happy gotcha day, frankles!
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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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!
- 10 months ago
@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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@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.
"bitey face" is a favorite game and many times it can make watching tv problematic.
if you didn't know these two, this would probably be concerning. lol
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