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To: NYer

Oh, my goodness! We have a neighbor with a Great Dane ... it makes two-and-a-half of our Ash, who is a smallish greyhound. Her bed is about 3’x5’, and we have to move it around during the day so she always has the best sunbeams for her old bones.


84 posted on 11/26/2011 6:17:43 AM PST by Tax-chick (Thomas Sowell. Accept no substitutes!)
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My daughter and I took Zeus and my new girl, 'Lady Lilly' (5 y/o basset hound I found at the local shelter) to an off leash park, last weekend. Zeus is 1.5 y/o and, other than the dog he occasionally meets on his walks, has never been around a group of dogs. Lilly, OTOH, was surrounded by lots of dogs during her stay at the shelter and enjoys their company. The park experience proved to be quite interesting.

When we arrived, there were two dogs romping through the fenced in field. Lilly, in typical hound fashion, began by sniffing each and every blade of grass, making her way around the periphery of the area. Zeus eyed the other two dogs but was immediately caught up in running after his favorite handle ball. The other dogs approached Zeus to sniff him out and Lilly, catching sight, came rollicking over, tail going at 100 mph, to greet the other humans and then their dogs.

Zeus continued his play and enjoyed the freedom of movement. Not long afterwards, a woman arrived with a Great Pyrenees. "Zook" made his way over to Zeus. They circled each other, sniffing and checking each other out. Meanwhile another car pulled up, then another, and another and before long, it looked like Caesar Milan's pack.


Yes ... that's a pair of greyhounds in the pack!

Lilly was in her glory taking on the role of official greeter. Zeus, on the other hand, stood at a distance, taking it all in. When another new arrival began to challenge some of the other dogs, Zeus made a beeline for me, wedging his head between me and the gazebo erected in the field.

This hulking 150lb dog had no sense of his own size. It was comical to watch him recede while our low rider, Lilly, was out there mixing it up with the visitors. We all had a great time and plan to return tomorrow, weather permitting.

No Boston Terriers but there was a pug and a Labradoodle.

87 posted on 11/26/2011 7:02:54 AM PST by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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