Dog Days

The phrase 'dog days' refers to the sultry days of summer...

 Around here, 'dog days' literally means 2 large dogs all around you, loving up your day!

We adopted a 2.5 year old Great Dane. Chris has been wanting one foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrr (probably since we first got together 13 years ago.) I recently (like 3 weeks ago) came on board.
I did have specific criteria:
1. Good with kids
2.  Older than 1, preferable 2 (training, puppiness hopefully gone)
3. Chris poop scoops
It didn't take him long to find a local rescue shelter and off we went to check him out. He is truly a gentle giant, and has transitioned somewhat smoothly into our family.

 We haven't taken him to our vet yet but Chris estimates he weighs about 120 pounds, and that is with some ribs peeking out. The shelter recommends 6 cups of food per day, and that is more for maintenance. My sister in law pointed out he is yet another being with some feeding issues...Am I attracting this? :). He should probably gain 10-15 pounds. So 3 cups in the morning, a can in the middle of the day, and 4 cups at night should help the process.

He is quite a lover! The color is called Merle and in theory this color is supposedly smaller than the others. He lived with a family with children ages 2, 6 but he was a little crazy for their elderly grandparents. Let's face it, he is also a serious mouth to feed as well. I'm sad that the family had to surrender him, someone spend a lot of time with him. He sits, shakes, and is very well behaved.