From then on there always was a four legs friend in my life. Many years later, already married and with my second frech poodle Sandy I had an encounter that was to change our lives forever after.

Going for lunch at a restaurant near my work, I saw an enormous skinny dog laying down close to the entrance door. He would get up anxiously everytime somebody came near that door lo sadly lay down again when the subject was not the expected one. I asked about the dog and a waiter there told me that he had been abandoned there and that the pound truck would come to pick him up.

It was all too much for me so I took the dog into my car and drove to the veterinary on the way home. The doctor told me that he was a GREAT DANE AGED ABOUT 5 IN MERLE COLOUR.

The doctor found out that he was very ill, no way back,THIS IS WHY HE HAS BEEN ABANDONED said the doctor MY GOD!!! HOW CRUEL!!!

I took the dog home with us after making sure that his illness would not mean a danger to our little french poodle. We order some medicines from France and started our life with a dane.

Butch, this is how we called him, was a fantastic friend and we fell in love with him, his tenderness his sweetness we will never forget. So one year after when he left us, we had to have a dane. We were hooked, totally hooked!!!.

This is how our danes passion started We had three danes in our city apartment. But when years after we had our first litter and decided to keep every puppy with us we had to move to a bigger house in the country. We kept all the puppies born in our first three litters.

Now our life has changed a lot, our house with 20 danes around is a real chaos, but we enjoy every minute with them. Our son has grown up, and after sharing everything with the danes all the time, has become a real expert, and following the family traditiion he also loves and respects danes -and of course any dog- as full rights members of the family.