<p>Canadian Champion Winstar MacDanes First Lady V Daynakin, or as well call her “Darn it, Mamie.”</p>
<p>Congratulations. Hey, is she related to English royalty?</p>
<p>Nah, her bloodlines are all American</p>
<p>I heard there will be a royal bloodline marriage in Britain soon. And wonder what that may result may be?
Do you now have 3 Gt Danes? Wow, must need plenty of room. Do they have their own bedroom?</p>
<p>No, I just have two. A fawn female (Mamie), and blue male (Odin). They have their fouton in the upstairs den, and dogs beds in my bedroom. They play musical beds every night.</p>
<p>Well, looking at the “sire” and the “dam,” I would guess any offsprings would either be mutts or crested chineese</p>
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<p>Pups looking like a Chinese crested??? NO chance. They’d get squished under your danes’ paw! But, if you have any pups, send one this way… the house has been so empty since we lost our guy 3 weeks ago. We celebrated his 10th birthday posthumously last Sunday :(</p>
<p>concernedad - do you handle her yourself, or do you use a professional handler? </p>
<p>that must have been so exciting for you. Is it your first champion?</p>
<p>Just looked at her online -she is absolutely magnificent. Congratulations !!! What a beautiful *****.</p>
<p>I have a little herding dog. I was at the vets one day with my little guy when someone brought in an Irish wolfhound. Not a dane, but obviously big. My little guy looked at him, then turned back to me, - then suddenly did a double take, and leapt on my lap. I have never seen a dog do a real, true double-take before. It was hysterical.</p>
<p>(I lost him last September. He was 15. I came downstairs when I realized he hadn’t followed me upstairs, and we found him then. Even my 19 year-old son cried.)</p>
<p>ooops. I keep forgetting about the filter system. Anyone reading this - please understand that dog people use the b-word in a clinical way, not in an insulting way. No one would ever insult Canadian Champion Winstar MacDanes First Lady V Daynakin !</p>
<p>concerneddad - Beautiful. Hope you don’t mind, but I just sent photos of her to a friend of mine with Danes.</p>
<p>Not at all, I am indeed very proud of her and I am flattered that you would want to share her pictures. I hope to have her Championship picture up on her website in a few weeks.</p>
<p>To anwser your question Hayden, I have not owner-handled her. I co-own her with a friend and professional handler. I do, however, handle my blue boy. I someday hope to handle all of my own dogs, but it is a slow process – both in learning all of the trick of the trade and gaining acceptance by the judges as a “pro.” There is a lot of politics in the show ring, and usually the first line of demarcation is the Pro-handle vs. Owner handler. With Mamie I was – at a very early stage of my entrance into the sport – entrusted with a very special pup with a ton of potential. A large part of that priviledge is giving her every chance to “finish” or get her championship – and that means allowing my pro-handler to take her into the ring.</p>
<p>And yes, she is my first champion.</p>
<p>concerneddad: My friend has Corgis named Dwight and Mamie, and a cat named Mao! Two republicans and a communist! :)</p>
<p>concerneddad,
Ok, so I want to see the doggy pictures, too. I’ve been reading the Sandwich Generation thread and I want to see something cheery.</p>
<p>Jym626,
I am sorry to hear about your dog, but I have the feeling that four paws will come trotting back into your life soon.</p>
<p>ohio_mom-
Thanks for your thoughts. Yes, I fully expect we’ll have a new four-legged family member in the not-too-distant future. We’ve already been contacted by several of the rescue people from our breed, and I continue to find an excuse to go to the petstore on Saturdays to go play with the adoption dogs. </p>
<p>The family agreed that we needed to give ourselves a little time, and as we are going away for spring break, that was a minimum criteria. That, plus we are still working on getting all the “aromas” out of the rugs and carpet. If we get another male, he’ll quickly start marking to cover the previous scents. I should probably buy stock in the “natures miracle” odor remover company first.</p>
<p>Concerneddad- What is the website address to see the beautiful pics???</p>
<p>My baby can be seen at <a href=“http://www.macdanes.com%5B/url%5D”>www.macdanes.com</a>. Click on the “Ladybug’s puppies” link on the lefthand side, and then scroll down to the 4th pup: “Mamie”</p>
<p>Hayden, I am sorry that I did not the part of your post concerning the lose of your dog. It is always so hard losing a beloved household member. We had to put our Rottie down this past Sept. at the age of 13 – she had bone cancer. My big tuff, 18 year old football player son made us wait until he left for college as he could not bear it. So, I am particularly sympathetic to your comment about your son.</p>
<p>Hayden-
So sorry about your loss. But it sounds like our guy went quickly and in the comfort of his own home. that gives me some comfort with mine.</p>
<p>CD-
Great website! Way to go!</p>
<p>Felicitations to Her Imperial Excellency.</p>
<p>Thanks TD, Jym and all others. Now we get to try and conquer the US.</p>
<p>concerneddad, congratulations.</p>
<p>thanks dstark</p>