I’ve temporarily become the custodian of a Great Dane named Bamse. In normal cases he belongs to two friends of mine, but due to various circumstances I was asked to watch him for a few days.
Which I happily accepted, since Bamse is one cool customer. In the past I’ve had some fairly bad experiences with this breed and I settled into the opinion that Great Danes are lazy, spoiled and high-maintenance type breeds. I knew this was somewhat prejudiced since I only could base this opinion on three dogs, and three dogs couldn’t represent a breed as a whole.
Bamse changed this opinion. He’s very easy-going, extremely charming (in a big elephant-wants-to-cuddle type way) as well as low-maintenance and with a generally cheerful disposition. He’s trying to make friends with my cat, but the cat regards him as a clumsy nuisance and mostly ignores him.
Here’s a picture of him, burrowed down into my couch with his head on the backrest, having a snooze and snoring in a manner reminiscent of an idling diesel-engine.
hahahahha. sweetie!