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My basic info
Breed
Great Dane
Color
Merle
Age
Puppy
Size
X-Large 101 lbs (46 kg) or more (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Female
Pet ID
–
My details
Good with kids
Good with dogs
Purebred
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
Penny is a year old merle female with natural ears.Update 3/16/14 - Penny is now 15 months old but is still a puppy in some ways. She is 100% house trained. When you take her out to go if you tell her, "Pee-Pee" she will stop what she's doing and pee, this is great when its freezing out and you don't want to stand out in the cold waiting for her to go :) Penny knows her basic commands both voice and hand signal for sit, down, wait, back, go, come, leave it, watch, and she walks well on a leash, but that doesn't change the fact that she'll have a training contract with her new adopters. She's a very happy pup and from the time she gets up in the morning she wants to play with Petey a 2 year old male. Penny can't be placed in a home as an "only" dog, she needs to be placed with a male dog that's confident, trained and older than her. She's also not a first time dog/Dane owner, the reason for that is that Penny has a habit of "inhaling" her food and water. We've slowed her down with her food by placing 2 large stainless steel balls (made for this reason) in her food bowl when she eats, and this has helped a lot. The other issue is drinking water, Penny drinks very fast and seems to gulp in a large amount of water and if you watch her you can see her sides expand right before your eyes. The first time her foster saw this she thought she was "bloating"... If you felt her sides they were like a rock but you could also feel the movement of air and hear the gurgling in her belly, so she started gently rubbing her side while she was leaning on me and she let out a HUGH burp and her sides when flat and her belly was soft again. But in all fairness its not always a burp and she releases gas from the other end or both ends :) This doesn't stop her from being a happy puppy and she loves to play chase with Petey and Maggie in the yard especially if we have snow you can see her zipping around in her yellow jacket.
Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League can only adopt within its incorporated area (eastern NY, eastern PA, NJ, DE, WV, MD, and VA). For more information on our adoption policies please visit our website: www.magdrl.org To adopt a Great Dane under 2 you must have traditional fencing (no electronic fences permitted). For Danes over 2, please see our website for fencing policies.
