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My proper name is:
Yacanto A Taste of Honey
But everyone calls me: Honey
Breed: Great Dane
Colour: Fawn
Age: 8 yrs old
Weight: about 70kg (150lbs)
Height: 35″ at the shoulder
My breeders are:
Kim & John Wylie at Yacanto Great Danes, NZ
My daddy, Blade (Yacanto Dato Star), came from the UK and was a famous show champion and my mummy, Brenna (Faondein Done for Di), came from Australia – but I was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. When I was 7 weeks old, I got my very own humans! I was so proud – I was the first of all my brothers and sisters to get humans.
For more about me as a baby, visit the Baby Photos page
I live with: my humans, Paul and Hsin-Yi .
I also had a “kitty sister”, Lemon, the Tortoishell Moggie but sadly, she was taken from us at only 5yrs old by a mystery sickie when she as staying in the pet hotel and went to the Rainbow Bridge in Jan 2009.
Lemon – we miss you terribly.
My humans adopted Lemon from the Auckland SPCA rescue shelter (in NZ) when she was 7 weeks old too, so we could grow up together and play together – and so I would have somebody to boss me around at home.
Here is a beautiful movie showing me & Lemon growing up together from babies and our lives together, playing, exploring & snoozing…I will never have a ‘best friend’ like her again: http://bighoneydog.com/2010/01/honey-and-lemon/
Lemon showing me who's boss!
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Recently, 2 yrs after we lost Lemon, we finally felt ready to add another kitty to our family. So introducing…Muesli! She is also a moggie, adopted from the Australian RSPCA. Things were a bit stressy when she first arrived but we are now good friends! You can see how we became friends here…
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Right now, I live in: Newcastle, NSW Australia
(before this, I lived in Auckland, New Zealand for most of my life, and then in Brisbane for a year last year.)
I eat: the Raw Diet
I love:
- fetching my tennis ball or football!
- playing Tug-O-War
- rolling in something really stinky
- gnawing on a smelly raw bone
- sleeping in the sun
- running on the beach!
My favourite thing is: my Giant Beanbag Bed!
My bed...zZZzz
* Click here f you want to find out about My Beds & My Pyjamas
My favourite walks are:
- In Auckland - Mission Bay, Waiataura Wetlands Reserve, Cornwall Park, Auckland Domain, Waiata Reserve, Rothesay Bay, Bethells Beach, Karekare Beach and trekking in the Waitakere Ranges!
- In Brisbane – Bribie Island dog beach, Roma St Parklands, Teneriffe Riverwalk, Nudgee Beach
- In Newcastle – Foreshore Park, Civic Park, Stockton Sand Dunes @ Birubi Beach, Nesca Park + around the streets in Newcastle East
I do: Canine Freestyle (‘doggie dancing’), Clicker Training, General Obedience + I am a Therapy Dog. I have also tried Agility and Rally-O!
To read more about my adventures and my training, please visit MY BLOG!
Human Words I know:
- Good Girl
- No!
- Drop It
- Out!
- Be Clean
- OK! (release command)
- Sit
- Down
- Stay
- Come
- Wait
- Stand
- Heel
- Mat! (instant drop)
- Close (casual walk)
- On Your Bed
- In the Car
- Leave It
- Outside
- Have Some Water
- This Way
- No More (end of game)
- Catch!
- Off!
- Where’s Your Toy?
- Hold (the dumbell)
- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Bone
- Treat
- Cookie
- Who’s That?
- Say Hello
- Bath (ugh!)
- Cat!
Tricks I can do:
- Shake Paws
- Bow
- Twist/Spin
- Back (walk backwards)
- Weave (through legs)
- Look Up
- Marching
- Creep (crawl along floor)
- Under
- Shimmy(shake my head & body)
- Over (jump over something)
- Up(put my paws up on something)
- ‘Foot’ (walk around to sit on the left side of my trainer)
- Hide My Face
- “Jiaow!”(this means I should bark)
- Tummy Rub (lie flat on my side)
- Beg
- In Front (crab-walk)
- Touch
- Hit It (with my paw)
- Turn and Reverse
Here are some trophies and awards I have won! 
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Well done Honey, you are a very clever girl!
Now I know more about you Honey! Thanks for letting me know this All About You page. Dang! You weigh 70 kg??? You're one big mama! You weigh just as much as my Mommy does. *ahem* Well just add another 5kg to her's. Yeap, that's her weight currently! Shh, don't tell her I told you this. HAHA!!!!
Butt wiggles,
Solid Gold Dancer
I love your canine freestyle page. Have never seen a dane do those moves and it's very fascinating to watch Honey. My boy is very special, though he doesn't do any cool tricks to speak of. Stop by our blog to visit Savage, and if you want, I would love to exchange links…
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thank you
Such a great dog! Lots of training really pays off! One of my boys is 5 years and he only has received his Rally Novice title. You are waayyyy ahead of us!
Honey is so smart!!
Honey is awesome. Great Danes are the best. My fawn is named Daisy, and I lost my Merle, Sed, 2 years ago this May to cardiomyopathy. All the best to you and your beautiful girl!
Hi! I dropped into your website by accident and must say that Honey is a very cute girl!!! Greetings from Sweden.
Hi Honey,
My name is Rocco. I am a male fawn great dane. Your mum "CH. Faondaein Done For Di" is my great grandmother! that means we are related! i am 7 months old and weigh 55kg already!! I love my kitty too. I get to drool all over her and she doesnt mind! I start training for my canine good citizen award in 3 weeks. I cant wait! I love the clicker too!! it makes me do anything for food!! bye for now aunty Honey!!
Honey bunny! You are so beautiful. I have a black Dane, Max and looking at you page gives me so much pride for the Great Dane breed! Keep up the good work…You and your mom are inspiring!
i lost my great dane on nov 18 2009 of old age:( my wife got my a new great dane pup on sat. she is 10 weeks old and i hope to have her as well trained as bunny……
a lot of trophies you have there you're very smart
Honey,
you are amazing girlie!!! your owner has done a wonderful job with you keep up the great work that you do.
Hugs and Kisses
A Great Dane Family!!
Honey ur imazing,
i want to taught my greatdane just like u,plz help me or plz send me ur training videos . i want to taught him about :
No!
Drop It
Out!
Be Clean
OK! (release command)
Sit
Down
Stay
Come
Wait
Stand
On Your Bed
Outside
Catch,thanks in advance
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Great site. A lot of useful information here. I'm sending it to some friends!
Wow Honey, I sure hope I can learn some of those too. My human has taught me some so far, but there is a lot still left for me to learn. Hope to hear from you soon. Take care!
Kaylee and The K9 Center Crew
WOW~! Cool! So many awards! And you are a beautiful dog with a Beautiful Soul! You should listen to the song “Beautiful Soul” by Jesse McCartney!
you are a super smart dog. my great dane just bites and we are teaching him we have got to sit almost.
What a poppet! We’re a Dane family too; we have Lizzie (5 yrs 2 months -- we lost her wonderful brother on 1st August last year to DCM -- she also has the condition), Harley (Harlequin rescue lad 7 yrs old), his ‘partner’ Cinders, black bitch, almost 10 (also rescue dog), and a rescue young greyhound, Sacha of just 1 yr old. Great Danes Rock!!! But we love Sacha just as much -- she’s as mad as a box of frogs!
Hi Honey!!
Man, you are so smart. I wish my mommy would teach me so many tricks too
I just found your blog today. You are such an interesting dog!
And you are sooo big! I’m a small (but big enough) chocolate lab girl outta Germany. I only understand German, although my (as I see him) great pyrenees grandpa Buddy only understands English. He’s out of Texas!
I’m so sorry about Lemon, Honey.
Buddy is pretty old too… I’m hoping he’ll leave us peacefully. He told me about Annabelle, his girlfriend back in the day. She didn’t leave us peacefully…and that made me sad. I still feel my mommmy’s devestation sometimes when she talks about her…
But now she has me!
Well, I’ll keep checking in on your blog. It’s super interesting and there are great tips and tricks for my mommy so she can teach me cool things.
Byes!!
Journey, the happy lab girl outta Germany.
You are one smart pup! Talent, smarts, and beauty!
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Just wanted to say how wonderfull you are … And how much you look like my first Dane …. Her name was burlesque and she was a ya canto Dane too. We live in England and are visiting Australia at the moment and came across your site whilst looking at Dane rescue sites …… Sending all our love to you and your family and thanks for bringing memory’s of my old girl burlesque back to me xxxxx
I just recently purchased a male fawn Great Dane on January 29, 2012. He was born on December 1, 2011, so he is just a little over 2 months old. His first vet full check up and exam was a few days after I got him and he passed with flying colors. He weighed in at 17.9lbs, but has grown since then. His next vet visit is February 21, 2012. His mother is an American Great Dane and his father is a European Great Dane from which I understand will give him a beefier chest. My vet has predicted that he will weigh between 180 to 240lbs when he reaches his full growth potential. My vet also has a couple of Great Danes at her home, so she is very well versed when it comes to Great Danes. He will be growing up with Paco, a Chuawawa and pit bull mixed dog that is smaller than our great dane puppy and Cuddles a gray stripped cat.
Thank you so very much in sharing your story about Honey. You have more than inspired me to do the same thing with my male fawn Great Dane. I haven’t quite as yet picked out a name for him as yet, but I thinking about the name of either Rambo or Tank. He will be starting obediance training this coming April. By the way, I live in Taylor, Missouri USA. Please send me your email address. I would love to send you a few photos that I have already taken of him.
Larry Brown
Omg did you get him from the Taylor Danes people? Because that’s where I got my fawn male Dane came from. His mom is champion over here in the USA and his dad is champion over in the UK. Please respond and tell me about yours. If you do respond I would like to send you pics of him.
Hello, My name is Rosie
As a great dane owner, i have really enjoyed watching honey grow up.
I have owned great danes for years now and recently lost my great dane annie at the age of 12.
she was a brindle bitch and was loved dearly.
I hope Honey has a long and happy life also.
Thank you x
i love honey so much.. i also have a great dane ..his name is tyson.. he exactly looks like honey.. n does d same aswell wat honey does.. long live honey.. lots of love.. mmmuuaahh…
hi, i found your blog through your sweet utube videos. how sweet they were to watch. honey and lemon together are amazing and can’t imagine how heartbreaking it was to lose her so soon. so happy you have found another sister for honey. i have 3 smaller dogs and a cat in the states and just wanted to say hi and how much i enjoyed your blog and videos. awesome work you do with honey! thanks for the smiles!
Aww I have a Great Dane too his name is marley and he looks just like honey. I watched your YouTube vid and it was so so sad. I had tears streaming down my face. I love you honey and lemon. Long live lemon. R.I.P.