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....