I gots to go for a ride today!

I gots to go for a ride today! Mommy took me wif her when she took a friend of the family (more like a part of the family!!) to Care-a-lot pet supplies to fetch some food. I got all sorts of attention from everybody!! I was the largest doggie there!! Mommy weighed me and found out that I weigh 150.4 lbs now!! Daddy about flipped out when he heard later on today when mommy talked to him over the phone (he is still in San Diego for a Naval School! I can't wait until he comes home!!). I am da biggest dane dey haf!! Mommy says dat I am borderline getting fat so she is going to have to watch my weight right now. She doesn't want me to lose my very shapely figure! So I had a good time today.

:::: YAWN :::: Well, I yam going to go to bed now. All the excitement wore me out!

See ya!!

Howl-a-ween safety tips for every doggie parent

Mommy receives the ASPCA e-letter each week and she thought every doggie and their parents should consider this at howl-a-ween for their fur kids:

NO SCAREDY CATS THIS HALLOWEEN: TOP 10 SAFETY TIPS FOR PET PARENTS
Attention, companion animal caretakers! The ASPCA would like to call your attention to these common-sense cautions that’ll help keep your pets safe and stress-free this time of year.

1. No tricks, no treats: That bowlful of candy is for trick-or-treaters, not for Scruffy and Fluffy. Chocolate in all forms can be very dangerous for dogs and cats, and tin foil and cellophane candy wrappers can be hazardous if swallowed. If you suspect your pet has ingested a potentially dangerous substance, please call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435.

2. Popular Halloween plants such as pumpkins and decorative corn are considered to be relatively nontoxic, yet they can produce gastrointestinal upset should pets ingest them. Intestinal blockage could even occur if large pieces are ingested.

3. Keep wires and cords from electric lights and other decorations out of reach of your pets. If chewed, your pet could experience damage to his mouth from shards of glass or plastic, or receive a possibly life-threatening electrical shock.

4. A carved pumpkin certainly is festive, but do exercise extreme caution if you choose to add a candle. Pets can easily knock a lit pumpkin over and cause a fire. Curious kittens especially run the risk of getting burned or singed by candle flames.

5. Dress-up can be a big mess-up for some pets. Please don't put your dog or cat in a costume UNLESS you know he or she loves it (yup, a few pets are real hams!). For pets who prefer their “birthday suits,” however, wearing a costume can cause undue stress.

6. If you do dress up your pet, make sure the costume isn't annoying or unsafe. It should not constrict the animal's movement or hearing, or impede his ability to breathe or bark. Keep a look out for small, dangling, or easily chewed-off pieces on the costume that your pet could choke on.

7. Take a closer look at your pet’s costume and make sure it does not obstruct her vision in any way. Even the sweetest animals can get snappy when they can't see.

8. All but the most social dogs and cats should be kept in a separate room during peak trick-or-treat visiting hours. Too many strangers can be scary and stressful for pets.

9. When opening the door for trick-or-treaters, take care that your cat or dog doesn't dart outside.

10. IDs, please! Always make sure your dog or cat has proper identification. If for any reason your pet escapes and become lost, a collar and tags and/or a microchip increase the chances that he or she will be returned to you.

Have a happy howl-a-ween Dogster doggies!! Wishing bags of doggie bones and frosty paws your way!!

Wooooooooofs!!!

My mommy thought this should be published

My mommy got this from a dogster friends (Thanks Abby!) and felt it was a good thing to pass around. Too many people out there are breeding just to be breeding for money and breeding is soooooooooo much more! If you aren't breeding to make the breed better, please don't breed! Or have contracts where pet quality pets must be spayed or neutered and not bred! There are so many doggies out there that need a good home so no need to bring out puppies into the world that will end up in rescue with them too!

Please rescue instead of breed!

I AM FAMOUS NOW

I was born today. One of ten. My daddy was very famous. I have lots of half
brothers and sisters. My mother is very famous. Since she got famous, she
only has puppies. No more loving hands. No more fun trips...just puppies.
She is always sad when they leave her.

I left home today. I didn't want to go, so I hid behind my mama and my 3
littermates that were left. I didn't like you. But one day they said I would
be famous. I wonder-is famous the same as fun and good times? So you picked
me up and carried me away, even though you were concerned about me hiding from you. I don't think you liked me.

My new home is far away. I am scared and afraid. My heart says, "BE BRAVE".
My ancestors were. Did they go to "good homes", like mine? I'm hungry
because I can't eat too much because it will be bad for my bones. I can't
bite or snap when the children are mean to me. I just run and play and
pretend I am in a big green fields with butterflies and robins and frogs. I
can't understand why they kick me.

I am quiet but the man hits and says loud things. The lady doesn't feed me
good things like I had with my mother. She just throws dry food on the
ground, then goes away before I can come too close for touching and petting.
Sometimes my food smells bad but I eat it anyway..

Today I had ten puppies. They are so wonderful and warm. Am I famous now? I wish I could play with them, but they are so tiny. I am so young and playful that it is hard to lay here in this hole under the house nursing my puppies. They are crying now. I am so hungry. I scratch and worry at my fur. I wish someone would throw me some food. I am also very thirsty.

Now I have eight puppies. They got cold in the night and I could not make
them warm again. They are gone. We are all very weak. Maybe if I take them
all out on the porch, we could get some food?

Today they took us away. Someone grabbed my puppies. They cried and
whimpered. We were put into a truck with boxes in it. Are my babies famous
now? I hope so because I miss them. They are gone, and this new place smells
of urine, fear and sickness. Why am I here? I was beautiful and proud like
my ancestors. Now I am hungry, dirty, in pain and unwanted. Maybe the worst is unwanted. No one came although I tried to be good.

Today someone came. They put a rope on me and led me to a room that was veryclean and had a shiny table. They put me on the table and someone held me and hugged me. It felt so good!! Then I felt tired and laid down in the arms of someone who cared.

I AM FAMOUS NOW. TODAY SOMEONE CARED.

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Thank you for caring!

Maggie Grace

My Tail of Devotion for Maggie Grace

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Our newest "subject"

Howdy! Been awhile since I had posted a diary and decided maybe I oughta take the time to catch things up!

We got a new dane sister in da house. I like her! She feels like she should be the alpha girl in da house and I feel so bad for her, I let her think dat she is da Queen but we all KNOW I am da Queen. But I don't feel like hurting her feelings cause we haf so much fun playing. I even let her in and outta da door first. My mom says dat signifies dat I have relinquished my position of alpha to her but she don't know nothing! I am still "Ms. Thing" in da pack. I am just being nice!

But I do haf alot of fun wif Sadie. She and I love to wrestle all the time. We hardly get into a fight anymore. Dere for awhile mom had to watch us close cause we gots too rough sometimes. But now we just haf fun and sometimes it sounds worse dan it is. It is just a lot of noise!

We won't haf any problems as long as she stays a momma's girl cause every woofers in da house knows dat I am the daddy's girl. And as long as she realizes it, der won't be a problem!

I am as heavy as my sister, Chy Chy was prior to her getting sick and losing some weight quickly. Mom could not believe dat! Of course I am taller dan Chy Chy was. I sometimes miss her even though she and I always fought. I knows mom still misses her a lot. But she says dat having Sadie come here actually helps her to move on quicker. But she misses her yet. She was an unusual dog and she is glad dat Chy Chy touched her life and heart. Not sure what dat means but it must be a good thing.

Well, gots to go. It is time for sleep and even though I really don't need any beauty sleep to be beautiful, I don't need the extra baggage under my eyes to carry toys around in either!!

Woofers!

Maggie Grace

Ho Hum

Ho hum! Right now I am kind of bored. I am curled up in a recliner sleeping away my afternoon. Sadie is crashed on the floor so I have no one to play with. Me and Sadie we have lots of fun. She likes it when I roll on my back and she 'attacks' me! Mom has to look in on us on occassion to make sure we aren't really killing one another cause it sounds alot worse than it is!! Sometimes even Mason joins us too! Sometimes it is Mason and Sadie against me or sometimes it is Sadie and I against Mason. Are you seeing a repeating pattern here?!?! Sadie doesn't like to be picked on herself but she loves to pick on everyone else. Mom says she is actually the alpha dog around here. I just have to laugh about that one cause EVERYONE knows that I am ALPHA around here. I don't care what mom says or thinks. We all know she has no clue about anything. But Sadie is a cool addition to our house. Someone I can play with and have fun with. Our favorite thing to do is WRESTLE!! Now that is alot of fun!! Ahhhhhh ... had to stretch out on the floor and get comfortable. My long legs and body all scrunched up in the recliner can sometimes her uncomfortable. Mom doesn't want us on the new couch and loveseat but at night we sneak up and sleep there. As long as she doesn't know, then everything is alright. Well, gotta go. Get more rest for wrestling matches with Sadie later tonight! Toodles!

Woofers!

Maggie G

Hurray the dad is home!!!

My dad is home, my dad is home ... hurray, hurray my dad is home!! He came home a week or two ago and am I glad he is home!! He came through the door really early one morning, before the sun came up. I didn't want my spot on the bed to get cold though so I didn't spend too much time saying my hello's. And can you believe it, my daddy kicked me out of the bed!! I just could not believe it. The only time I get to sleep in the bed now is when Daddy is gone over night. Mom calls it a duty thing. But then us kids get to hang out in the bed over night. Sometimes into the morning too if mom doesn't have to go into work until later in the day or if she has the day off. Then we get to be lazy with her too on the bed. It can get kind of crowded with all three of us danes in it with mom. But we give her a little space (she says is VERY little space too). Sometimes she actually lays on top of us like a pillow!! I just think that is awful!! I need to look into the Dane log of laws and see if she is actually able to do that cause you know us danes aren't working dogs now. We are pleasure dogs. Just purty to look at and meant to feed. And don't forget the clean water. And everytime you get into the ice maker on the refrigerator, you must provide each dane with a nice whole ice cube upon demand. Yup, Yup ... I think that is what it says right here on bylaw 2.3.11.9. Uhhh huh ... yup, that is it! So I think I must talk to her about that dane pillow top thing. She thinks she is a slick one, she does! But anyways, my daddy is home and I love it!! I don't have to go to mom as often for any attention. Now I can go to my daddy!!

Shoot! Mom is coming to claim the computer! And I am not suppose to be using it without her being here to help me so I will be in trouble if I am caught!!

Gotta go, dogster gang!!

Woof! Woof!

Maggie Grace, the queen!

I am the Queen!

Ha! I still rule! I am still da queen. I am not quite sure what to think about what has happened recently though. But all in all, everything is working out well. Sometimes that Sadie chick thinks she has the top dog seat but I quickly pull it out from under her. Or sometimes we share it. She isn't near as bossy as Chyanne used to be (I know mom loved Chyanne though but sometimes she stifled my play ... now I can play whenever I want wherever I want!). So she ain't too bad. As long as everyone in da dane pack realizes I am charge then everything runs smoothly around here. One question I have though ... where is my dad?? You know he hasn't been around for awhile. And I actually have to go to mom for all of my attention. Now I love my mom and wouldn't let anything ever happen to her but I am a daddies girl. And I have never had my dad gone this long! I hope nothing bad has happened to him. Mom said something about under the water in a big submarine ... but isn't that a food you eat? How is my dad under the water in a sandwich?!?! I just don't get it! She said he will be back real soon now. I sure hope so ... I miss my dad! He is top dog in my world ... mom is just a way to a full food bowl!! Well, she is a little more than that ... but she ain't dad!!

Hey ... mom's bed is getting cold wif me on da computer so I gotta go warm up my usual spot on the bed!

See ya later, gang!!

Woof! Woof!

Maggie Grace, da Queen!

Something is up ... !!

Hmmmmm ... something is up. I am not sure what to make of this new chick on the block. My sister leaves us one morning which I miss her. But when she was gone, I was totally Ms. It. It was my way or the highway around here ... I am da Queen! (But I still occassionally miss my big sister trying to bully me around ... can't believe I am saying that!) Now this new Ms. Thing comes into my house. Who does she think she is? At least she isn't as bossy as Chyanne was but to come into my house and try to walk on in like she owns the place ... REALLY!!! Well, she will learn quickly that I rule with an iron fist! Of course, mom is top dog and we all know that. But you know what I mean ... I am the next top dog. Well, sometimes Reba THINKS she is top dog but we all really know that I am the TOP DOG around here. And the prettiest ... mom says the brattiest too but I just don't understand why she says that at all!!

Hey! Mom is in the kitchen so there has got to be something good to eat. Gotta go quick before I miss something!

See you all around the "park"!!

Maggie Grace, da queen!!

My dental day

My mom made me go to da vet on Wednesday. I know all youse dogs know what it is like to do dat! They had to clean my toofers. While I was there though another dog came in dat was hurt. The next thing I know, I wake up and feel REALLY woozy. My mom said I was a hero. She said da vet called her and asked if I could donate some blood to da other dog who was hurt and needed some blood from someone. And she volunteered me happily!! Can you believe dat?!?! I hate da vet and she made me stay longer! But she said I did a very good thing for da other dog cause da dog lived because I gave them my blood. She said one day maybe my brother or sister will have to give blood cause another hurt dog may need blood and she told da vet that if they ever needed another dog to donate blood to call her. I guess I am glad dat I was there to help dat dog. But don't think dat I am a hero. Just was lucky to be at da vet at dat time ... But I still hate da vet!!!