Danes Down Under

Danes Down Under Dog diaries of two Danes living in a seaside village on the east coast of Australia.

'Putting a Dane outside for much of its life is akin to sentencing someone in solitary confinement. While a Dane does take up a great deal of space in the home, it is within this home that the dog can come closest to reaching its full potential. Caring for such a dog begins and ends with the amount of time and effort an owner is willing to expend.' [Joe Stahlkuppe]

Sunday Bath

ABBEY November 30th, 2008

Took Chelsea for a much needed bath. I’d been putting it off till we had some more beach time but the weather let me down. Shes been confined indoors for most of the month and smelt it so it was off to Brontosaurus. We go there so much they gave me some kind of ‘frequent flyer’ card but again I forgot to ask our girl her name. (Sorry) Plenty of ohhhs and ahhhs as we walked through (I love that) and a teen boy bought his mum over to watch Chels through the window. All up it was $20 which is pretty cool. Chelsea wasnt fussed, but she also didnt panic, more resigned to this being part of the routine and some kind of weird thing humans insisted on. What can I say ‘My girl’s becoming a legend!’ (well in my eyes anyway)

Tags: Brontosaurus, C. 1 Year

Shiloh’s 2nd Day At Beach

ABBEY November 29th, 2008

Tags: mainbeach, S.3 months

Beach , Shiloh
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My Goofy Girl

ABBEY November 28th, 2008

Tags: backbeach, C. 1 Year

A Run At Last

ABBEY November 27th, 2008

The hound and I braved the cold and wet for a much needed run. From the car to the water we were swamped by massive sand coloured mosquitos, Ive never seen anything like it. A counted 20 on Chels before I gave up. Once on the beach they left us. She had a ball for an hour and we made it home before the storms. It was the last thing I felt like doing but glad we did, it sure cleared the cobwebs.

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Tags: backbeach, C. 1 Year

Lucy Yap Yap

ABBEY November 26th, 2008

Lucy is getting harder to manage. The main problem is her continual barking at the slightest noise and going psychotic if anyone comes to the house. It wouldnt be so bad but the two Danes are picking up her habits. Shes also started peeing in the house since we got Shiloh. I just dont know what to do with her at the moment.

More Beach Dogs

ABBEY November 25th, 2008

They look cute don’t they? We watched these two at Northwall today. The owner of the brown dog also had a 6yr old child with her. Northwall is a dog beach and there were about 6 down there, on one of the few sunny days we’ve had so there were a fair few children.

Both dogs were allowed to tear through the sunbakers and swimmers. Both crapped on the beach and the owners left it, (another old man with a dog picked up after them) the small white one raced up the ramp into the traffic of the car park, its owner screaming at it to come back (it didnt). In the end the one with the brown dog, took her son from the beach and walked off, finally her dog realised and followed. Yapping all the way ..This whole fiasco lasted for about 45minutes Sheeeesh

Tags: Coffs Dogs, Mutt, Northwall