I’ve had my my Great Dane for just about 5 years now. In terms of the life span of his breed, that’s about middle aged or so. He’s been a great pet, was well trained and I’ve never had an incident where he needed to be punished or reprimanded beyond a simple vocal scolding.

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Recently, I had the opportunity to take on a beautiful Chesapeake Bay Retriever and jumped at the chance. I have always been fascinated by their thick, water repellent coats of lovely dark brown colors with deep red overtones.

Well, now I’m wishing I had waited a few weeks on taking the second dog. I was already practically pleading with my landlord about not charging me extra pet deposits for my Dane. Even though he’s a huge dog, none could be more friendly and docile when indoors. Try telling a small sized man that owns the house you live in that a dog nearly as tall as he is (when on his hind legs, of course) is not a threat to his investment!

Well, I showed up on moving day with my Great Dane as well as the new Chessie, and I’m pretty sure the landlord had a cow. He was satisfied however, that I had secured renters insurance that would cover any potential pet related damage so my dogs and I were good to go!

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