Home is where the Egrets roam!

I took a really long drive this past week, at least twice as far as Uncle James' castle. Did you know that there is something further south than their place? I thought it was the southern most tip of the earth. I guess Magellan was wrong again.

Well, I finally got to meet Grandpa and Grandma.... Wasn't quite the homecoming party I had expected - no parade, ticker-tape, or key to the city, but the weather was really nice.

I did have run of the dock and the back yard.


Grandma fishing and me chewing on a clam. someone told me they were supposed to be juicy and delicious, but this one was really, really HARD!


Grandpa thought about petting me....



I was careful to lead grandma around the hazzards on the road.


My portrait...



I swear I saw something move down there....


There it goes again!




Me playing in the back yard with my ball. I had a great time.



Dad says we'll go back in the spring or summer. Looking forward to another escape from the cold!

Oh, I did nearly kill Dad, hope he doesn't have any scars. He was really bleeding from his head and his glasses broke when he dove into the ground.

Muchos Gracias

To my uncle and aunt for allowing me to hang with my brothers PJ and Puppy. I had a wonderful time as always. Although, for some reason, I didn't get my own room. It was triple occupancy!

Anyway, my neighbor is getting a Swiss Mountain pup tomorrow :) It's gonna be great! I can't wait.

That's it for now!

Weekends

Last weekend was a long weekend... seemed pretty boring. I guess we went to the big river park, but there weren't many people around. I only got hugs from two people. I wonder where they all were?


I wonder what the big stick is over yonder. Maybe Dad will walk us over there, of course, it does seem like it's pretty far away.
















Is it time to go yet?


















Yesterday, it rained ALL day! I told Dad to start building the Ark, but he said he already had an unsinkable boat. I just rolled my eyes and put on my life jacket.




























So today, it was glorious. Beautiful weather for the Danish Olympiad.


Unfortunately, yours truly came in 4th in the 100m sprint. No dog track field medal for the Shad today.











But in the Danish-Roman wrestling, Shad came out with a Silver!
















Stay tuned to the Danish Broadcasting Service (DBS.tv) for continuing covering of the 2008 Danish Olympiad. Upcoming event Shad will be competing include - 100m doggy paddle, the triathalon, and Paw-dle ball.

Back and Better than Ever!

The Shad has returned to the primordial soup from which I arose. Those who have been awaiting the tails of my adventures, have but to read the scroll below.

The Shad rides Dane style to Reston's park. Dad says "shotgun", if he doesn't smarten up, I'm gonna shoot him.






I went to the dog park to hoist some brews with the boys. Let me tell you, there were quite a few new members in the Canine Intelligence Agency - some new recruits and some older farts.




Hanging with the boys is like good old times.










But when one of the new guys tries to roll up on me, I had to put him down! I would have pulled a wolverine, but Dad removed my adamantium claws last weekend - something about Uncle James saying I had bear claws.














Best part of today, I met my new girlfriend - Dakota. I know some of you think she's a bit young at 5 months, but it the beginning of our relationship. Fancy, she's a classy bitch, but she's just all stuck up and never comes out. Dakota is Apollo's sister and Amy and Bryan's daughter.















Oh, for those of you who are keeping track, Dr G got a new pup - but not a Dane. I hope she adds a Dane back to her family. But she still gave me lots of hugs. And I weighted in at 122lbs.

In the dog house!

What happens when you mix freedom and free time? Trouble!

Every once in a while, Dad get the great notion of letting me loose. Sometimes, I get carried away.

Well, I had the run of the house last friday (at least most of the downstairs).
































It took Dad quite a long time to clean up. He was pretty upset, saying I could have died from the detergent, fabric softener light bulbs, and insect spray!

I'm sure that it was nonsense. Dad is just very often open to exaggeration.


I've got to go, Dad says I'm on limited web surfing until I grow up!

"The Fish" has officially died, Life without Dad (aka Party at the Brewers), and my 1st B-day

As some of you may recall, a few months ago, Jim, my fish monger, gave me the big green monster. Well... the fish died a horrible death a few weeks ago.

I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to eat it. All the other chewies are ok to eat (at least, I think so).













So, I took at two week vacation at the Puppy and PJ's Palace. Was really fitting my style and us Dane's we know how to roll. Aunt Kim was there to answer our beck and call. That's a womans place, at least that is what Uncle James says. I hope I can do another jammin party again, nothing like 7x24 belly rubs! And since we're at PJ's Sinville, what happens in Sinville, stays in Sinville - so no pictures!

But Aunt Kim did take me to see dad for my birthday! I turned one last week. If Dad is right, I'm old enough to drink and drive (not together of course). My bro PJ showed up for the afternoon as well. We didn't get to stay long, since they're paving the really long driveway to Aunt Kim's place.






































































































It's time to go back to Sinville...but I missed Dad already!






























And Dad didn't give me my Birthday present yet! He says it needs to be a nice day.... WHATEVER!

The toilet runneth over!

So every so often the great dane in the sky clogs the toilet and there is an overflow... Well, the creek was closed off because of this at my party this weekend. But instead of splashing in the water, I rolled in the dirt. Dad wasn't appreciative, but it was fun!

A few people from Dad's work showed up...

Tara and Daisy showed up .. but Daisy was pretty feisty so we didn't hang out..















And Brenda brought her Saint B. I've never seen such a big tail!

















VA Tech... known for engineers and dog handlers!
















Check out my new friends, Denali (little) and Kebo(big)!






























Power Pup in Action

2007 Flashback and let the good times roll

So Dad finally got some pictures from Xmas. Just like in the movies... it takes a lot of effort to get the final take....














Uncle James was the director... gave me some guidance on where to sit..














And Aunt Kim, she was from our talent agency and had to stroke our egos...














So.... after a few outtakes, we got that final shot. Whew... who knew being a super-star was so hard.

The GOOD TIMES

So this past weekend, we had our monthly BDG (big dogz gathering - sometimes referred to the Blue Dane Gathering). I got to meet my twin - Apollo. Actually, I'm Apollo's older brother. I've got skilz with the ladies as you'll see and I was trying to set a good example for Apollo.

Below, Bryan is trying to decide if he should answer Amy (Apollo's mom's call)....




















You can see Apollo and a friend being chased by yours truly... We're truly the Blues Brothers :)
















So, the BDG became the truly awesome when Susan came.... Susan is Fancy's mom (in the green coat). I was instantly enamored with Fancy.















I'm still a pup, but I've some moves... I asked her out to dance















And we danced to the symphony of love.














Susan was obviously watching my courtship behavior. I hope I made a good impression, because I'd like to ask Fancy out on another date :)















Counting the days until my next date....

My poor DR G

I got my 9 month checkup and guess what - I weigh 109lbs. Not a pint sized pup any more.

Dr G was wonderful as always. But her Blue passed late last year suddenly. I never got to meet him. I could tell she missed him. Dad was telling her about my breeder and that she needed to get another one. It was one of the longest belly rubbin sessions ever :)

Maybe Dad will let me go visit her because she let her dane get up on the bed!

Welcome 2008, the year of the Shadow!

I spent Xmas with Puppy and PJ. I had a great time and was such a better house guest than during Thanksgiving. Dad needs to find some pics for me to put up.

Anyway, it has been forever since I've gotten to go to the dog park for a big dog get-together. Its been raining every time. But we did today. Super fun.













And I'm not the smallest Dane anymore. Yippeeeeee.

Apollo is my new pup-playmate. He was a wee bit scared of me. Kept running away, but there is no escape from the Shadow.


















Hopefully, we get to cross paths a whole bunch more! His parents are super cool. I got lots of attention.















And I finally got to meet a Weim. She doesn't look anything like the Shad. Not sure how everyone could get confused!

I'm all kind of dark and handsome and she's more like the a coffee color. And she was totally not into playing.













I didn't create all that splash mess... honest! It was the Mastiff!