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(18,402 posts)A Harlequin White/Merle, also without the ears cropped. They are the sweetest dogs imaginable. We loved him like a child but lost him too soon (age 7). That is the problem with Danes: their hearts are often not big enough for their bodies.
Butterflylady
(3,523 posts)It is such a shame about their hearts. I don't know if could endure losing one.
Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)Too heart-breaking way too soon. It's bad enough when you lose them at 14 or 15.
We mourned that dog for a full year, and I would dream about him long after (transformed into a young man studying in school!). I swore no pets after that, but it was not to be after we had kids. Had a Tibetan terrier, who finally met his demise through cancer, and then inherited our daughter's rescue cat when she up and moved to Japan for a year. We kept her for seventeen more years, and had to put her to sleep a year ago. It broke my heart.
I can't stand the thought of owning another pet, because I can't take the loss anymore.