Great Dane babysits 1 week old Kitten

Olliver, the great dane, is helping out at the Rainbow Wildlife Rescue. This little kitten was stuck in a tractor engine. Once rescued we decided to name her Tractor Tracy!

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Pets & Animals

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• kitten
• great
• dane
• babysitting
• tracy
• olliver
• rainbow
• wildlife
• rescue

[airbeyonder18]

@MissDolittle: I'm 19. I am a huge dog lover and have been in love with great danes for a long time. I want to get one when I eventually move out. At what age, do you think, is the proper time to get a dog? Especially one that is a great dane.

[MissDolittle]

@airbeyonder18 I don't think age matters as much as the lifestyle. Are you going to live in an apartment or a house? Will you be gone all day at work? Will you be able to pay for the enormous amounts of vet bills and food bills? Those are the tough ones. Danes don't do well alone all day and the bigger the dog, the bigger the damage when neurosis and separation anxiety starts to turn up. Research the breed, find out their needs and priorities and match it with your lifestyle. Adopt, don't buy!

[airbeyonder18]

@MissDolittle Interesting. Why Adopt?

[MissDolittle]

@airbeyonder18 To save a life. Most shelters are kill shelters and euthanize 5 million dogs and cats every year in the US. Large dogs usually go first because they are high maintenance. In most cases the bond is stronger between owner and dog because you know every day that you did a good thing by saving that dog's life. For the price of one dog from a breeder you could save at least 5 dogs from getting killed at a dog pound.

[zombieholic]

How are Great Danes around Children? especially 2yr olds 1yr olds and a new born?? I'm asking cause we had a dog that was a lab,shepard,husky cross he was an older dog and he bit the 2yr old in the face she had to get stitches.

[MissDolittle]

@zombieholic As with every breed, there are "good" ones and there are "bad" ones. For the safety of the child I would go with logic: "the bigger the dog, the bigger the damage".

[mkmarsha2783]

Don't inhale, Olliver!!!!

[MissDolittle]

@Skylark734 They are as good with training as any other dog...all depends on the owner :).

[8804Ivan]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy this kitty looks yummy but someone is watching my ill just c if it tastse good

[mrjake1234able]

i dont think he/she is shure if they should eat cat?

[MyHeartWobblesForYou]

@zombieholic It depends on how it was raised.

[60sisthashit]

Love how the big dogs are great with other animals.

[jackie515324]

TAKE THAT MOTHER NATURE!!! WOOOOOT XD <333

[tofui91025]

@airbeyonder18 This is late but I was reading the comments. Also when you buy a dog from a pet store, you are supporting the puppy mill business which is absolutely horrifying. When you adopt, you save lives, but you also support a good cause and give one less reason to support a bad one.

[femail63011]

Another thing to consider when you get a dog is lifespan. When I was a kid we had a st. bernard and she died of old age when she was 7. Sometimes smaller dogs have longer lifespans, and the horrible pain of losing something you love doesn't happen as fast. I don't mean to be down, but I think yoiu should think about it.

[briti424]

@zombieholic

As someone who works at an emergency vet clinic, I can tell you...no matter the age of the child and no matter the age of the dog, they should NEVER be left alone together. We've seen many hurt animals and heard stories of too many hurt children. I have a great dane. She's marrrvelous with my best friend's small children, but I would never dream of leaving them unsupervised. We have seen pocket danes, like my girl and I've been snapped at over the counter by danes. Just depends.

[Emzilla1597]

@zombieholic a good family dog is a chesepeake bay retriever. they're great with kids, and my current one is super gentle.

[xxgeekluvngeekxx]

tHAT DOG HAS SOME INSANE INSTINCTS! hE KNOWS BABIES CAN'T GO TO THE BATHROOM BY THEMSELVES, THEY NEED TO BE LICKED TO STIMULATE THEM TO GO TO THE BATHROOM (oops caps lock--haha) That's so super sweet!