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I just needed to share with ya'll that my 5 year old son and I find it very amusing to watch my husband and his new shadow. Dinger follows him everywhere and I think it's sooo funny to watch and hear Eric telling him to scoot over or watch him trying to get around the Dingmeister. 

Leeloo has a black spot on the side of her face which is pretty much actually completely grey. She's 4 1/2. I have seen a lot of really young danes who are grey already in the face.
I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that you were lied to. Those people sounded very nice and honest from your description of them.

Here's a picture of a 2 year old dane I know.

I don't mean to jump to that conclusion, there was also a dane that looked like him at the SPCA and someone said that maybe we were dooped....very unlikely because Dinger's exactly how the couple described him.  Oh - and he looks just like Ivan!! 

I should be getting the breed info and vet records in the mail shortly...we're thinking about taking him to his previous vet also.

thanks

We got him!  I was moping around Friday night because I got this feeling that the family wouldn't chose us...my husband told me to give the owners a call to just see how they thought about us and if we even had a chance.  I got voicemail, left a message and never got a call back.  Saturday morning (as my prego cravings kicked in and sent my husband to store for bananas and milk), he called the owners and came home with good news for me.  Dexter would be brought to the groomers and we can pick him up anytime after 3pm.  We picked him up at 4 and went to the petstore to pick up a few necessities.  We changed his name to "Dinger" after the mascot of the Sacramento Rivercats - my husband proposed between innings on the field.  Anyhow, we ended up leaving the store almost 2 hours later and very exhausted.  The amount of people that approached us to pet him or ask questions about him was very overwhelming for me.  I guess you can warn a girl only so much, but I didn't get the full effect until it actually happened. 

That night, we set up his bed in my son's room (the bottom of his bunk bed), but Dinger was crying.  My husband ended up laying on the floor with him all night.  By Dinger's second night he was fine.   

He follows my husband everywhere and if he's not around, then he follows me.  He rough houses w/my husband and not with me  .  I am able to walk him just fine and he knows his basic commands which is awesome.  At one point, my husband did raise his voice to him, which he pouted for about half an hour ignoring my husband.  This morning I found him sleeping on the sofa and when I called him, he came but with his head down.  He is very much like a kid.  I'm sure I will have many questions still and as soon as I get my uplink chord thingy to work, I'll upload some photos...Thank s all for your input and advice.   

I think it sounds like a good match. If you love him already then he will love you also....when will you find out if you get him? Let us know how it is going. Good luck.
Terri

Thanks!  I haven't been able to stop thinking about him today.  I really hope we get him, he's just a perfect fit into our little family and our different personalities and needs.  Well, Dexter's current dad will call my husband either today or tomorrow to give him the info on the breeders.  We mainly want to contact them to ask about their health so we're not so blind going into this.  So....hopefull y by the end of the weekend, I'll have some good news! 

i had my date w/the dane last night, my first time ever, and...(drumroll please) I LOOOOOVE HIM!  absolutely & completely! By the time we (my husband, 5 year old son and I) came home, I think I had said, "I really like that dog" 10 times (it was a 15 minute drive).  I know I made the same statement five times before bed and this morning to my husband as we got ready for work.  I even told him that when the owner calls him, he needs to make it VERY clear that I WANT DEXTER! That's his name...let me tell you about our wonderful date last night.

Here are his stats: Dexter's black with a white chest (tuxedo) w/some white on his paws.  He's 2 and his last visit to the vet was about 4 months ago and everything looks good (the owners will provide vet records).  He will be going to the groomers tomorrow.  He is a full breed, but no papers (papers, shmapers, who cares!) and we can visit the breeder (about 20 mins away from our home) and ask questions about his parents.  His momma's from San Diego and his pop is from here (Sacramento) because the breeders wanted to make an extra precaution of not inbreeding.

Anyhow, Linda repeatedly stated that Dexter is really Gary's dog but she knew his facial expressions to the T.  She mentioned that he yawns when he gets stressed, he makes pouty faces when he gets scared and puts his head down the instant she raises her voice at him so she's careful of raising her voice even in general.  He gives hugs & kisses on command only because Gary likes them, but Linda doesn't.  He can rough house with Gary, but knows to stop anytime the second he's around Linda.  They say he's very careful with his tail now, because at one point he had cut it on something, so even though he may still hit the wall, he will hit it once and move a little and aware of his surroundings.  He grew up with kids (there was a little girl there that was about my son's age) and a small cockapoo; very friendly w/people, but still protective of "his" kids when they're out.  He doesn't drool, mainly kept his mouth shut the whole time we were together, but of course he does shed.  NO DROOL!!  He sleeps on a memory foam pad, loves stuffed animals and toys and as you've all mentioned already, will follow you EVERYWHERE.  Linda & Gary are very similar to how my husband and I are - I think Dexter is perfect! My husband and I even took him out for a short walk last night, I was able to walk him a short distance and he was fine.  I think we would have to leash train him a little better to my size and pace (he's used to Gary who is about 6' tall, I am 5' and very light) but right now I am also 5 months pregnant and he listened to my commands prefectly.  I hope they choose us to be his next family.  They are letting him go because they are moving and Gary has a neck injury and won't really be able to play with him as much as they normally do.  They're very torn about giving him up, but they know it's not fair to keep him under these circumstances.  My husband said he didn't even look at their kids coz he knows how hard it must be for them.

So, that's what happened last night.  I'm already thinking of things to get him and where to put his bed and toys.  Of course, still holding a little back in case we don't get to have him.....keep your fingers crossed!

  you guys are getting me excited about this...more excited than i thought i'd be. I've never been around a dane and the biggest dog that I've been around was my husband's pit/st. bernard (who's no longer with us) and he was only about 100 lbs.  we'll be checking out a 2 year old, black, dane today and I didnt know what to expect.  any more info i should know?