Walk for a Cure: Support JDRF

This year my wife will be walking to help find a cure for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund. Juvenile diabetes is also known as Type 1 diabetes, which my wife suffers from. My wife has dealt with this disease since she was a teenager. While she fights it admirable on a daily basis it is a slowly debilitating disease.

Type 1 diabetics are insulin dependant which means they needs to administer insulin via injection or for through an insulin pump to stay alive. For many years my wife relied on injecting herself multiple times a day until a few years back she was able to get an insulin pump. Though the diabetes does not hamper her life drastically it at times limits what she can and when she can do some things. The disease can also be very dangerous when sugar levels within the body become to low or high which can lead to death. I have witnessed at many occasions my wife's sugar levels drop drastically in a moments notice, causing her to faint, become unresponsive and unconscious.

The disease is most troublesome for her, but it also scares me on a daily basis. I constantly worry if I don't hear from her in a timely manner after work or when out with friends in fear that something has happened to her via her diabetic condition. Low sugars have led to car accidents and other major harmful incidents. We also worry about the disease being passed down to our children. We know how difficult it is for my wife to monitor and control this disease, it is unfathomable to imagine a child having to deal with this on a daily basis.

So in honor of my wife and the millions of others suffering from this disease I ask of you to donate to my wife's cause to help her and many others find a cure. If you choose not to donate please offer your support and best of luck in raising the goal she has set. We thank all of you for your support. Click Here to Donate

A Note From My Daddy

Hello all, Scooby's Dad here. I would just like to tell all what a joy Scooby has been along with being an amazing addition to our family. We couldn't have asked or dreamed of a better dog. Scooby is smart, easily trainable and is such a fun-loving loyal dog. I am proud to be the owner of such a wonderful animal. Now to the bad part.

To the public, for the humans sake when I'm out with Scooby please don't tell me how big he is going to get. We all know he is going to be a massive canine. Commenting on his paw size, the beauty of his coat or even asking what breed he is just fine and acceptable questions or statements. But to tell me how large he will grow like we have know idea is growing quite old. Before we even considered bringing a Dane into our family we did extensive research to find if he would be a good fit. Scooby has not disappointed and has been even better than any information you can read about the breed. So please for no more comments on large Scooby will grow. If you know of the breed you and we know how massive he will be. I thank you in advance for your consideration in this request.

12 Weeks & Growing

Ruff-lo all. I've been on this planet for 12 whole weeks now. It has been a great journey so far. Just in a short amount of time I have found a great new family, been potty trained faster than my family's 2 1/2 year old son, started school and of course really started to grow physically.

As of Saturday morning I weighed in at 24.8 pounds, up exactly 4 pounds from my last weigh in a week ago. From what my new family has read, my biggest growth spurts are just around the corner. I would also like to tell you my stool has finally stiffened thanks to some advice of other dog and Great Dane owners. My family tried the pumpkin addition to my diet and it has done wonders for my bowel movements. I would like to thank all who listed pumpkin as a great diarrhea remedy. So keep your eyes and noses peeled for new updates and pics of my impending massiveness. Bark at you later.

I've Got My Backpack

Ruff-up everybody. I just wanted to let everybody know that I have started school. My new family enrolled me at the puppy education classes at PetSmart. I've been to two classes (two weeks) and thus far I have learned how to respond to the clicker and that it is a very good noise (TREATS!), I have sit down all taken care of (by hand signal and also by sit command) and finally my loose leash walking is greatly improving by the day. Since I'm a pup it can hard for me to resist to not try and run out of the six foot range of my leash. I have greatly improved though.

School has been fun and I really like to try to be the beast of the class. All the other pups in my class are of the smaller breed and you know me, I have to show my dominance. That was until another one of the parents brought in her other dog which just happened to be a Great Dane. His name was Zeus and at 14 months weighs in at 133 pounds and just absolutely towered over me. So once he came into the room I ran between my Daddy's legs for a couple minutes. I don't if I was more scared of Zeus or that I'll be that big sometime very soon. Ruffyways, once I got to know Zeus I found him to be just as big of baby as me. Us Great Danes may look the part, but we are very soft and gooey on the inside.

I very much look forward to continuing my education and making my family proud. Just six more weeks to go and hopefully I can tell you all that I graduated puppy education classes. Bark at you later.

11 Weeks & Growing

Ruff-lo everybody. Scooby here with a short update. I turned 11 weeks old yesterday, June 18th. I'm growing at a very nice pace. I'm weighing in at a smidge over 22 pounds and have gained significant height. My days have been filled with playing, sleeping and my personal favorite, EATING!

Recently I was over visiting some other puppies at the grandparents' house and I had so much fun playing with them. They were both a little bigger than me, but I quickly shedded my shy exterior to have some fun. Though it seems the stress of the drive back and forth has given me a sore stomach once again. Upon our return home my stool turned to a very loose movement. We have tried the prescription wet food to get me back to a firmer stool, but unfortunately that didn't work. My Daddy has now moved on to a ground beef and rice diet which has seemed to have a better result. I've been eating just that for the last 24 hours and my stool has been a bit stiffer.

Tomorrow I'll be back at the vet for another check-up and my least favorite thing in the world, SHOTS! Hopefully it will be over quick. The last time we were there it took forever and a day. Bark at you later.

We Were Lost

And now I'm found. Kind of like a born again before they find Jesus. By the way, I never knew he was lost? Anywho, McSpazz is back and with our new laptop. No, it isn't a MacBook, but it is a much nicer PC laptop than we had before. Plus, we doled out the extra cash for a suped-up anti-virus/malware/spyware program and the all important store protection program. You need those kinds of things when your son is as destructive as my family's son (My Son the TV Murderer).

So we ditched the Acer and upgraded to a Toshiba which has a much faster processor, larger memory and a bigger hard drive. What drove us to this decision? It turns out that the OS was bad on the Acer and The Geek Squad said it could be repaired or re-installed, but we needed to get the disc from them (Acer) to accomplish this. After finding out through Acer this would take a week or so for them to get it to us, not to mention the 30 bones they wanted to supply it, we decided to upgrade and never go down the Acer Road again. Really, they wanted us to pay to replace something in their hacked up piece of junk and more than likely that laptop wouldn't have lasted much longer anyways. It might have been the slowest thing since my Commodore 64. The McSpazz clan is back online and Scooby himself is ready to get back to blogging. A week away has built up a huge amount of ideas for posts. So check back often, because I have a lot of updates to bark at you.

I Think My Computer Had Worms

Yesterday, was an awful day for my computer, at least if you wanted to get online. We ran into a problem first thing yesterday morning. When I turned on the computer everything looked fine, but when I logged on the Internet, my home page would load up with absolutely no content. I tried many different websites and pages, but every site came up blank. My connection was fine, but the Internet wasn't home. We McSpazz's tried everything from running virus scans, going back to default programs and talking to professionals with no luck. My Daddy was sure that we needed a new laptop, but my Mommy didn't want to spend the money. Then another attempt this morning brings a small miracle of sorts with absolutely no trouble connecting to or with the Internet on our current laptop. Has that ever happened to any of you? Bark at you later.

I'm Feeling Much Better

After a couple days of a prescription bland diet and being removed from the holistic food I am happy to report my tummy is feeling much better. I've had normal stool movement (less frequent and stiffer) for the past three days and the best thing is that I have slept through the entire night for the past two days. Giving me and my Daddy so much needed rest.

It's amazing what a change in diet can do for a young pup. I'm not saying the the Eagle Pack Holistic Large/Giant puppy food is a bad food, just not right for me. So our next attempt like I've said before is the California Natural puppy food. We went and picked it up last night from Dog Patch Pets which has to be one of the nicest, well run family pet stores ever. If you live in the Western Suburbs of Chicago make sure to check this place out. Not only do they have a huge assortment of everything for every kind of pet, their staff is knowledgeable about all of the products that they sell. Dog Patch Pets will be our pet store of chose for the foreseeable future.

Today was the first day I have tried some of my new food which is rather tasty. My Daddy has started me off slow and will build up to the full feeding. So far, so good and my stool has not had any abnormalities today. Tonight will probably be a better measuring stick and I'll be sure to keep you all informed. My Daddy still can't figure out why my new pics won't load up, I apologize for missing my growing cuteness. I'm up over 16 pounds now and getting bigger everyday. Bark at you later!

It's Been a Long Day

Besides all the loose poop falling out my butt and the entirety of my dinner coming out my mouth, the trip back to the vet was even worse. My Mommy took me back to the vet this evening after they discovered I had thrown-up all my dinner. While at the vet they did more fecal exams and drew blood, because my vet feared I may have the Parvo virus. Fortunately for me, I didn't. Like I said before I a pretty healthy little Great Dane pup. After all was said and done (1 1/2 hours later) at the vet I received some medication to take for the next week and some special prescription only food. I told you in my earlier post today that my new parents were planning on changing my food anyways and now they have the blessing of my vet to go with the California Natural. Only if my stool stiffens up with the prescription food an I don't yack anything else up. My doctor said that if that didn't work that she would suggest Royal Canine. The drawing of blood freaked me out a bit and the more I go to the vet the more I dislike it. If these things don't work the next thing the vet will check me out with is an x-ray to see if I swallowed anything I wasn't suppose to. I was a very playful boy once I got back home. Hopefully, I can get a good nights rest tonight without having to get up multiple times to poop. Bark at you soon.

I Think I'm Going to be Sick

It's been close to two weeks since the McSpazz's have picked me up and I have been on my new food. If you remember from my earlier post my new family chose Eagle Pack Holistic Dog Food (Large/Giant Breed Puppy Formula). The problem has been my reaction to the new food. It tastes great and all, but my stool is just so loose and frequent that it has become not only an issue for me and my butt, but also for my Daddy. See he's the one who wakes up with me at night and when I have to go two to five times a night it can get really tiring. At first my new family found out that they were feeding me a little too much per day so we cut back on that and then they added an Eagle Pack Holistic Solution that is suppose to stiffen stool movements. It has worked to a small degree, but only for the first couple of movements a day and then back to a lot less firm stool movement. Not to mention the high frequency, from just after lunch all the way until very early the next morning. Then I get a short break and then it starts all over again.




We have a excellent pet store (Dog Patch Pets) in the area that has given my family great tips and ideas and even free samples to try. They suggested if the lower food amounts and the holistic solution powder doesn't work that we switch foods again. This time to California Natural. It looks as if my new family is leading in that direction, even though I am gaining weight and growing at a normal pace the overly frequent stools is putting a damper on good nights sleep. For both myself and my Daddy. If any of you have any suggestions for my new family and me with what and how to best proceed for me we would greatly appreciate it. Maybe it's me, maybe it's the food or a combination of both. Bark at you later.

I'm 8 Weeks Old, Now Time for Some New Pics

Can you believe it? I turned eight weeks old this past Thursday. Time is really flying bye, I almost feel like my puppy years are almost gone. My new home and family are absolutely wonderful. My potty training is coming along famously. No back to what you really want, some updated pics of me. Scooby McSpazz, the most adorable little Great Dane this side of the Mississippi. My Daddy is having issues with Blogger and uploading pics at the present moment. So this will be the only new pic you'll be able to see this post. Hopefully he can get it figured out soon so I can astonish you all with my cuteness.




As of yesterday at my last vet visit I am at 14.80 pounds, up exactly four pounds from the vet visit a week ago. I growing fast and I just love to eat. I do the cutest little doggie dance and song show whenever my food is being prepared. I'll try to get Mommy and Daddy McSpazz to video my routine for you all to see soon. I was a little scared at the vet yesterday, because I had to get a shot and a loop down to check for worms and all that. All my tests came back A OK and I'm healthy as a little Dane should be. I get my last worming tonight, thank goodness that part will be over. I'll be back at the vet on Saturday for more shots. I even heard my Daddy talking about training classes for me soon. Great, just what I need. School! I guess it will be good if it will make life better for me and my new family. Bark at you soon.