Phoebe now makes it into publishing

Phoebe is now starting the fun packed road in to conformation, including the normal published picures, here is her first advertisement due to be shown shortly.....

Fall Stacking

Well Jax and Shirley had fun today stacking the pups, it was only 40 degrees outside so everyone's teeth was chattering....

The Pups Are a Growing!

Well it has been a while since I have had time enough to post, Both Tess and Phoebe are growing like weeds, they seem to be settling down to living at the new home too...

We have been trying to deal with moving home, going to the Nationals, which ended up being for a day instead of the week we had intended on it being, however good friends were met and new ones made.

It was wonderful meeting up with a dear friend Jan from Parthenon's Kennel, where our Athena came from. Here are a few pics of the pups as they have grown over the last few months....

Hectic Days

Well the days seem to be passing and we just keep seemingly falling behind on all our want to do lists, Both Phoebe and Tess are just growing at a rate comparible with each other.... Haven't had too much time to be able to take pictures, however here are some from a few weeks back...

Athena is now a year old too

Happy Birthday Thea...

Happy Birthday Tobi

Tobias has now turned one year's old today....

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Britusa's Contessa V DeWitt's Court

Tess came home to us today, she is 11 weeks old on Monday and is very talkative, loves playing with Phoebe & tries to manipulate Tobi, Thea & Bella.....

Carla Rotunda from DeWitt's Court brought Tess to us in an amazing 3 day marathon, our sincere thanks goes to Carla, Tess is just a wonderful Natural Blue and brings to our home love and grace.... We have a fantastic pup & have gained a true friend from North Carolina...

Carla (DeWitt's Court) & Jackie lining the pups up.

(front to back) Thea, Sallie, Norma-Jean & Tobi

Tess & Phoebe at the watering hole...

Tess thinking "The frogs mine"...

Jax with newcomer Tess & Phoebe....

(from left to right) Tobi, Sallie (Dewitt), Phoebe, Norma-Jean (DeWitt), Thea & Tess

Independence Dane Day

Tobias lights up the sky.....

4Th of July 2008.......

Phoebe is getting a sister her own age!

Ssssh.... It's meant to be a secret......

Phoebe 12 Weeks Old

Here ya go Janie.....

Thea starts to fill out as she comes up to 1 years old

Thea starts to take on a beautiful look as she gets ready to turn 1 year old

Phoebe The Leopard

Fawn Great Danes Make Good Leopards Too....Don't Ya Know!

Tobi

Thought I would just post this wonderful picture we have of our Tobi....

Britusa's Boarding Kennel Resort Begins....

After much deliberation, planning & designing, the boarding kennel/resort finally begins; it is going to take months & months of dedication, hard work & I am sure much soul searching, hopefully we can have all the outside completed before the first snows in Fall. We are not to sure how long the entire project will take, all we do know is it will be an interesting venture.....

To learn more about the project go to

http://www.britusagreatdanes.com/Boarding%20Kennel%20Project.html

Father's Day Sun Tanning!

What else is there to do on a wonderful sunny Father's Day..... Kick back & Relax

Thea, above & below......

Tobi, below.....

Abeygail & Bella, below......

Bella, Thea & Phoebe, below.....

Tobi, Bella & Thea, below......

Natural or cropped

We were going to have Phoebe cropped, well that was the intention, after much deliberation we decided to keep her natural; this picture confirms my choice, so many Danes sadly are lost whilst having their ears cropped.

So why do we do it? Well mainly for vanity... in the USA it is thought to be the norm...... showing a natural is much harder than a cropped, with probably only 10% being natural..... In Europe cropping is banned, maybe eventually in the USA it will be the same one day, then and only then will judging be a more balanced art.....

Britusa's Phoebe hits a home run

Phoebe has settled in at home just wonderfully, she is only a fraction of the size to the rest of our Dane family, yet all ready thinks she is the boss of the crates..... she has warmed the hearts of all of us and our dearest of friends..

Thea & Tobi

Another head shot of our Tobi

A weekend to remember

This weekend was very memorable, it started with driving through the night amongst dreadful storms down through Indiana; they came to an end when we finally made it through Kentucky, we arrived around 6 am in Tennessee, Rob and Bel were there to greet us and by 10 am Phoebe was in my arms..... "Wow" she is a beauty, so much more than we could ever imagined.

I have for a long time wanted a fawn, I have seen many, yet only a few grabbed my attention, Phoebe seems to have all the points and looks I wished for...... We spent Saturday night in Columbus and started our trip home around 5 am Sunday morning. Around lunch time we met up with our good friends Phil & Jane in Indiana after passing through some incredible flooding. After a wonderful lunch and some puppy posing we made for home, we eventually pulled in our driveway around 8 PM...... It was a long drive, everyone was tired, yet the memories will last a life time...

Here is a group shot of all the guys hanging out at Fall Hollow; from left to right (front row), Tobi, Thea, Bella, (back row) Moonbeam, Merci & Ditto...

Phoebe Playing with her brother

This picture shows Phoebe and her black brother Hoss....

You Either Got or You Don't!

You Either Got or You Don't! Thea has it, she is starting to take on the look from her father BISS CH Longo's Miller Time AOM & Her Grandmother, BIS BISS Longo's Alana Fontana AOM HOF. She is just the ticket dressed in black.....

Tobi is nearly 1 yrs old...

It is coming up a year now since we have had Tobi with us, his birthday comes early in July; when we will probably be at the International show in Lexington KY for his celebration, his b'day is the day before our Thea's 1st Birthday Too...

Britusa's As You Like It V Fall Hollow

"Phoebe"

Well Phoebe has now turned 7 weeks old; we are going to bring her home finally this weekend from Tennessee when she turns 8 weeks, after all these days of waiting the time is approaching to bring her in to the fold.... She is the perfect addition to our already growing family.

Michigan Blossoms

On the last day of the Apple Blossom show; Jackie put an RN on our Isabella (Harlequin) and Mackenzie took another 1st with Thea (Britusa's Athena V Parthenon CGC, 10 months old). All in all it was a wonderful show, we met old friends, made new and had success all round......