A Day with Danes

httI spent the afternoon yesterday with the Upper Midwest Great Dane Rescue and Lauren O'Connor of Driving for Danes. Lauren and her dane, Harley, are driving across the country in 100 days to raise $100,000 and awareness for animal shelters and rescues.

We were at the Eagan Buffalo Wild Wings on a sunny, breezy, Sunday afternoon. We raised $130 in cash donations just from people passing by, and BWW will be donating 15% of their food totals from patrons who submitted one of our flyers. At one point in the afternoon, we had 11 Great Danes on the grass, of just about every color variation except black.

Two of the kids were fosters looking for their forever homes...I very nearly snagged them both, cause they're such sweet little girls.

Retta/Sugar

Ivy

 Lauren noted that Harley is starting to have some aggression problems. Poor boy--he's undoubtedly stressed by the uprootedness and strangeness of the whole situation. He also wants to be with her all the time. I got to hold him for some times while Lauren mingled with the people and other danes. What a fun pup Harley is:

As with most dogs in my acquaintance, he gets especially lovey-cuddly because he wants the Halti off! However, lest you think that poor Harley is being abused, he gets to spend days sleeping on the road, plus meeting all sorts of people. Also, once Lauren gets to Colorado, Harley is going to be treated to a 3-day spa vacation with massages and walks and rest. Most of the time yesterday he was chilled and relaxing by lazing on the grass. It truly is a rough life to be a Harley-dog....

If you need more pictures, I've got them on my flickr page.