I am just back from meeting up with BHRR’s Mindy’s new adoptive parents and I am soooooo happy for all of them BUT it always makes my eyes prick with tears in the saying of good-bye yet as I told them, it is a good thing that BHRR does and it is what we do and it is the right thing to do for these incredible creatures!!! BHRR’s Shiva is going to be so sad and they also made a caring comment about her and that was lovely to hear. I will ensure that BHRR’s Shiva gets some extra loving and adventures herself this next while to keep her busy and happy! ENJOY your new home BHRR’s Mindy and I look forward in seeing how you excel in your obedience classes!!!! I am sure that you shall continue making me so proud!

BHRR’s Mindy is being placed under an official “ADOPTED” Status and should all go well, she will head to her new forever loving home on Saturday August 7th! I am so happy for you BHRR’s Mindy!

Should all go well, BHRR’s Mindy could be in her new forever loving home by Saturday August 7th. Will update as I can.

There are just not enough pictures of BHRR’s Mindy and so today in the chilly yet glorious morning of sunshine, I took a few and like always as soon as she knows I am snapping pictures, she closes her eyes! LOL So pictures # 7 –  #9 have now been added to Mindy’s slideshow and I am posting two below. For those fans of the ‘greying’ or ‘white’ muzzles like myself; you are going to love her frosting! She can be a real ‘pup’ some days and others days she is the ‘queen’ of decorum. What a hoot! AND those flying nun ears of hers, full of personality and character! She continues to patiently wait for her forever loving home.

BHRR’s Mindy(4+) – April 12th, 2010

Today before going to bed, I decided to do some ‘face’ shots of some of the BHRR Dogs. As I have not posted any new pictures of BHRR’s Mindy since her arrival to BHRR, I am adding two new pictures to her slideshow, #5 & #6 plus I am going to add one of those below. This girl is just so booootiful! She is extremely low maintenance these days now that the house rules are in place and Gwennie’s Doggie BootCamp went into full swing and she has come along really well with the sharing. You will often see her drinking at the same time for a dog bowl with at least one or two others now. YAY! She is also learning to not be so disgusted in her looks with how the antics of the young ones can be and she is really close to BHRR’s Shiva and they play a LOT together. Just do not tell Mindy that we can see her while she is playing like this! LOL It might upset her ‘princess’ tudness! 😛 Once she had order in her life, she just has settled down really well and is no longer as unsure or nervous about things. Like all animals, she needs structured, routine and consistency plus training to giver her strong foundations to be built upon. She knows what is expected of her and she has responded wonderfully. She still is a bit handshy and will squint her eyes shut sometimes yet has gotten a lot better. She has discovered my kingsize bed and can often be found just lounging there. She continues to have full run of the house and has not destroyed or touched anything she should not. May her right matched home come along and she will be missed as she is a really lovely Great Dane!!!

BHRR’s Mindy – March 9th, 2010 – 4 years old

BHRR’s Mindy is doing great! She has been a wonderful influence on BHRR’s Dana and vice versa. Dana has taught Mindy to ‘chill’ a bit and to be more relaxed, playful and to not take life so seriously and Mindy has taught Dana how to be more of a lady here and there and not so much of a mischeivous ‘monkey’!  😛 They have a really good mutual understanding of each other and have really benefited from each others personalities. I love to watch Mindy with those long model legs get her playful zoomies on outside. She is really coming out of her own shell and has been such a low maintenance Dane to have here. She is 100% trustworthy in the house when we are not here and other than some barking at the coyotes; has rarely made a peep. She is quietly affectionate and eager to please and you just have to be careful about raising your voice too loud for she will flinch a bit and go to a bed to lay down. With a busy household, sometimes our voices have to be a bit louder than normal and this does affect Mindy and she has been adjusting really well. We are remaining as patient as can be that she and our other two black beauties of BHRR’s Dana plus BHRR’s Shiva will find their forever loving homes. I took some new pictures of her this week yet due to the lighting(at night) and her lovely dark coat; they did not turn out the best. So, I will take more this weekend to post. She tends to squint her eyes or shut them when we take pictures, even without the flash.

BHRRs’s Mindy is officially now “AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION”. She was a HUGE hit at our BHRR Inc’s Mini Open House yesterday! Another great time had by all! Our next BHRR Inc’s Mini Open House shall not be until June. Please email Gwen if you are interested in attending. We will only take a limited number of registrations(20) for attendance. 

BHRR’s Mindy came to work with me on Saturday January 23rd and she weighed 50.2 KGs(110.44 pounds). I would like to see about another 7-10 pounds on her maximum. As posted in a previous blog a while back, too many people overfeed their Great Danes and that is of no benefit to their hips, joint, heart plus overall health. Mindy was given her DHPP booster and Rabies plus a HWT. Her heartworm test came back negative and even the Vet feels that what a terrible thing it must have been for Mindy to have been tied outside for her hair is so thin and literally non-existent on her belly. She interacted great with all humans plus dogs she met and even wanted to be a Vets’ Assistant at one point by trying to walk into an exam room! She is in glowing and excellent health. YAY! In driving to and from the Hospital, she likes to sit on the back seat with her front feet on the floor and look out the front window! 😛 Other than some bad leash manners, her obedience is quite good and she is only crated for food sessions now due to how long it takes for her to very ladylike pick and eat her food. She is 100% trusted in the house at night and while we are away. She is a really great dog, a ‘princess’ yes and likes to do her own form of being a ‘brat’ and she is no wallflower; as she will stand up to BHRR’s Dana when she has had enough of Dana’s monkey business! Mindy truly does not need us much longer and I feel that after our upcoming BHRR’s Mini Open House in early February, we shall place her up for adoption. Her new forever loving adoptive family can continue on this front and the weight gain I would like to see, including muscle mass; will come in time. I have also microchipped Mindy and other than a small look of ‘disdain’ my way LOL; she was a doll. We shall see where nail trimming brings us this week yet I am not worried. She is a great dame of a dog and I also wanted to mentioned that the Vet also finds it hard to believe she is 6. I am going to change her status to 4+ years of age with all of our findings. Yes, she could very well be 6 despite all of her teeth, body condition, personality etc. and I shall be most honest in stating that! Mindy has been a joy to have here and may her forever loving home come along soon. She only needs minor ‘tweaking’ in her mannerisms(counter surfing, leash manners etc.) and even no longer barks incessantly like when she first arrived when she was outside(having been tied up outside explains much of this) and she comes in and out without nary a murmur these days. We still would like to see her go to an experienced home and one that if they have another dog; is compatible with her own energy level for she is a ‘princess’ and god forbid that a dog is too energetic as she just stands there with a most ‘put out’ expression and appears to roll her eyes. She would do best with another dog in a future forever loving home as I feel with most dogs they need their own social networks and this dog could be male or female. She gets along best with the dogs that are 3.5 or older here. The younger crowd just does not ‘mesh’ with her ‘tudeness. She just takes herself away from all of the action and lies down to look at them to say ‘why are you bothering to even begin to make yourself like an idiot!’ LOL Never a doubt as to what Mindy is thinking or feeling!

BHRR’s Mindy is fully integrated with all the dogs now and doing great. We are working on the ‘princess ‘tude’ and she is one brilliant girl that is for sure! She is feeling better and while still not eating normally, she is beginning to fare better and she will be coming with me to work on Saturday to the Vet Hospital for her vaccines/exam etc. I will try to take new pictures shortly!

BHRR’s Mindy did not have a great night. After she puked some yesterday, we fasted her for supper and when I went to bed around 3 AM, all was great yet she woke me up just after 4 AM and had puked all over her crate. I cleaned things up, she went outside to walk around and things seemed ok yet when I got up a wee bit later; she had puked again. I am going to monitor her for the next bit and if things do not improve, I shall bring her in.

OK! Measured BHRR’s Mindy, she is 35″. I will get a current weight on her on Saturday. She has been fully integrated with all the dogs except BHRR’s Albert and Storm. As predicted, BHRR’s Dana went right up to Mindy to see if she could find a new ‘partner’ for her mischievous crime waves and as expected, BHRR’s Mindy was not having anything to do with that. There was a very mild exchange of ‘words’ and this put Dana into a bit of a spin going up to Sean a bit unsure of things and looking for re-assurance. If ever there was proof that Dana is ‘hot air’ and ‘bluff’ without a mean bone in her body, this is it. BHRR’s Mindy has made it clear that she is going to want to be the leader female(if she has her way) and that is it. Just by a look she had BHRR’s Parker running into the bedroom to lie on the bed. LOL She is very set in her ways yet we share in this house and she will learn. We share our water bowls etc. She looks most put out by all the dogs milling around and wanting to smell and play with her and the stares she has given me to express her complete level of being unimpressed is hilarious. She has this way of ‘looking down’ at you with her head and chin tilted up and she is just so marvelous to watch in all her glory. Poor BHRR’s Potter is so ‘hurt’ by this lack of return affection and he is now pouting. The ‘princess’ ‘tude will be worked on. She knows when we say ‘no’ and mean it and she is being mindful of that right now. Cannot wait to see what happens when the honeymoon period is over if this is how she is now! She is not going to be able to go to an inexperienced home, that much I do know. Poor Dana is now continuing to try and ‘win’ Mindy’s approval and what is really needed, is a dog to put Mindy in her place in an appropriate manner. Not sure who is going to step up with that one at this time. It is going to be very fascinating to watch how the dynamics change in the house again with Mindy’s arrival. She is one smart cookie and I am looking forward to the magnificent challenges that lay ahead between her and I as we come to an understanding of how things are suppose to work and shall work!!!!! 😉 I so love personality+ filled dogs and as much as a goober she is going to be, her affection and sweet side is worn on her ‘sleeve’ too. Her recall also totally sucks at this time and I know that I am going to have to ‘earn’ not only her trust but more her respect for her to feel that she should be listening.

BHRR’s Mindy arrived today. I have added 4 pictures to her slideshow and put one below. She has personality inside that quiet demeanor of hers! She is very tall for a female and I will measure her tonight yet I think around 35″. For all that have met BHRR’s Shiva; you will understand what I mean when I say that BHRR’s Mindy is a ‘taller’ version of her. She needs a pound or two and some muscle toning yet is in excellent shape and though her paperwork lists her as having a birthdate of January 11th, 2004 on the shelter paperwork(yet owners can put down wrong information); I am finding it very hard to believe she just turned 6. I would say 4+ years if I was a betting woman. The white on her face means nothing. With the ‘masking’ gene, many Danes are white/grey by the time they are 1, our Brindle RIP GD Dragon included. I SO love that look!!!! Her teeth, body condition etc. are just amazing! She is defnitely spayed and clearly has never had a heat nor litter in her life. She was a great travel buddy on the way home, looking out the window, asking for some love by sniffling my hair or bumping my elbow and she came to the post office with me, through Timmie’s and just did marvelous. It was because she was such a great travel buddy that I did some errands with her. She was clearly given a nice sweetsmelling bath before I got her and had a nail trim yet for some reason, she was reeking of cigarette smoke. She came home, had a nice pee and some diarrheoa outside and when she came in, she was fine with our almost 11 year old Kona yet was not too enamored with BHRR’s Potter, who was very excited to think that there was a new playmate for him here. She was really good about trying to communicate her displeasure with him and his e-collar. Well done Mindy! Poor Potter, Albert wants to love him, he does not want to be loved by Albert; Potter wants to play with Mindy and Mindy wants nothing to do with him!  😛 Mindy was not very keen on going into her crate and with some persuasion of food, we got her in and she did vomit up some of her food a few hours later. I have begun to de-worm her under our Panacur protocol. I have put her on Sentinel and on Saturday when she sees the Vet, I will bring in blood for a HWT and have her DHPP booster done plus Rabies. I would think that in a couple of weeks, BHRR’s Mindy will be put up for adoption. I just want to get to know her better and to best determine what home she will be well suited too. Though, she has loved all humans and is calm, comfortable and confident; she has been a bit displeased with the dogs going up to her crate to investigate her(not abnormal behavour by any means for a lot of dogs). She has done some barking in her crate to tell me how she feels about being in there and us out here.  😉 I think I am going to LOVE this girl very much! Overall she has settled in her crate wonderfully. She showed deep interest in the horses, yet was not fixated. She noticed the guinea pigs yet also did not seem particularly taken with them or not taken with them. Tonight, we shall integrate her with some of the other dogs and see how things go. Her leash manners leave a bit to be desired too. As Sean was trying to work on his laptop today, she kept going up and bumping his elbow and ‘talking’ to him for some attention and loving. A princess in the development she could very easily be. I know that BHRR’s Dana has her knicker all twisted right now, anxious to meet her and set about the ground rules.  😉 I am looking forward in getting to know her better. She has also now been integrated with Cherokee and BHRR’s Parker and all seems to be fine. A busy household we have been these past couple of days with the addition of BHRR’s Albert plus Mindy. WELCOME BHRR’s Mindy to the family AND know that WE want you and that YOU are deserving of all the great things life has to offer!!!

BHRR’s Mindy – Day of Arrival – January 19th, 2009

I have BHRR’s Mindy booked to see the Vet for Saturday January 23rd, 2010. Looking forward to Tuesday and seeing you Mindy!

Looks like we can get a transport organized for Tuesday January 19th for BHRR’s Mindy to come here and we have learnt that she is spayed and we will do her HWT and other needed vetting upon her arrival. Cannot wait to meet you!

Here is some of the information that we have on BHRR’s Mindy. We are now trying to co-ordinate date/time for BHRR to bring her into our program(s). We have no idea at this time if she has been HWT, spayed(most likely not) and what colour she is and as always, it matters not. She will receive some vaccines and begin a de-worming program before leaving the shelter. Please consider donating to our food resources for with two more Danes in need of BHRR; we have enough to last us until around January 22nd, 2010. We are getting in a desperate situation again. Thanks in advance for the consideration as always from our hearts!

She was brought to the shelter because her previous guardian had a daycare at home, and parents thought that she was intimidating for the children. As for her previous everyday life, her family didn’t have time to go for runs with her, but she was free in the house, and tied up when she was outside. She runs away if she is loose outside for more than 15 minutes, although she doesn’t always run away if there are people with her. She barks if she is left alone outside.

Her previous owners informed us that she is fearful and aggressive with men, however here, she was handled by both men and women, both employees and volunteers, without any problems. Previous family says that she is friendly with women, as well as with children and dogs, but aggressive with cats (we did not put her in contact with a cat here at the shelter). According to prev. owner, she is not protective and she doesn’t have fears. She can be calm, nervous, or happy during car rides. She is used to dog parks, likes to run and to play with other dogs. She is very docile and doesn’t take a lot a space in the house, according to the prev.owner. When an employee here took her for a walk and met a small dog, Mindy didn’t pull on her leash to go see him, although he caught her attention. All in all, she seems to be a nice girl who simply longs for a loving home.

BHRR has been asked to take in a 6 year old Female Great Dane from Sherbrooke, QC. We are awaiting more information on her yet have been told she is quite social. I have also been told that she has been at this shelter since before XMAS.