Meet Our own deaf
Dane  Ambassador
Glenna
    Adopted 6/10/03!!!

  • Gender- Female
  • Age - 7-8 months  
  • DOB -
  • Height  at the shoulder - 31"-32"
  • Weight - 85
  • Spayed/Neutered - not yet
  • Taken in on  - 12/30/02
  • Available as of - 3/20/03
  • Housebroken - working on it
  • Obedience trained - In training now
  • Good with other dogs - Yes
    • with cats - yes
    • with kids - yes!
    • with the elderly -Yes
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  • Temperament - very shy but will grow out of this as she learns to trust people A very sweet loving girl underneath it all
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Casper was what they were calling this sweet girl when we got her (We renamed her after one of the people who saved her and got her to us). A wonderful family saw her tied to a bike at a yard sale and rescued her even though they couldn't keep her. She was filthy (they said she was brown colored when they got her) and malnourished. She is still skin and bones, and they say she's put on 20 lbs since they rescued her! They found out about us from someone on the Deaf Dog list, and we arranged to get her. She was in the Redding, CA area. She is supposed to be AKC registered but the original owners wouldn't transfer the paperwork (they wanted to sell the paperwork, not the dog, mind you, they couldn't care less about her, but the paperwork was worth money to them). She was purchased originally from a kennel back east somewhere and they didn't realize she was deaf. When the figured it out, they tied her to a tree and pretty much ignored her. She is very shy and afraid of people, right now she won't let anyone but us (and kids) approach her, and even we have a hard time when she is off leash. When I went to pick her up she hid under the coffee table nearly the whole time I was there. She would stick out just her nose to get the treats I was offering, but nothing else. And anytime someone moved she would head for the furthest corner of the room and growl and bark.

She has no concept of people as friends yet really, though in just the couple days we've had her she has made huge stride on this. Because of this, her age, and how underweight she is, we will not be placing her for several months at least. By the time she is ready for placement, all these behavioral issues will be a thing of the past. Under it all she is a very sweet loving girl, a typical Dane. We just need some time to find that lost little Dane girl, and help her find her way back to the world.

We will post periodic updates on her here, and add more photos as we take them. Despite the fact that she will not be available for a while, people are welcome to keep tabs on her, or come see her, or even fill out an application to adopt her (we expect to have a waiting list on her once folks find out what a gem she is). She is likely to be a big dog, at just 8 months she is already as tall as Delilah and Gracie. She is a long and lanky type though, so she will likely always look a bit on the thin side like Connor.  

Update 2/09/03 - Glenna is really starting to come out of her shell now. She is still very timid with strangers (except kids, she just loves kids), but with us she is becoming the typical loving, cuddly, trusting Dane. She is also putting on weight. She was up to 97 lb. on her last visit to the vet. Glenna is just an absolute sweetheart once you get to know her.




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