| Goliath |
| Goliath is the Great Dane's Great Dane. He is 4. He has a perfectly sculpted head and cropped ears. He has beautiful blue and brown eyes. Goliath is large, powerful, well proportioned and has no hip issues. He has a great personality and a warm heart. He is the gentlest treat taker on the planet. Unfortunately he has been dealt an unlucky hand in life. This is his second round in rescue with us. Two years ago, he came into rescue because of the death of his owner. He was quickly adopted out, but unfortunate life circumstances with that family brought him back to us in October. Fortunately, he seems unaffected by this bad turn of events. He is happy to just hang out and be by your side all day. Goliath loves walks and does well on a leash. He is of course house trained and crate trained, although we feel it is not necessary to do so. Goliath is currently living with a pack of 4 Great Danes and two cats as well. He gets along fine with everyone, but occasionally tries to assert himself as "alpha" by posturing and approaching the other dogs with his tail and head held high. He listens well and a simple sharp "no" will stop him in his tracks. He has never actually tried to start a fight due to this. We feel that this behavior is mainly because he has not spent much time with other dogs, so he is not quite sure how to act. In the month that he has been with his foster family, this behavior has all but disappeared. |
With his last family there was an incident where a 5-year-old
child that was not theirs was bitten. We feel that he intended
to give the child a warning bark, but she was very close to his
face and his teeth caught her in the cheek. We are sure that
this happened due to extenuating circumstances. He spent a
large amount of time penned up in a laundry room away from the
family and the child was unsupervised and it was believed that
she was poking and prodding at Goliath in ways that he didn't
like. The wound was minor and happened as a warning. No further
aggression happened because Goliath instantly knew that he had
done something wrong and left the situation alone after that.
We feel that Goliath acted out of frustration and anxiety and
not out of anger or aggression. He absolutely has not shown any
more signs of such aggression in the time that this happened
1-1/2 years ago. That being said, we feel that Goliath should not
go to a home with small children. Also due to his size and
strength, we feel that he should go to a family that already has a
Dane or is very familiar with handling extra large breed dogs.
Currently Goliath has some minor skin and coat issues because of
poor nutrition and the low quality dog food he was being fed. His
foster family is working on this and it should be resolved soon.
child that was not theirs was bitten. We feel that he intended
to give the child a warning bark, but she was very close to his
face and his teeth caught her in the cheek. We are sure that
this happened due to extenuating circumstances. He spent a
large amount of time penned up in a laundry room away from the
family and the child was unsupervised and it was believed that
she was poking and prodding at Goliath in ways that he didn't
like. The wound was minor and happened as a warning. No further
aggression happened because Goliath instantly knew that he had
done something wrong and left the situation alone after that.
We feel that Goliath acted out of frustration and anxiety and
not out of anger or aggression. He absolutely has not shown any
more signs of such aggression in the time that this happened
1-1/2 years ago. That being said, we feel that Goliath should not
go to a home with small children. Also due to his size and
strength, we feel that he should go to a family that already has a
Dane or is very familiar with handling extra large breed dogs.
Currently Goliath has some minor skin and coat issues because of
poor nutrition and the low quality dog food he was being fed. His
foster family is working on this and it should be resolved soon.
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Goliath has been adopted!