The Ruckus Room

Quinton loves these sunglasses!

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January 2012

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Couch Hogs

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Moosh January 2012

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Look at that beautiful coat!!!

Sleeping with his frog.

December

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Quinton Healthy!

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Ruckus and Quinton Trick-or-Treat

2011-10-23T15:34:00.000-04:00

Ruckus needs some training! Bella and Quinton just sit there when you dress them up. Bella will take treats during this, Quinton won't. Ruckus on the other hand.... Oh my! I had an eye patch for him to wear, but he broke it about 137 times, so I gave up! I took like 25 treats just to get this one shot. I thought about making a better, stronger eye patch and re-taking his picture, but uh.. I think this will have to do! lol.

Trick-or-Treat

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Travis and Quinton

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Quinton Playing!

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Yummy!

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Quinton

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Ruckus the great dane Playing in the Sprinkler

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Ruckus the great dane playing with squeaky duck toy

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Ruckus the great dane afraid of tiny fish toy

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Ruckus the great dane afraid of fish toy #2

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May 29th 2011

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Laser Pointer 1

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Dogs at Christmas.

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Ruckus and Kitty playing

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Ruckus and Kitty cuddling

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Ruckus demanding breakfast

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On a happy note...

2010-10-15T02:46:00.002-04:00

I posted on the pea board about Ruckus' current health issue. On a happy note, here is a video of him and his friend Kitty playing this evening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGtImmBsebw

Please sign the petition

2010-08-31T18:24:00.000-04:00

If you could take a minute to sign this petition I would greatly appreciate it.

You do not have to be a resident of Florida or even the US.

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Every household member over the age of 18 can sign individually.

Thank you so much in advance!

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Silver Springs Florida Man Shoots and Kills 2 Great Danes

2010-08-20T13:59:00.000-04:00

I am working with the owner of these dogs to get charges brought against this man. There is a link on the YouTube video for our Facebook group.

These are the 911 tapes the shooter made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imjN_75xdX4

Ruckus and the sprinkler

2010-07-30T14:40:00.000-04:00

Crazy Sleeper

2010-07-18T08:52:00.001-04:00

This is how Ruckus always sleeps. He sleeps this way regardless of where he is...outside, on the floor, on the deck, even in bed with me when we take our naps. Sometimes at night he will crawl in bed with me and when hubby comes to bed, if Ruckus is laying on his side, he will pick his legs up and turn him on his back and crawl in bed.. leaving him laying flat on his back right between us in bed.

I really need to upgrade from a Queen to a California King. :)~

2010-07-14T17:58:00.001-04:00

Ruckus vs. 10 week old Jack Russell "Dottie"

2010-07-14T17:57:00.001-04:00

My Son and his Girlfriend came over today with her Mom's 10 week old Jack Russell. The dog is so stinking adorable! She walked right up to Bella, let Sadie sniff her and tried to play with Dirty Boots (our cat). BUT for some reason when Ruckus sniffed her, she instantly decided that she HATED him and was snapping at him.

A 10 week old sweetie growling and snapping at Ruckus. Ruckus was confused and continued to sniff. I snapped a few pictures and when I pulled them up to look at them I realize she nipped him on the nose. That didn't deter him though, he still wanted to play. And is fine, no bitemark.

I reeaaaallllyyy want this pup!!

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New pics

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Ruckus and Bella chasing eachother around the yard.

It's been a while

2010-07-09T13:41:00.000-04:00

Sorry to neglect this blog. I just haven't felt like posting pictures to any of my blogs lately. I promise to get a video or two of ruckus and post it in the next week and share with you his funky personality traits that make him so lovable!

Ruckus and Billy

2010-05-07T04:41:00.001-04:00

This is Ruckus with Billy the Kitty. He is one of 4 kittens we are helping his Momma to raise.

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Ruckus running around the yard this evening.

Some long over due pics

2010-04-26T06:35:00.000-04:00

Sorry it has been so long, we have been really busy doing landscaping outside this spring.

Ruckus is 14 months old now. He weighs about 165 lbs. He is still all puppy and the biggest baby ever. He has chosen the loveseat as his bed at night. In the one photo you can see him sitting on the couch... he does that every morning after the kids leave for school. He climbs on the couch and watches the birds in the bush and feeder.

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Ruckus' 1st Birthday!!!

2010-02-09T16:49:00.000-05:00

Ruckus turned 1 on February 8th. We had a small party for him. He is such a ham. He is so lovable! He has healed from his 1st eye surgery and now has another surgery scheduled to remove a resulting cherry eye. He is about 155 lbs now.

2010-02-09T16:47:00.001-05:00

Ruckus bird and snow watching

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Ruckus' Surgery

2010-01-08T00:01:00.000-05:00

Ruckus had surgery today to remove part of his 3rd eyelid that had prolapsed. It was a huge mass of tissue and was interfering with his vision. He did well. He will have to wear the e-collar for 3-4 days. I can't wait unti he gets it off, he keeps running into everything with it.

Ruckus turns 11 months old today and now weighs 141 lbs.

I'm going to really make an effort to post more regularly on here. :)

Ruckus then and now

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Ruckus in the clothes basket at 2 months old

Ruckus in the clothes basket today at 10 months old

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Doing what he does best...

2009-11-07T02:15:00.000-05:00

Ruckus sleeping. We use crib mattresses as beds for the dogs. He had a lazy day yesterday. Today he turns 9 months old. Hubby and I are still amazed every single day by how huge he is.

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Ruckus - Almost 9 months old

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Ruckus and I went to the dog park today. We were the only ones there and he was pretty nervous with all of the pup smells around. After that we went to the pet store for some treats.

Ruckus turns 9 months old this week. I can't tell you how much he weighs because my scale doesn't go high enough for DH and Ruckus..lol. I'm guessing between 110 and 120 lbs. He is bigger then Sadie and Bella now.

Sorry I don't update much, but honestly Ruckus hates having his picture taken. Everytime I get the camera out at home he turns his back or leaves the room.

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today

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Ruckus and his new ball

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Ruckus 7 months old - 90 lbs

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Getting treats

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The monsters getting treats.

Update on Ruckus

2009-08-09T04:01:00.001-04:00

Wanted to share a few pictures of Ruckus. He is 5 1/2 months old now and weighs 70 lbs. I also wanted to let you guys know that DH stole him from me!!! He was supposed to be my mother's day present, but he is DH's spoiled baby! If DH wakes up in the middle of the night, he will go get Ruckus out of his cage so he can pet him. He spoils him, feeds him right from the counter. and if anything gets destroyed DH says "he is just a baby" Dh calls him Little Baby Ruckus or Sweet Baby Ruckus.

First I have to confess that I do not call him Ruckus. I lovingly call him $hithead. Like when I look out and see he has eaten yet another one of my new perennials, or when he body slams himself against the back door to get in. Or when he chewed a hole in my carpet. Or when peed on the couch. I could go on and on. I adore him though and I call him that in a very loving manner.

He is pretty much house broken as long as we let him out regularly (thank you peas for your advice) otherwise he will sneak downstairs and pee on the ceramic tile at the bottom of the steps.

Sadie has apparently decided that she is done raising him and will only play with him occasionally. He will beg Bella to play and if she refuses he will just chew on her and force her to play the "lets chew on each others face" game. I just don't understand how that can be enjoyable for them.

DH might have to get a 2nd job to pay the food bill. Sadie and Bella get 4 cups of food each per day. Ruckus eats 4 cups at a meal and gets this 3-5 times a day. My vet said to feed him as many times a day as he wants, just to allow an hour or two between feedings and as long as he isn't fat. He is growing so fast and expends so much energy, he needs it.

I'm not sure if you can tell in the pics or not, but he isn't fixed. It is recommended that you wait until a Dane is 8 months old to fix them or it can affect their growth. Also, he has an undescended testicle and the vet said they have to open him up and find it or it could turn cancerous. We have decided that since he will already be opened up, we are going to have his stomach tacked so that we won't have to worry about him ever getting bloat.

He is the sweetest, goofiest, most loving dog I have ever met. I love him so much and I just don't know what I will do if something happens to him.

I only have 2 complaints. 1. He pees when he gets excited. He will either pee in one spot, or he will run around leaving a wiggly stream on the carpet behind him. Vet says he should grow out of that by the time he is 6 months old, I will freak if he doesn't.

#2. I swear his paws weigh about 10 lbs each. DH usually gets up before I do and Ruckus loves to run in and jump up on the side of the bed...you know ... where my face is? It is like getting punched in the face with his ginormous paws. Again, I mutter $hithead and then get up.

I also want to really get him his AKC CGC certificate so that he can become a therapy dog. We have just started to research that.

dogs

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Dogs playing with dad.

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Ruckus 51/2 months. 70 lbs

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Ruckus turns 5 months old.

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Ruckus Swimming

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Ruckus is getting used to water. He keeps trying to climb in the pool and loves to be thrown in. He is getting too heavy for me to pick up so hubby throws him in.

Ruckus 19 week old video

2009-07-15T13:20:00.004-04:00

In the Video, the Blue Dane (Bella) is biting the B&W dog's (sadie) ankles. Bella is a peace maker and she does this to try to get Sadie to stop playing. :)

Ruckus 19 weeks old

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Ruckus 17 weeks 50 lbs.

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Ruckus teaches me about gardening

2009-06-25T09:21:00.001-04:00

We put in a new perennial flower bed this year. Ruckus had surprised me and stayed out of it...until yesterday!

I had been waiting for this flower to bloom. Apparently Ruckus was keeping on eye on it too. Yesterday the flowers started to open and apparently that meant they were a peak eating season for him.

This flower wasn't really good, it just got stepped on so Ruckus could munch on the one behind it. Also Ruckus wants to point out that soaker hose. He says those are the best hoses to chew on because they help with teething and the cool water soothes the gums in the process.

My Lilley flowers are not only beautiful but Yummy too apparently.

Ruckus thinks that Daylillies are very comfortable to lay on and take a nap. Also, he says if you wake up and are hungry, they are great for snacking on too.

Needless to say I spent yesterday evening putting up an ugly fence around my beautiful flower bed to keep the monster out.

Big Feet!

2009-06-25T09:14:00.000-04:00

Ruckus needs to grow into his feet! He is almost 5 months old now and his feet are as big as Sadie's and Bella's feet!

Ruckus meets Diesel

2009-06-25T09:10:00.000-04:00

The Dane is this photo is NOT Sadie. This is Diesel. He belongs to my friend Kaleb (pictured) who is a Tech at my Vet's office. Diesel is a 3 year old 165 lb male Harlequin.

About 4 years ago I boarded Sadie at my Vets while we were on vacation. She is an aggressive dog and Kaleb had to take care of her. Amazingly he still had all his fingers when we picked her up, but he saw her and decided he wanted a Harlequin Dane too.

Kaleb found Diesel and the cool thing is, Sadie and Diesel both have 1 blue eye and 1 brown eye, but on Diesel they are opposite sides from Sadie.

Kaleb brought Diesel out into the waiting room and my youngest son looked at him confused and said "Sadie?"..lol.

Then and Now

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This was Ruckus at 8 weeks old.

I took this one today to compare how much he has grown

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Ruckus is rotten!

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Ruckus has a really bad habit of sitting on the other dogs. Usually he straddles Sadies neck with his back legs and then reaches over her head and trys to take her toys away.

Bella and Ruckus are finally friends

2009-06-05T12:27:00.000-04:00

Ruckus finally quit trying to chew on Bella all the time. She enjoys playing with him now.

Ears Gone Wild!

2009-06-05T12:23:00.000-04:00

For the past week Ruckus' ears are just goofy. They are huge and floppy and are always flipped inside out. He also scruntches the top of his head and his ears stand up.

12 week update

2009-05-29T17:09:00.000-04:00

I weighed Ruckus this morning. 32 lbs. He was 12.5 when we got him 5 weeks ago. He can't walk under the coffee table anymore. He is now eating 8 cups of food a day! Yikes.

At the dog park

2009-05-29T16:47:00.000-04:00

Ruckus bugged this little dog until he ended up putting Ruckus in his place.

Bella usually doesn't go in the water. She would only put her front feet in because the ground was uneven. She ended up sitting down on that rock with her body in the water.

We didn't expect anyone to be at the swimming area today and were surprised to find it packed. Sadie wasn't allowed to take her muzzle off because she bites. I came home and ordered her a basket muzzle.

Ruckus swimming

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Lazy day.

2009-05-23T13:14:00.001-04:00

These were taken yesterday. Ruckus has decided that Sadie makes a great place to sit.

Bella prefers to watch all the action from the couch.. her feet are safe there from the little piranha.

Ruckus is 3 months old today.

2009-05-23T13:09:00.001-04:00

The video below is one I took yesterday of the 3 dogs laying around. Ruckus seemed a little upset at the end when he realized I was video taping him..lol

Video is 1 min 20 seconds long.

I have some pictures to upload later too.

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