Honey the Great Dane

Welcome to my website!

 For the latest on my adventures, please click here to visit my blog!

Honey-stack-waterpool3Hello – I’m Honey

They call me a Great Dane but I’m not sure what that is – I just know that most other dogs are very short.

Sometimes I see other dogs like me but everyone tells me that I’m a very big girl, even for a Dane! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the moment, I live in Auckland, New Zealand with my humans - and I also had a ”sister”, Lemon the tortoishell cat, but sadly Lemon was taken from us very suddenly and she went to the Rainbow Bridge on January 27th 2009.

Lemon - we will miss you terribly

Lemon and me...

Doing Pet Therapy work...

Doing pet therapy work...

My human, Hsin-Yi, does lots of things with me. We are members of Outreach Therapy Pets NZ which means that I am a Therapy Dog and I go to visit sick people who need help and a bit of cheering up.
For more on my therapy work, visit the Therapy Work page

I also do lots of training with Hsin-Yi, like Obedience and Clicker Training which I love! – and we do this really cool thing called Canine Freestyle which is like doggie dancing: Hsin-Yi teaches me lots of fun tricks and then we dance a routine together to music! I even competed at the national competition for Canine Freestyle - they say that I am the first Great Dane to do this kind of thing!

For more about my dancing adventures, visit my Canine Freestyle page

 

Dancing with Hsin-Yi

Dancing with Hsin-Yi

 

Please sign my guest book – and put your email or blog address in the text of the message so that I can contact you. Thank you! :)

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105 Responses to "Welcome to my website!"

Hi Honey,
The work that you do with your mommy is just awesome! I think I am going to be your be your biggest fan!
Love, Dino

How have your been, Honey? Hope all is well.
By the way, I’ve given you an award in my blog! Check it out! Love, Dino

Hi Honey,
We hope you have fun on your big OE. We are very proud of ‘our daughter’, we will watch your blog with interest!

Much love from all at Yacanto.

Hello Honey!

WOW your blog looks AWESOME, your human did an excellent job! I’ve got to get my human to do something like it for me~

I heard about the big OE coming up for you, I hope you’ll have a great time and I’ll be thinking of you no matter where you are! I feel sorry for my human though, she’s quite attached to your human… I think they are going to make the most of that thing they call “telephone”.

Lot love, bouncy hugs and hairy kisses,

Ombre

Hey Honey – You look soo big an massive compared to my size….You are going to have sooo much fun doing your OE….My mummy is taking me to Australia for the first part of our OE…..I am a little nervous, becasue I have never been on a plane, but my mummy says that I will be fine!! We should write to each other and so we can be updated of our travels…..big doogie licks to you and your mummy – love Charli the Chihuahua and Julie xx

What a star Honey is, we’ve enjoyed her antics for some time on the owners forum. She is a wondeful example of this noble breed.

Hi Honey!

You must be great cos we share the same name! I am a fawn great dane too!

Hope you have fun on your adventures!

We looked at it again today as we can not beleave your going.As you have help us soooooooooooooooo much with many different things your great.

Hi Honey

We love hearing about all the things you do. We think you are wonderful.

Looking forward to hearing about your move overseas. Hope all goes well.

Patsy and Simba.x.

Hi Honey, what a great site you have here :-D

We are Leo fawn boy and sis Tiggy brindle girlie.. We are looking forward to reading what you get up to. Good luck with the move.

Lots of slobbery kisses

XXXX

Hi Honey, your site is great…can’t wait to read up on your adventures :-)
Claire, George (Dane) & Oliver (Chihuahua) xxx

Bonjour !
Félicitations à Hsin-Yi et Honey pour leur superbe travail. Cela fait plaisir de voir que dans le monde entier des personnes travaillent avec les dogues allemands ! Vous formez ensemble une très belle équipe. Je vous souhaite beaucoup de réussite et bonne continuation. A très bientôt pour de nouvelles aventures.
Monique et Tara (great dane)……..en FRANCE

Hi Honey

Fantastic website! It had taken me ages to read it and you even mentioned me wow that was nice. It’s a great please knowing you and I am going to miss you heaps when you leave, especially our creche days together with Flip. I always thought that we were the perfect couple…. don’t tell our Mum’s and Dad’s.

Lots of Love George xxxx

Hi there Honey! So kool that you finally have your own website! I’m one of your fans! When I 1st watched you dancing, I was is awe. You are the 1st Great Dane to ever do Canine Musical Freestyle & to compete ever! Kudos to you! Well, I think you may know me but if you don’t or have forgotten, do drop by my page. I just had my 3rd Barkday today. I’m turning into an old granny, fast!!!

Butt wiggles,
Solid Gold Dancer

Hi Honey,
I met you over Dino’s blog.
I like your name and your therapy work.
I’ll will take time to read all your posts.
I haven’t have any Great Dane friends, can we be friends, please.
Cheers!

Hi Honey,
I bet you’re always sweet, highly concentrated level of sugar.
My name is Mango, that means I could be as sour as a lemon, hehe.
Thanks for replying promptly, I like that.
I’m only 3 kg, go figure, please be gentle when you play with me.
Your mom is cute, you guys make a perfect pair.
Mine is not that cute, I don’t even think about taking her pictures but because I’m cute, she glues the camera to her hand to click my image all the times.
You could make a guestbook the way you want it, please go back to my blog, at the bottom frame of the guestbook, click on ” make your own”, voila, you get it.
You could choose anything you want from the size, the skin, etc…
Good luck, can I add your blog to my blogroll?
(I almost delete your e-mail because the name is not familiar, sorry)
Cheers!

Hi there Honey! I actually saw some of your freestyle routines on YouTube a couple of weeks ago. What a coincidence that I would then stumble across your blog! Welcome to DWB, you sure are a pretty Dane. We’ll be sure to check back in on your adventures.


Gio and Romeo

Hello,
I like your video, you’re very good! I never saw dane dog dance before. Gratulation!

Best regards,
Niobé

I did a freestyle seminar a month or so ago and I showed the audience Hsin-Yi & Honey’s routine to Hey Big Spender. They got a big round of applause and one lady was in tears…..she thought it was so wonderful to see such a big dog doing freestyle, and so well! She was also moved by the the obvious bond between them both.

Well done guys!!

Sue

Hi Honey, it’s nice to meet you! It’s really great to know you’re a therapy dog. And you are such a good dancer too!

P/s: I’m a shorty alright.

Hi Honey! I am so glad I found your website. I just love your freestyle dancing and I think you are just exquisite. I’m also glad to know you are a therapy dog too. You are amazing and I hope we will be friends. Stop by and say hello when you have a chance.

xox
Chef

Great going Honey. You’re so pretty and so talented. Nice to see your video’s,
jeri

Hello Honey!

It is a pleasure to meet you and your family!

You are sooo very beautiful, talented and special. I believe it is wonderful that you share your talents with the world so everyone can love you!

The pictures that you posted of your therapy dog work are very precious. You have no idea how appreciated you are to those who get to meet you! I am training to be a therapy dog, but some days my mom has doubts.

I love to meet new friends and am so happy that you visited my blog! May I add you to my fav fur blog list so we can keep touch and see what you are up to?

Kisses
Addie

Hi Honey ! Its glad meeting you !
Hope we can we best pals alright !
Mind if we link you ?

Doggies Smoochies ,
4 Musketeers
Lady , Zena , Cody & Joyce

Hello Honey!
Thanks for visiting my blog. I like your name too. Adorable, just like you!
You are a therapy dog. What cool!
You are beautiful and so talented!
I will love to know more about you. Can we be friends?

Love,
Thor

Hello Honey! What a pretty girl you are… We have added you to our blogroll and will visit often – do come by to visit us!

the canadian akitas

technodoll3.blogspot.com

Hi Honey. Just seeing your photo makes me happier. I know you must be a great dogter and make a lot of sick people better. Good on you.
Tim and Ruby.

rubyisabella.blogspot.com

Joyce is here !!! :D

Lots of Loves ,
Four Musketeers

Hello and nice to meet you, Honey! Are you a fashion model?!? We love your first picture. You look very very sweet… our mom’s best friend used to live in Auckland and we’ve heard a lot of nice things about your town. We have to visit there one day.

Momo & Pinot

Hi Honey. A plushy is a furry toy, usually an animal with a squeaquer inside it. But it has no stuffing. It’s limp and skinny! My Mama likes those for me because I destuffed all my stuffed toys and she doesn’t want any stuffing getting stuck in my gut because that could be very dangerous. I like plushies but stuffies are more fun.

Have a good day.
xoxoxoo
Chef

That’s a cat for you – no matter how much you try to play with them, they just get all huffy!
– Charlie

Hey , not to worry , Joyce is contacted with kennel cough & the vet say that it is common , so she is prescripted with some medicine & will be fine in no time (:

Cody

Honey! We need new photos and stories of you :-)

Hello Honey!

You are such a talented dog! You can dance and you can help others too….so wonderful!

Wow! What a lovely website, Honey!

Your Furriend,
Chloe

Hi Honey!

Nice to meet you! You are a beautiful pup! Welcome to Dogs with Blogs!

I’m a black lab/newfie mix…I’m a girl with a silly boy’s name…

Come & visit my bloggy sometime!

Love & Licks,
Randi

WOW, what a pretty and talented girl you are!!! Nice to meet another dane girl :) I”m SOOOO impressed with your dancing!!! I hope to learn lots of cool tricks and stuff like you as I grow up. I already know how to run around the house and pick up all of my toys and put them in my toy box, but not too many other interesting tricks. I’m still a pup tho.
I’ll be back!
Behr Behr
behrrake.wordpress.com

honey,

will you marry me?

love,

bubba

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE IS LOOKING FOR YOU.

my name is Brad Mulcahy and I work for Jimmy Kimmel. I saw the video of you and your dog on youtube and I am interested in talking to you further.

323-860-5900

thank you

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE IS LOOKING FOR YOU.

my name is Brad Mulcahy and I work for Jimmy Kimmel. I saw the video of you and your dog on youtube and I am interested in talking to you further.

323-860-5900

thank you

YOU ARE SO LUCKY! I love great danes. I have a great dane calender, and I keep drawinf pictures of them. I always show my mom pictures of great dane puppies, but it doesn’t work

hi honey! i think you are just beautiful. i want to start dancing with my mom, can you tell me how to get into it,or how she can teach me at home.
thank you so much
i think you are awesome

love elvira

Hi, Honey,

It’s a pleasure to meet such a big girl! Especially one who doesn’t hate cats.

We’d sure love to see some video of you dancing with your human. We love canine freestyle.

Hi Honey
Thank you furry much for voting fur me in the Most Sporting Looking Dog Contest :)
Stop by my blog sometime. I love making new friends.
Big licks to you
Suzuki
xxx

Hi, Honey!
Thanks for coming to visit my blog!
I’d love to be your friend!
You do a pawesome therapy job and dancing! Wow! I am so impressed!
Take care
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza

Hi Hsin-Yi,
Love your Danecing

Hi Honey and Hsin -Yi,
we love watching your video on you tube. You dance beautifully!
Love, Gabi + Cessy

Wow! U are such a TALENTED dog! Ur k9 freestyle videos are really interesting.:)

Mind if we tag u in our blog too?? :)

hehe, for our blog, comments can only be made on the shoutbox! hehe..:)
Do tag us! we’ve tagged u too!:)

What do we need to know b4 we can start on k9 freestyle? Really interesting to watch u do it!:)

Hey Honey and Honey’s humans
(LOL)

Love your blog. I have actually been looking for a puppy of my own for quite a while and I am finally getting my own.

I just want to say your blog is brilliant. I hope Diva’s Blog will be just as entertaining.

Elizabeth Boston MA USA

Honey – you do more things than I can think up in a whole lifetime! How beautiful and graceful a dancer you are! And obedience and therapy work and…and… on and on! I can’t wait for more blogging from you! You go, girl!
Love and Licks, xo
Sammie

We have earlier seen your videos of dogdancing. We would love to link your blog to our that we can follow your blog. We train agility with three Danes.

Slobbers Lenni, Vekku & Ressu

I was so sad to read of the loss of your lovely Lemon. It is always so upsetting to lose a member of the family. Sending you hugs.x

Hi Honey – thanks for letting us know about clever Scottie, his human must be very proud! We’ve got in touch and have told him that a gorgeous Dane sent us his way…

¦-D

By the way – we’re both jeleous of Ombre, what a lucky Schnauzer he is being your special fella! We take it as a personal compliment that you have a soft spot for our breed though, from miniature through to giant!

Tail wags – JD and Max

Hi Honey,
I found something that I think your Human, Hsin-Yi would be interested in. If she doesn’t know about it already that is ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intelligence_of_Dogs

Please pass it on to her and tell her to give you a big scratch behind the ears from me…
By the way Mr. Darcy is going fabulously – huge improvements!

Lorraine

Freestyling sounds like so much fun! I’m not sure I’d be into being directed, even by my own human, but I do love to do stunts in the air! I’ll let you know when I have a post about them!

You are a very big and purrty woofie Honey!!! We are very sorry for the loss of Lemon….she looks like she was a great kitty!

Hey Honey! Thanks for visiting our blog. Us cats call our humans, beans. They are human beings, so we drop the “human” part and shorten the “beings” to beans.

We hope you get a new kitty soon!!! Meowm (our Mom)would have a woofie if she could, but us two take up enough of her money and space in the home as it is!

Hello Honey!
Kiko is a grand anoir too and he loved see you in the videos :D
your dance is great :)

Hugs and licks :D
Come and visit us in Kikos word
http://mundodokikoecompanhia.blogspot.com/

ps. we signed your guest list too :)

hugs and kisses kiko

Hi Honey! I read an article about you and I think you are the bestest Great Dane in the world! Keep up the great work!

xoxo

Hi Honey! It’s nice to meet you! I’ve enjoyed your blog and your videos as well. I’ve got two danes myself, Heffner and Bess and just recently started up a blog. I look forward to reading more about you!

Oh Honey that sound like so much fun. Dancing.. We usually herd and play in the water no dancing.. Callie probably would be a good dancer since she is a leaper…

Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie

Hi Honey!
Your dance moves are so beautiful!
What a great double you do!
Keep training. Good luck to you and Hsin-Yi!
I´m glad you found a new friend at the dog park.
Jack looks so friendlly and playfully :)

xoxo,
Thor

hey honey! you guys are doing a fantaastic job! would love to have you around at pet pride… bozo

Have started a new meme Pet Pride where you can display your or your friends’ pets every week beginning every Sunday! Do join in and share your pet pride with the world!

Hi Honey – I’m so sad for you that you lost Lemon. I hope Hope HOPE that your aren’t too sad still. Lemon is in a better place (that’s what my mom says) and you are going to see Lemon again dont you worry..
I wish I could have sniffed Lemon. Was Lemon nice to you?
Loves
Bell

Mom has a cannon Xti camera with a zoom lens. She usually delete more pictures than she keeps.. she does set it on auto focus so ever once in a while they turn out..

Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie

The slipper in my mouth is actually a flippy that we found at the lake… Silly humans leaving their flippy’s around…

Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie

Hi Honey ~
How are woo doing? I hope your dancing skills have made your mama happier than evfurr… Those practice video’s are so cool I wish I could learn to dance wiff you’s…

Bell girl

Great website with cool pictures and information. I’m very impressed with the level of training that you undertaken.

Honey, you do outstanding work for people and keep up the good work. And remember, don’t stop dancing!!

Oh my god, your adoreable!!! Very talented :D Keep up the great work!!
Ipswich Dog Grooming

Hi Hsin-Yi & Honey,
Your blog is great! I will check it often. Do you have follow this blog button? I tried to find it, but could not. It is late tonight and I have to be on the news tomorrow, so I will check out your blog more later. I attached the link to my blog, but I am not sure how these things work as I just started using youtube, facebook, and blogging recently. Here is my blog http://ptfordogs.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
Pam, Isabelle, Bandit, & Sabrina (the cat)

honey you are sooo fun

I love your blog it has heps of imformation and other stuff. Great gob owner nice job

Yes mom’s are very protective of their young…

Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie

hi honey! you are sooooooooooo cute.

Hi Honey

you would look great in my Guinness World Record attempt.. simply upload a great photo of yourself at http://www.GlobalPetGallery.com and you will be part of making history

Chad

Hi Honey

You’re fantastic! I’m a firefighter in Brazil and I’ve seen your videos in youtube every day and I love that! They’re very good! Congratulations! Bye.

Hi Honey, I saw you on DWB and Mango’s blog, and thanks for commenting on my bloggie too! I have a soft spot for Great Dane Girls because they are so sweet and beautiful. You can boss me around any day!

Licks, Biggie

Honey, you are such a beautiful great dane!!

Hi Honey,

I like your blog and what you do… Sorry about Lemon

Take care
Brownie Roo

Honey, your femal human companion is mad hot, hook me up!

Hi new friend..you are very good looking AND talented
benny & Lily

Hi Honey! Me and my great dane Bella LOVE to watch your videos! You have inspired us! We love you!!!

Hi Honey,
your are a very nice dog.
I have seen your video on youtube.
I have a great dane too, his name is angus.

we come from germany!
and we think you can dance very very god

we hope we can se more videos from you, son

nice greetz from us from germany

have fun

Hi Honey! I’m stopping by from Dino’s blog. You sure are a beautiful girl. I’m quite a bit, um, shorter than you – maybe the size of your head, but my mom says she thinks we look a little alike. I think she needs stronger glasses! How can a Great Dane & a Chihuahua look alike! It’s great that you help out people who aren’t feeling well. Stop by and see me sometime at my little blog!

Pedro the Chihuahua

Hi, Honey!

I’m Kimba! A Golden Retriever from Brazil. My humans and I love to watch your videos on YT! You’re so beautiful, funny, nice, smart, talented and BIG! I wish I could be like you! Congratulations to you and your beautiful Mom! What a great team!
Lots of love from Brazil.
Kimba & Family.

Hi, Honey!

I am so happy you visited my blog! I’m really honored.

A few days ago I added you to my blog buddies list and subscribed to your YTube channel.

Yes, we know you have a blog and are excited to get there, but Mom and I are so in love with you that we wanted to see everything about you from the very beginning.

On You Tube, we have watched some videos of you. They are the best! We are amazed by your talent and the bond between you and your Mummy. We also laugh a lot! LOL.

Definitely we are new big fans of you and your Mummy. Mom even says that if she could she would get a Great Dane. ^^

Greetings and love from Brazil.

Kimba & Kimba’s Mom

We just found your website while watching random great dane videos on youtube. We have a 7 yr old fawn dane as well. Her name is Meadow and she too is smart and beautiful. The first swimming lesson video was so fun to watch. Meadow HATES water….she quite dramatic about even hearing it.
Honey, you have a great human!
Cheers,
The Ferneaus in Arkansas

Our human mom just saw your swimming video on The Dog Files on Facebook. What a fun (and funny) video! Honey, you are gorgeous. And so brave to go swimming like that! Tail wags from Teddy, Belle and Gabe in Oklahoma

Hey Honey!
Congratulations on your first swiming lesson! My human wants to take me there because water scares me, especially at the beach.
My human and I love reading your blog so much, and we decided to make one too! But mines not as cool as yours.
Hope you have a nice weekend Honey! The yucky weather isnt that great for walks.
Sniffs & Licks
Tofu

Hello Honey !!

Your owner asked me if I wanted to leave a message for you here on your absolutely fantastic website!
I am a little fan of you from Holland (Netherlands), me and my owner watched a lot of clips from you and youtube and we both became huge fans of you and your owner!
It’s a little difficult for me to type on a human keyboard so I hope you can read it well. Well I wish you a lot of fun in the future with everything you are going to do and eh… about your first swimminglesson? I watched it and I really felt mercy for you, … my owner did the same to me she made me swimming too, and water can be so freaky! I was like , “What are you thinking? I’m not a seal!” , … but although my owner promised me if I put one paw in the water I would get a really delicious cookie, and so I did. But after that, never again! Haha.

Well high five and greetings from me and my owner!
Your Dutch fan Chica.

Honey, Hsin-Yi, and Paul,
I just heard that there is a tsunami heading for New Zealand after a big earthquake :-O
I hope you guys are going to be ok!
keep safe,
Darcy’s Mumma

I love your Great Dane! WOW, she is huge!

hey its hugos other hugo. yes hugo the very boncey dog. I think he really misses his girlfriend Honey.

Hey its hugos other owner. Soz bought the miss spelling. Hugo loves to play with Honey. He is about the only dog the same size. well almost!!!!

I’m sure you’ll do great :) I’m looking forward to seeing you live!

Hehe I kind of figured out how to do a blogg! Hehe hopefully I’ll figure out how to work it soon. I got some idea’s off you, just so I had something on there :)

I’m sure I’ll get the idea! hehe

See you later

Laura and Lexi

Hello,
My english language isn’t perfect but i will try…..
I found your couple (Honey and human) on youtube at an exhibition from Obe-paced and I congratulate you for the wonderful relationship between you, love and complicity reflected and it is so beautiful. Thank you to discover the world how the Great Danes are exceptional dogs, faithful friends. Thank you again for these beautiful moments of poetry.

French friendship.

Fanny Barthelemy and Venus (Great Danes)

Hello Fanny,

Thank you for your lovely email message! I visited your site but unfortunately, my French is not very good (I learnt in school but I have forgotten a lot of it!) so I was not able to contribute much – but I just wanted to say thank you for contacting us – it is so nice to make friends from all over the world. I agree with you – I think a well-trained, well-socialised, healthy, good-temperament Dane is the most “perfect” dog – no other breed can come close! :-)

Will you please sign Honey’s Guestbook (on the Homepage) with a photo of your Danes?

best wishes, Hsin-Yi

Love it…dancing Dane!

I have a beautiful dane also named Quinn. Unfortunately, I have been very lazy with training Quinn. This has inspired me. Maybe I will start doing some training with him.

By the way, the video of Honey dancing was beautiful. Keep up the great work!

OMG!!! You site is PR3!!! How you have achieved it?
My site is http://diabetes.6te.net/ PR= n/a!!! :-(

Hi Honey. You are ace.I am a doberdor, and quite tall compared to most canines close to home. I watched your dancing you were fantastic. Well done, I will be watching fo rmore! A bit past it myself but love to watch”

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Honey’s blog

Lemon – Forever In Our Hearts


Taken suddenly from us (20/10/2003 ~ 27/1/2009)

See Honey featured in:


NZ Woman's Weekly - May 2009

Nihao Magazine - Mar 2009

The Dane Digest - Jun 2008

Dogs Life - May 2008

The Dog Collection - Great Dane

Pet Magazine - Aug 2007

Animals' Voice - Spring 2006

Dogs Today UK - Nov 2005

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Awards

Thank you, Dino and Dughallmore Beagles!


Thank you, Pipa!


Thank you, Paco & Milo!


Thank you - Happy, Paco & Milo, Chow Chow and Dughallmor Beagles!


Thank you, Paco & Milo!


Thank you, Golden Sammie!


Thank you, Clover and Mango!


Thank you, Nala!


Thank you, Thor!


Thank you, Scotty!


Thank you, Dozer and Happy!

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