{14march2011: styling}

We got an award!  Our dear friends Remi and Sherman and Leroy awarded us with the Stylish Blogger Award!

Thanks Remi, Sherman and Leroy!  You're a few styling dudes yourselves!


So in keeping with the award we need to share 7 things you don't know about Darwin.
1.  Darwin does not like raw chicken.  Cooked chicken she's all for, but try and put a piece of raw chicken in her bowl, and she won't eat till you remove it.
2.  Darwin gets spooked by small (tiny) dogs.  It must be their large personalities, but when we pass a small dog she'll go out of her way to avoid getting too close to a tiny dog.
3.  Darwin is the most high energy Dane we know.  Three hours at the dog park Sunday = ready to go Monday.  All day at day care Tuesday = ready to go Tuesday night & Wednesday.  All day play date with her brother Thursday = ready to go Friday.  Hour walk + hour at the dog park Saturday = ready to go Sunday morning.
4.  Darwin will never be a search and rescue dog.  We play the "hide the treat on dad" game and it's amazing how long it takes Darwin to find the cookie or treat.  It's like she has no sense of smell.  We'll need to video tape it one day.
5.  Darwin's brain has grown from pea size to grape size because she can solve her birthday brain game puzzle by Kyjen in less then a minute.  We'll need to get a more complicated one soon!
6.  Darwin's now eating grain free kibble!  We've recently switched her to Acana Pacifica like her brother Boo eats and can I just say, small poops are lovely!  
7.  When Darwin comes to work with us and we walk around at lunch time, she now prefers to pee as we cross streets.  We'll be halfway through a cross walk and she'll stop and squat right there.  How embarrassing.

And now, we're supposed to pass this award on... but it seems as though almost everyone has got it already, but if you haven't, we'll share it with you!!!

{18may2010: thank you!}

We got an award from our fun lab friends Mack and Mia!

Here are the rules:
Rule 1. Thank the person who gave it to you.
BIG thank you to Mack and Mia, the some of our funniest friends, and home of the infamous MACK ATTACK!

Rule 2. Share 7 things about yourself.
1.  Darwin has the same toys from when she was a tiny puppy... those stuffies she doesn't try to destuff, but anything new doesn't stand a chance, especially if it has plastic eyeballs.
2.  Darwin doesn't like her tail or butt being touched
3.  Darwin still has a gimpy butt*
4.  Darwin will not sit on the ground if we're out at a public place (bar, restaurant, etc)... she'll stand the whole time
5.  Darwin gets scared of anything she's not familiar with, even a plastic bag on the ground
6.  Darwin is a pro at walking up her ramp to get into the car
7.  Darwin has "gorgeous hips" (this according to her vet who reviewed her xrays)
 
Rule 3. Pass the award along to 7 bloggers who you think are fantastic.
1.  Ollie the tiny Yorkie puppy
2.  Ammy and the rest of the Army of Four (Ammy tells the best jokes)
3.  Miss M and Mr B the two pitties in the city
4.  Remi whom we'll hopefully see again soon
5.  Nala, Remi's sister whom we'll hopefully see again soon too!
6.  Murphy and his kitty sister Fergie
7.  Remington and his kitty brother Oz
 
Rule 4. Contact Blog award winners.


Thank you again to Mack and Mia!

*More news on Darwin's gimpy butt (it's technically not her butt, but I like calling her that).
We have an appointment with the neurologist next week Monday and I've been doing a lot of google researching on what it could possibly be.  I've found this page with information about Intervertebral Disc Disease in Dogs, and a few other pages on Cauda Equina Syndrome and Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disc Disease but the last two seem to be problems of the Lumbar spine and Darwin's xrays showed compression in her Thorasic spine. 
She had an accident on the couch (again) this weekend, and I'm wondering if it is related to this back issue where she's becoming incontinent due to the compression in her spine.  She's still taking 1 Prednisone pill every day, and tomorrow goes down to 1 pill every other day.  I don't think her peeing incident has to do with the Prednisone (though her roid rage and dandruff may) as she doesn't even seem to know she had an accident til she stands up.
Ugh.  I just wish she was healthy or even that we knew what was wrong specifically and how to fix it.  

{27mar2010: thank you!}

We got an award from Mack and Mia!!!

Thanks Mack and Mia! 
Now we have to pass it on to 12 more friends and let them know about it.
So here's our 12 in no particular order:
1.  Moose our very first blog friend!
2.  Twinkie our very first tiny dog blog friend!
3.  Remi our handsome little (getting bigger) Ridgeback pal who we hope we can have another play date with soon!
4.  Nala Remi's sister who's a fun playdate friend too!
5.  Honey the beautiful fawn Dane who's mom Hsin-Yi always gives great advice
6.  Baby Rocket and Hootie whom we met through their sweet and generous mom
7.  Mr B and Ms M our first pitty friend's who have the cutest cuddling pictures
8.  The Army of Four, Ammy always has such a big smile in her pictures that I love!
9.  Jack who may be one of the funniest doggy bloggers
10.  Duchess, beautiful Merle Dane with some great stories
11.  Mochi our Husky friend who comes from my home state of Hawaii
12.  Mango (and Dexter), the greatest host of Mango Minster and his funny brother too!


Wow a list of 12 is a lot of doggies!  
It's supposed to be a nice sunny, warm day in Seattle and we hope to take advantage of it!  Hope you all have a great weekend as well!

{02feb2010: award!}

Our friends Kasha and Murphy gave us an award!

SWEET FRIENDS AWARD!!!

The rules of the Sweet Friends Award:

1. Copy the image and paste it to your blog.

2. List 10 things that make you happy, do one of them today.

3. Select 10 bloggers who brighten your day.

Things that make ME happy

•Play dates with my brother Boo!

•Big fat raw bones

•Merrick Lamb Training Treats

•Sunday Great Dane Convention meet-ups at Marymoor

•Cuddling on the couch with mom and dad

•Stealing toys from other dogs at the park and making them chase me!

•Long walks (when it's not raining)

•My bff's Juneau and Friday!

•Going to work with mom and dad

•Fruits!

10 blogs that brighten our day (in no particular order):

1.  Moose
Our first blogging buddy
2.  Remi
Our almost neighbor who we'll meet one day soon!
3.  Jack
The funniest dog we know
4.  Twinkie
Our first little blogging friend!
5.  Lexi
Beautiful Lexi in New Zealand
6.  Bess and Heffner
Our other PNW great dane buds who do a ton of fun things!
7.  Nala
Remi's big sister and another PNW bud
8.  Juno and Loki
They're making their big move to Switzerland soon!
9.  Tucker
Handsome dane buddy
10.  Honey
The most popular fawn dane on the web!

{21dec2009: Award!}

A big thank you to Bess and Heffner for a new award!  We love reading about all the things you do and all the crazy Christmas cheer your mom puts you through!

We'll pass the award onto a few of our favorite blogs:
We'll start with our first blogging buddy Moose who got us started!
And Jack who always cracks us up with his stories.
And Remi who we really hope we get to meet up for a playdate with soon!
One of our newer friends Juno and Loki who'll be making a BIG move to Switzerland in the coming months.
And finally to Shiloh and Chelsea some of our favorite Danes in Australia!

{02oct2009: please & thank you}

If you have a chance today, please go visit Mr Darcy and send him all the love and positive vibes you can!  He's recovering from surgery, and the vet's outlook isn't very positive... so everyone else should be positive for him!
Also, a big thanks to our friends over at Danes Down Under for our first blog award!

Now the pressure's on to keep up the blogging!