Where I Came From

So back before I was "Iona," I was born to puppy parents in Corapeake, North Carolina. My parents look like horses, but I'm related to them nonetheless!

Their names are/ were Blue and Orania.

My beautiful mommy, Orania, lived to be 9 1/2 years old. That's old for a dane!

Sadly she passed away not long after giving birth to me. She was too old to be having puppies safely but my puppy parents were good friends and liked to spend time together, see...

She's considered a "full" mantle.  (Check out her muzzle -- it's different than mine.)  Isn't she pretty?


So I came along, along with several others, on June 4th, 2011.

Me after I was born!  I was tiny! 

Since my mommy dane died a couple weeks after I was born, I had my pretty Blue step-mom to take care of me.

My sister, also a mantle, was very friendly but too hyper for my human. The breeder kept trying to get my human to pick her instead of me! hmmph! 




Actually, there was a lot of competition.  My human initially went to see the Blue litter because she thinks the Blues are so pretty (hmmph!)  So there were 3 Blue females that I was up against as well.  Bring it on!  (This is one of the breeder's family members holding the puppies.)

My human, Dennis, and Natalie spent 3 1/2 hours playing with me and the other puppies trying to decide who would be the best one. Lisa had it narrowed down to two sweet but a little timid puppies...

A blue "apple-head" nicknamed puppy (daughter of my step-mom and my dane dad, Blue), and ME!

I had puppy acne back then... just ignore that.


We were sleepy and were laying on the couch for the first time, and Lisa kept trying to wake us up to see our personalities. Apple-head didn't want to wake up and grumbled A LOT when Lisa picked her up. When she picked me up, I mumble-grumbled, but I struggled to keep my eyes awake and see what was up. I made more eye contact and focused in on the humans more, so Lisa picked me :D The breeder said Lisa's body language showed that I was the one before Lisa knew it herself.

Once Lisa picked me, she held me and I fell asleep in her arms.

Right before she went to leave, I woke up to say bye-bye!

My Aunt Linda says this picture is a defining moment photo :) I agree <3

Since I was born June 4, my human couldn't take me home right away. So she had to wait. But it turned out alright because that gave her time to purchase stuff for the princess, aka me.

More news on adventures soon!!

puppy kisses and slobbers,
Iona

Pshaw, I love Blogger

This puppy has decided Tumblr isn't as easy to use as Blogger and still thinks Wordpress is too difficult to set up right off the bat. ARwf!!

I gave it my best, though.

When I'm frustrated with something, or when I'm not getting what I want, I alert everyone to this injustice with "ARwf! ARwf! ARwf!" (I'm usually very soft-spoken.) But when I told this to Lisa, she said, "Quiet." Some help she is. Hmph!

Dennis suggested I use Tumblr, and it's great for posting media, which is what my Dennis human is into. He takes amazing photos with his new camera machine (it's something called a Canon EOS Rebel T3i) and video clips (featuring ME!!). But I want to narrate my adventures in text, not just in my voice-over video clips, so Blogger is more compatible with that. Blogger allows for comments, spell check, and for photos to be added easily into the text blogs. The Tumblr account I was toying with has a much sleeker appearance, and I tried really hard to make it work, but I've come back to Blogger. Besides, I appreciate the comments! Woof!

Don't worry, there will still be upcoming video clips, and if I run into any trouble posting them, I always have my YouTube channel! :) (Coming soon...)

Sadly I didn't make it to the dog park. I really wanted to meet all the other doggies!! I couldn't go because Dennis was sicky and Lisa cleaned the house all day until dark time. But it probably worked out for the best because come to find out I'm sicky! I have terrible little things called roundworms and maybe even tapeworms ;( They steal my food, which isn't fair, because the vet says I'm skinny as it is. Lisa got me medicine today though, and I go to the vet next week on Wednesday for 3 more vaccines and a follow-up, so everyone says I'll be okay.

Lisa took me on a walk before she left today, so I've been snoozing most of the day. I was even yawning during the walk!

love,

Iona

Maybe Wordpress?

Good morning!

I got to sleep in the bed last night, and even at this size my mommy says I hog it!

My human, Dennis, is a graphic artist and thought me having my own blog was a cool idea, so he's going to help create something cooler than my mommy knows how to do. He's even going to help me have a youtube channel so you can watch what I'm up to!!

So even though I was all ready to post a bunch of pictures so everyone can see how beautiful I am with my shiny coat, that might be on hold for a few days.

I think I'm going to the dog park for the first time this weekend, so I'll have plenty to share soon!

puppy kisses,
Iona

Hello World!

My name's Iona (eye-o-na), and I'm a puppy. My humans say I'm a Mantle Great Dane and discuss me becoming a therapy dog, but all I know is I'm just a puppy. I do puppy stuff. I snooze

on the bed or in my crate, nom nom on my kibble, play with (Dennis says annoy - hmmph!) my puppy pal Petey, do stuff to get treats, cuddle, snuggle, chew, and practice my manners to a clicker sound. I'm also beginning a modeling career since Dennis, one of my humans, has a fancy camera, and I'm just too cute not to photograph.


My mommy human, Lisa, isn't very good at staying in touch with people 'cause she says she's so busy. She leaves me for 9 hours a day supposedly to put kibble in my bowl and help people. I got to meet some of those people a couple times... I got to go to the admin building when I first got to my forever home, and then just recently I got to hang out in Lisa's office at the homeless shelter one day when my human was running too late to drop me off at home. It was super fun because I got to see some kids! I wasn't allowed to leave the office though. One day...


When Lisa's at work I chill with my Aunt Natalie and her puppy, Petey. They say he's a rat terrier mixed with a little whippet, but all I know is he's fast! He taught me to do the stairs plus a lot of other fun stuff that my mommy freaks out about when I copy.


Anyways, Lisa thought maybe if I post my pictures and write about my adventures on a blog, she'd be able to stay in touch a little more at least by updating people on our lives.

More to come! Thanks for reading my blog :)