Samuel Redcat wrote:

cshenk wrote:
Prince is now mine under the saddest of circumstances. I met Josh's
parents at the funeral. Luko and Mona suprised me by being well
behaved about being on a harness. I guess they have seen Prince
with his and him being excited to go out, so didn't resist the idea.

I gave his brother a ride to the funeral (only 2 hours away). He's
jobless for now due to COVID-19. His job has him travel a lot and
he will only be able to start work again when he can get to various
places (many of them overseas).

The funeral was sedate and short with social distancing. Only
family and close friends allowed.

Prince hasn't been very perky since and I think he knows what
happened. He's not homeless though. We are happy to have him but I
wish the circumstances were different.

Prince has a vet appointment next week. He's older but otherwise
seems healthy. Eating well. The only 'shot' information I have is
his collar has a rabies tag. Looks like he is good for 2 more
years there. If he was ever chipped, they may be able to find out
more from that but meantime I don't know the previous vet used.


We're sorry for da circumstances, but glad that Prince now calls your
place his Forever Home.

Sammy

For an update, Prince remains hale mostly and yes he was chipped but
Josh had never shifted the chip to him and his vet. I registered his
location with a Great Dane Rescue that he apparently came from. They
have several possible records they can tie him to, assuming his name
was Prince then but confusingly while the chip leads back to them, they
didn't have a record of it. They don't record Josh either (nor ex-wife)
so we've assumed he was responsibly rehomed to Josh. THey did lose
some data around 2013 (I wasn't told why) but we guess he was in there
or the chip wouldn't lead to them. Prince is a pretty common name for
GDs.

I laughed a little as they wanted to do a house check. I said sure but
Prince was willed to me in writing in front of hospital staff witnesses
so short of the fact that I don't live on a big farm, everything is
fine.

His current running partners are LaKesha and Troy. Troy is getting
ready for Navy boot camp and LaKesha for Army boot camp. Steven also
runs (marathons) and picks him up for a long morning run Saturday.
LOL, there are a few ladies who like to run nearby me and they feel
safer with a big friendly GD so he gets 'borrowed' a lot.

His feet are too big for Cash's old pink sneakers but Josh's brother
had given us his old Nikes and we added this:

https://www.chewy.com/kurgo-blaze-cr...hoes/dp/190627

This is the south, pavements are too hot for dogs so when he's running,
he wears sneakers.

I was a little worried that he was getting too thin so had the vet
review him but he said he's *perfect* and if off, he's maybe 3lbs over
but he prefers a little extra in an older dog.

Meantime, Marmaduke (movie) is a pet favorite here.