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Wed Jul 2, 2014, 01:05 AM Jul 2014

I have to sleep with a 115 pound Great Dane/Poodle Mix in the bed because he's a big baby...

Technically he's the furchild of my roommates. But they are backpacking the John Muir trail and have been gone for nearly 3 weeks. All was fine until my 3rd roommate moved out last week. Now it's just me and Oliver and he is never not being a big baby unless he's physically crushing me with love. Also, I'm pretty allergic to him so every morning I wake up it feels like I have a head cold.

Here he is in all his majesty (taken a year and a half ago so he's even larger now).



The body of a Great Dane and the personality of a Poodle. You can imagine the consequences.

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I have to sleep with a 115 pound Great Dane/Poodle Mix in the bed because he's a big baby... (Original Post) Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 OP
Um, that would be a Standard Poodle, right? Brigid Jul 2014 #1
Standard, yes. Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #2
Thank God. Brigid Jul 2014 #3
You should have seen my aunt's St. Bernard-chihuahua mix. longship Jul 2014 #7
Yikes! Brigid Jul 2014 #8
That was my first thought too. lol Is it just us??? nt clarice Jul 2014 #11
Lucky you! Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #4
Oh! But he's so cute!!! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2014 #5
K&baRk! DeSwiss Jul 2014 #6
I'm cuddling with a one year old Englidsh Black Lab blueamy66 Jul 2014 #9
Beautiful creature! KurtNYC Jul 2014 #10
AWWWWWWWWWWW Skittles Jul 2014 #12
Woof shenmue Jul 2014 #13
Looks kind of like a wolfhound... a la izquierda Jul 2014 #14

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
10. Beautiful creature!
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 03:10 PM
Jul 2014

I have two Great Dane / Lab mixes -- each is around 110 pounds. I trained them to sleep back to back with me and they take turns on the bed and then the floor. If it is cold then both will get on the bed. I put a third pillow at the foot of the side of the bed which I am not sleeping on and they each take one pillow. They love to sleep.

I got these two after having two Boxers that were world class bed hogs so I trained them early to share. I like it when they sleep against my lower back as it warms and relaxes those muscles.


This is them at 4 months old (about 50 pounds each):

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