My Giant Baby!

Cooper had a vet visit today to get his Rabies shot. Of course he was the center of attention at the vet hospital. He was very excited to be there and was a very good boy. He now weighs 81lbs and is 28" at the shoulder. Last night we decided that he is so well behaved that he doesn't need to sleep in his kennel anymore. So we took his bed from down stairs and laid it next to our bed. He plopped down on it, and I turned the lights off....he laid there and wined, so I went over and opened his kennel, and in he went..I left the door open and he stayed there all night. I guess he really loves his kennel :) We have noticed that when we are home and he is tired and wants to get cozy, he will often go upstairs and lay in his kennel???

MARMADUKE

Gumby!

Yes, it's Gumby and he is meant to be a dog toy! Remember him from your childhood? When I saw him I had to get him for Cooper, and now it is his favorite toy. Cooper has hardly put Gumby down since we got him, and yet he still looks almost brand new!

GDCA Nationals 2008

Some of Cooper's brothers are at the GDCA Nationals this week. Wish them all luck!

Dogtoberfest

Today Copper and I ventured to UrbanAnimal in Minneapolis to join in on the festivities of their annual Dogtoberfest. He received plenty of attention there and met a new buddy, a 3 month old fawn Dane.
They had a beer garden set up where you could get doggy beer. We didn't try it and I'm not sure as to what it actually was. They also had a dog/human brat eating contest. I told Steve that him and Cooper would have been the perfect team since Cooper doesn't even chew his food (he would probably swallow them whole), but Steve didn't come with us :( It was fun to watch though.

One Smart Cookie!

Cooper started his advanced puppy obedience class tonight. He was by far the best behaved puppy there. He did all his commands with flying colors. We do have to work on the lay down command, he tends to want to lay down and pop back up right away. But he is definitely ready for Level 1 obedience, which we start in 4 weeks. Yeah Cooper! Apparently it was quite tiring, above is a picture of him after obedience class-snoring away.

What a cutie :)

Cooper waiting for his food, he always sits on this rug on the other side of the kitchen.

Our Beautiful Show Dog!

Wait a second, that's right, he's the wrong color. Jennifer keeps saying that Cooper has so many great characteristics that would make him a great show dog, except he came out the wrong color..can we dye his hair? (Only kidding, I love my baby the way he is!) Jennifer wanted to get some pictures if him stacked, so here is our attempt.







And of course, the brothers had to see what was going on and get in on the action!

Family

Cooper spent Sunday playing with his brothers. Barry, Zen, and Poet were all there to add to the fun. There were a few adult Dane friends as well.

Dog Park

Cooper having a blast with a few of his Dane buddies (Vinnie and Oscar) at the Airport Dog Park .

Growing like a weed!

At 4 months old, Cooper is 25" at the shoulder and weighs 64 lbs.

The tooth fairy has come!

Cooper has started to lose his puppy teeth! I found one on his bed and looked in his mouth, he was missing quite a few.

Great Danes galore!

We joined a Twin Cities Great Dane meet-up that gathers at the various dog parks in the cities. We attended one of the meet-ups on Saturday, and there were about 15 Danes. All different ages, colors and sizes.

Cooper was the youngest, but there was another mantle-merel there names "Merle" that was 8 months old. It's hard to believe that Cooper will be that big in a few months.

It's scary when all the other Dane owners comment on how big his paws are and say that their Dane's paws were never that big and that he is going to be such a big boy. I think Cooper will definitely be a big boy like Ryu (his daddy).

Just A Good Picture

Still Growing!

We measured Cooper today and he is 25 inches at the shoulder. He can almost reach the counter when he stretches his neck. It's a good thing that he hasn't really figured out how to jump up or get his two front feet up on things. He must be close to 60 lbs by now, I weighed him last week and he was around 57 lbs. It is getting hard for me to hold him while standing on a scale.

Playtime!

And the basket after playtime........

The living Room after Cooper entertains himself for the morning

Cooper's toy basket before playtime

Kids,Kids, and more Kids!

Cooper had an exciting playtime with our 5yr old nephews, a fun time was had by all. Cooper is so good around the kids.

It's Official

Cooper's registered kennel name is: CHRMA CLRWKS Roll Out The Barrel-call name Cooper.
We decided on this after finding out that a "Copper" is a barrel maker. We thought that was pretty cool!

Such a hard life!

This is how I found Cooper sleeping this morning!

What? I dont have anything in my mouth!

Oops, it slipped out!
Cooper's mouth is now so big that he can hide an entire tennis ball in it. Yes, he does have the ball in his mouth in the top picture!