always end up together in a pile. pippin loves to take sun baths outside on the deck even on the hottest days. frank doesn't like the heat any more than i do so he will nap in front of the sliding glass door where he can be close to her but stay cool at the same time. 😂

upside down, sound asleep.

they are the only 2 that i have puppy pictures of. this is pip's litter, she is on the far right. they were about 8 weeks old when this was taken.

frank's litter, that's him on the far right. the puppy second from the left recently starred in a movie called "the friend" with naomi watts and bill murray. bing was the star of the show! knowing how much you love dogs, i highly recommend it! it recently became available on amazon prime for rent. i won't spoil it for you but i'll tell you it has a very happy and poignant ending.

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Thanks for sharing the joy with us! I'm happy for them and for you.

I have to ask how you manage when these two have to be separated? DS had two boxers, male and female. The male would fret if he was left at home while the female was taken to the vet, but the female -- OMG! -- she once ate the whole bottom of a door when her boy went to the vet. It got so that DS had to take both dogs 'wherever'.

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Ninapearl, I love seeing your photos of Frank and Pippin. They are magnificent! (There’s a word I don’t use every day)
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Ninapearl
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@chisue i know exactly what your DS went through with her boxers, it's exactly the same for me! pip and frank are both very good on leash so i do take them with me when i go places like the pet store or the farm supply store. i cannot leave one at home for vet appointments. they both have to go. they love their vet and all of the techs always come in to see them.

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thanks for asking, the scoliosis while it is there wasn't the true root of the pain. after seeing a pain management specialist, it was determined that i had injured my QL muscle at some point and that's where the worst of the pain was. not getting a whole lot of good results from trigger point injections and botox injections, and not wanting to have to go to narcotic pain meds, i decided, on the recommendation of a good friend, to see about acupuncture. i did have a Rx for hydrocodone but i rarely took it. i have been going for almost 7 months now and the results have been nothing short of incredible! i have not had to take anything for pain since my very first treatment. i am down to just once every 5-6 weeks for maintenance and the pain went from a 10+ down to 1-2 and i can live comfortably with that!

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donna_loomis
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Frank and Pippin were made for each other. When they're on all fours they look absolutely regal. My favorite pic though, is the top "upside down, sound sleep".
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chisue
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Great results, Ninapearl! I'm nine years your senior, so more general bone deterioration, plus the multiple myeloma (and the chemicals fighting MM). I've become overall *clumsy* -- misjudging distances and whapping a foot or a hand or elbow on a doorframe, a table, whatever. I hate to tie up one arm/hand with a cane, but may have to do it for balance outside of the house. I'm memory-banking your success with acupuncture!

Do you know how hard it is to find people to foster or adopt teenagers? Seems to me that's you, with Pippin and Frank -- BIG, rowdy, *needy* kids!
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Ninapearl
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@chisue "clumsy" is my middle name so i can relate! i don't know about you but even the slightest bump on my arms/hands leave those bright red spots that make it look like they've been through a meat grinder. they don't hurt in the least but are so unsightly!

acupuncture has truly been miraculous for me. i've even had him do treatments a couple of times on my lower back when i thought i could lift something i should not have lifted.

😂oh yes, teenagers! pippin just turned 5 in may but she has what is commonly known as "brindle brain" when it comes to danes. she is still very, very playful and every once in a while she will have a spurt of all out zoomies in the house when she runs full speed through the house from one end to the other. that's when i paste myself against a wall until it passes!

frank will be 7 on 5/31 which is considered "senior" in giant dogs. you would never know it because he's every bit as playful as pip. when they get too rowdy in the house i tell them to "take it outside" at which point they go flying out the dog door and the songbirds scatter.

pippin came to me at just 11 months old, the youngest dane i've ever had. even though she had been a show dog for several months prior, i had a challenge or two with her and her puppy brain. thankfully, she's always been very obedient (thanks to her previous owner) so those challenges were minor and easily corrected.

because she wasn't "all that" in the show ring and her breeder was also showing one of her litter mates, she decided to place pip in a companion home. this is the photo she sent to me to give me first choice. we had known each other for 10+ years through our mutual love of the breed. when i saw the photo, i couldn't wait to get my hands on her! hailey has told me many times that pip is the best puppy placement she has ever done.

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