Meet Our own deaf
Dane Ambassador
Roxy
Goodbye our sweet Box 'O Rocks
2/15/12
We had Roxy PTS today. She had been ill for about a month, diagnosed with several things including Diabetes Insipidus,
and she was slowly dying. We gave her a great last day, cuddled her all
day, and then took her down to the vet to have her PTS. She got to
leave this world in my arms, on one of her beds, in the back of our car.
I hope and believe that she died happy. She was a Princess with a
capital P, and as with all princesses, she could be a royal PITA, but
she was as sweet as could be, well behaved and obedient, and always a
love bug. We will miss her. I am not sure why, but we never had any
serious inquiries about her, despite the fact that she was one of the
few dogs we had that could see and hear, was well trained, and was a
very loving dog. When we got her, I figured she'd find a home in no
time. And yet she just sat here, for almost 2 years, unwanted and so
desperate for a home and family of her own. We loved her and we did our
best, but we were not her family.
 Gender - Female
- Age/DOB - 1/26/07
- Height at the shoulder -
- Weight - 102
- Spayed/Neutered - Yes
- Taken in on - 6/16/10
- Available as of - 1/16/11
- Housebroken - Yes
- Obedience trained - Yes
- Good with other dogs - Mostly
- with cats - Unk
- with kids - Yes
- with the elderly - Yes
- Temperament
-Roxy
is a princess. She would be best as an only dog or with one or two
other dogs. She needs an owner who won't let her run the house.
Roxy
is
a Merle Dane with Addison's Disease. She came to us because her mommy couldn't keep her anymore. AD is easily managed and Rox is
stable. She is on daily medication for her AD, but the meds are
controlling the AD very well. She will have to be on her meds the rest
of her life. Her meds run about $35 a month. Rox is sweet and very
affectionate. She is not very socially adept with other dogs. She often
gets into squabbles because she wants to play with the other dogs but
doesn't know how to go about it, and then gets intimidated and
defensive. She wants other dogs to believe she is a dominant
personality and will try to be the
boss with other dogs, which doesn't help, especially since she doesn't
really believe she's the boss of anything and the other dogs sense
this. She is also going to try to boss around her owners too. Not at
all aggressively, she will just try to act
the Princess and be the boss. You have to stay on top of her, and you
have to keep it clear in her mind who is in charge. She would be fine
with some dogs and not suitable with others. Mind you, I say that but
she currently lives with 11 other dogs and is doing fine. But we do
have to keep an eye on her sometimes, see the warnings that things are
getting out of hand, and verbally intervene before they do. Rox, also
loving known around here as box o Rox, is not the sharpest knife in the
drawer. There are times when it is easy to expect too much of her. But
she is also good at playing dumber than she is sometimes. She's sort of
your typical JAP (Jewish American Princess - no religious slurs
intended by this). She's not a big dog as Danes go. Actually on the
petite side. Rox can see and hear just fine. Rox really wants to please
and be your special good girl, and this makes working with her easier.
She is very affectionate and will take up the entire bed if you let
her, draping herself all over you. She's a very nice girl and will make
a nice companion for the right person or family. She's not foolproof or
bombproof as they say in the horse world. But she's not a grenade
either. She is just a nice sweet dog, who lost her mommy and her home and doesn't understand why.
We will post additional photos of Rox as time goes by, so check
back often.
And if you have any questions about Rox or any of our dogs,
email us or call us at
541-782-2242
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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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