Meet Our own deaf
Dane Ambassador
Grant
 Gender - Male
- Age/DOB - 1/13/2009
- Height at the shoulder -
- Weight - 120
- Spayed/Neutered - Yes
- Taken in on - 2/14/10
- Available as of - 2/1/11
- Housebroken - Yes
- Obedience trained - Yes
- Good with other dogs - Mostly
- with cats - Unk - maybe not
- with kids - Yes but not small kids
- with the elderly - probably not
- Temperament
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Grant hasn't grown up yet, okay he probably never will. He is a ditzy
puppy in a full grown Dane body. He also has some behavioral issues,
like a mild case of cumplusive behavior. He is sweet as can be, but
needs a strong leader as an owner
Grant
has been around. We don't know a lot about his past, but he's been in
at least one other shelter or rescue. And been placed unsuccessfully at
least once before he came to us. From his behaviors when we first got
him, I'd guess that he spent most of his first year alone and mostly
ignored, maybe kenneled or something like that. He has some OCD
behaviors that lead me to believe he was isolated and ignored, with
nothing much to do, and had to learn to amuse himself. He is a typical
adolescent in many ways, but also very immature in some ways. He was
never taught to respect anything, not people, not other animals. He's
clearly been in an environment where there was a leadership vacuum and
has tired to fill that vacuum. And because he is big and strong and
does not know to respect people, he was very pushy and bossy when he
got here. He also tended to be that way with other animals too, but he
is also very insecure and lacking in any social skills. This is always
a bad combination. He isn't an inherently aggressive dog, but because
of his various issues, he tended to be seen by other dogs that way,
with the expected result of him having issues with other dogs. When he
got here, he paid little to no attention to the other dogs unless they
intruded into his space or disturbed his OCD behaviors. If we intruded
on his OCD and tried to block or restrain him he would simply get more
and more frantic to be let loose. With other dogs he would snap. He did
not see dogs as friends or playmates and really wanted nothing to do
with them. When laying down he would snap at any dog that got near him
or (god forbid) touched him. Even food wasn't much of a draw for him
when he was really into his OCD stuff, but he was treat driven when we
got him, which did help. And he did appear to have had some
training at some point in his life, though it either didn't amount to
much or didn't stick. He was very insecure underneath everything, and
was desperately clingy at first. After a few days he got more at ease
here and some of that went away.
Update- 1/15/11 We've been working with Grant almost a year now. He is
a completely different dog. He is respectful, interacts well with
other dogs, has almost completely stopped his OCD stuff, and is turning
into a nice boy. He will need a strong leader as an owner, because he
could easily fall back into his old ways for a while. But he is a very
nice young dog now and is enjoyable to have around. He is still, and
likely always will be, a bit quirky, but it's quirky in a good way. As
you can see by the following photos, he is not the right dog for folks with
fancy furniture or who are obsessively clean. OTOH he can be extremely
entertaining and sometimes even make you forget he's sitting on an end
table.
We will post additional photos of Grant as time goes by, so check
back often.
And if you have any questions about Grant or any of our dogs,
email us or call us at
541-782-2242
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Yep, that's Grant on the left, sleeping with other dogs.
He's come a long way, baby.
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"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion" - Unknown
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