Featured Dane
Pink is our featured, adoptable Great Dane. She is a 2 year old, white, female.
Interested in Pink? For more information, view her profile.
Friends Danes
The Danes memorialized on this page are those of UMGDR friends, volunteers, and supporters. Do you have a Great Dane you would like to memorialize, find out how.
Dakota
I lost my best friend unexpectedly and way too early to mesenteric torsion at the age of 5. Dakota was an incredibly handsome and majestic blue dane with a personality that made everyone smile. His spirit, love for life, and goofiness will never be forgotten. Dakota overcame a lot in his 5 years with me, and truly was the most amazing best friend that anyone could ask for. Although I know he is watching over me, I will greatly miss him for the rest of my life.
Maggie
Maggie was our first Dane, and we fell in love with both her and the breed immediately! She was a 3-yr old owner surrender. I stumbled across her at our local city-owned shelter while there helping to start up a new volunteer program. Sue had talked several times about loving the looks of Harlequin Danes. And, there was Maggie with no warning and available for adoption. After she bounded out of her kennel and leaned on me, it was love at first sight and the rest is history.
Maggie never seemed lost, or withdrawn. Maggie had a huge personality and “attitude”–she would not let you forget she was in the room. Whenever we were at the computer or the dinner table, in short order Maggie would be there forcing her big head up under one arm or the other and standing there looking at our work, almost like she was evaluating us. It was hard to tell who was training who sometimes. One day she uttered her low growl as if to say she needed to go outside as usual. As I got out of my lounge chair to get the door she trotted past and bounded up in my chair, leaving me feeling rather silly…..
After 3 wonderful years with Maggie she contracted lymphoma. She was always more like a family member than a pet so there was never any doubt–we followed the “Madison protocol” of chemotherapy. 5 months of remission gave us hope, but she came crashing down in early November of ‘09. As she declined it was obvious what we must do, but still the hardest decision we have made in our entire lives. We still miss her deeply and sometimes it feels like her large presence is still here…… Maggie taught us how to love Danes, which led us to the UMGDR website within a couple weeks of her death. On December 5, 2009, we adopted our 2nd beautiful girl–Ginger–and the large hole that had been in our home soon felt much smaller. Nothing will completely replace her, but we are sure Maggie would have approved of our choice.
Wilbur
Wilbur was a black great dane that was born with megaesophagus. It was a rough start from the beginning and you could tell by the way he looked at you that he knew he was sick, but wasnt going to give up. The vets gave him 4 months to live, but after building a baily chair and doing meds with a good diet we made it to 8 months until his stomach flipped inside out. He had more will to live than any human or dog I have ever seen. He would frequently he the blender start up and run to the kitchen no matter how weak he was. He would give you a look like “its okay mom and dad” He would cuddle all the time and get jealous any time we would give attention to our other dog. When we lost him, it was the saddest day ever but he looked at us not like he was sick but like he was sad because he could see we were hurting for him. We will always miss him and there will never be a dog as courageous and strong willed as Wilbur. His AKC name was “Where there’s a Wil there’s a Way”
Iggy
Last night I lost my angel of a Great Dane. He was the most beautiful brindle I have ever seen. He had ears that were so big he could probably fly and feet that could only show how big he would have been. He was only 9 months old and he had always struggled to gain weight, we were in and out of the vet clinic his whole life but had no real answers to his dilemmas. On August 28th, 2009 Patron started seizing and wouldn’t stop, so we ran to the e-clinic where they had speculations but no answers still. Early on August 29th he died and I don’t know how another dog will ever be able to compete with him. I am very sad but I want him to be remembered for his beauty and elegance. He would have been the most majestic Great Dane.
Haley
In memory of Haley of Viroqua, WI, the “greatest” Great Dane there ever was.