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21 Dogs Who Don’t Realize How Big They Are
Buzz Feed ^ | 8-3-13 | Arielle Calderon

Posted on 08/04/2013 4:22:33 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Good things come in small packages, but great things come in huge packages.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogs; largebreeds; photos
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Some of those photos of the Great Danes are scary.

We got a rescue dog as a pup, and the lady said it was probably black lab and some smaller shepard dog. We got it home, and the neighbor (dog expert) said “Oh - part Great Dane!” My wife and I didn’t believe her. Until we research it. And in a few days had the first vet visit.

I’m sure glad his size runs more like a lab (85 lbs) than a Great Dane. Those dogs are HUGE!! (And I think he eats a lot now!).


21 posted on 08/04/2013 5:29:37 PM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
#8 about escaping the rat thing on the floor reminded me of when we got a puppy as a companion for our older dog. He tolerated a lot from her and then would jump on the furniture to get away.
She would sit and bark at him to get him to play.
22 posted on 08/04/2013 5:44:32 PM PDT by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

My friend has an Irish Wolfhound similar to the dog in #11.

He’s HUGE (near 200 lbs), but he thinks he’s a LAPDOG! He’ll put his butt on the couch, and with his front paws on the floor his head is nearly as tall as I am sitting there.


23 posted on 08/04/2013 5:57:48 PM PDT by Don W (Know what you WANT. Know what you NEED. Know the DIFFERENCE!)
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To: Don W

Photo 11 looks like my big boy, Baxter. He’s a German Shepard terrior something mix (from a shelter). He doesn’t like other dogs or cats; is incredibly protective of our family and thinks he is a lapdog. The funny thing is he bumps into things w/his rear end all the time. He doesn’t sense his body is back there.

Mutts (no matter their size) are the best :)


24 posted on 08/04/2013 6:12:51 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
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To: berdie; Jonty30

My little JRT, Cookie, will start a fight with a bigger dog and not stop. I have had to take her to the vet several times.


25 posted on 08/04/2013 6:33:17 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

#11 is an Irish Wolfhound, tallest breed, or at worst a Scottish Deerhound. But he just looks too buff for a SD.


26 posted on 08/04/2013 6:54:20 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Jonty30

“A wolf hybrid”.

Goodness.. what is the wolf crossed with? A bear?!! Either way, beautiful doggy and he loves his human!


27 posted on 08/04/2013 7:01:14 PM PDT by momtothree
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To: momtothree
“A wolf hybrid”.

We, (my daughter,) has a wolf-Golden hybrid. Fantastic animal, excellent hunter, scares the Sh!t out of people when she flips into "wolf mode." The animal is a very intellegent sweet heart that takes home/family protection very seriously.

28 posted on 08/04/2013 7:34:38 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: Jonty30

that is a magnificent animal !


29 posted on 08/04/2013 7:46:44 PM PDT by Sioux-san (So)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
The funny thing is he bumps into things w/his rear end all the time.

I've had 2 very large Golden Retrievers. Both were house dogs, and my house has a lot of antique furniture, so space is at premium. Neither dog EVER knocked over anything. They were amazingly graceful while weaving between furniture legs, etc. The only thing I had to watch for was the tail An excited Golden can sweep your coffee right off the coffee table with their tail.

30 posted on 08/04/2013 8:08:09 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

BIL had a pit-lab that was like that. It was like having someone taking a ball bat to your shins when he started wagging...


31 posted on 08/05/2013 1:27:34 AM PDT by Fire_on_High (RIP City of Heroes and Paragon Studios, victim of the Obamaconomy.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Wonderful pictures! We always adopt adult shelter dogs so we get no “size” surprises.

Our setter-mix, Aubrey (42 pounds) was rescued with several pups, and one of her pups was returned to the rescue group after a couple of years when he grew up to be an 80+ pound lab/setter mix! Beautiful, friendly dog, just more dog then the owners could handle. Luckily, he was re-homed pretty quickly.


32 posted on 08/05/2013 5:03:10 AM PDT by LSAggie
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To: Fire_on_High

When a Golden wags like that, it’s like being slapped in the shins with a broom!


33 posted on 08/05/2013 5:08:13 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

good dog

34 posted on 08/05/2013 5:09:04 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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