Starts with M… hmmm… I got it!!
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When I was little we had a Great DanexMalemute.
All the height of the Dane. All the breadth of the Mal. When I was in trouble I would put myself in the doghouse, because it was nice and roomy, and nobody messed with my best friend.
I still miss Clyde.
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Better than Clifford, but harder to find these days:
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Otto also has adventures with giant vegetables and hills that are actually houses on wheels. Much fun!
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My uncle had Great Danes. The one I remember (Raja) was trained to jump up on him, and only him. He thought it was fantastic to look his dog in the eye. And yes, my uncle was 6’2". 
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My exes’ mum had two dogs.
One was a Great Dane / English Mastiff cross. The other was a Chihuahua.
Watching them play-fight was quite a thing.
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He’ll be feeding right off the top of the fridge.
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Well… not all dogs are countersurfers, or tablesurfers.
Big dogs need lots of training every day when young or they all to soon become hard to live with [us humans, in a building].
Our rescue dog (80ish pounds) surprised us when we found out he was quite the incorrigible countersurfer. We had to put up a gate across the kitchen doorway. No amount of training him out of it would resolve this issue.
Stopping a cat from countersurfing, or counterclimbing, is just a matter of putting out a roll of aluminum foil or packing tape:
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When the Lab was a pup, he had a countersurfing problem. We eventually cored a bunch of hot dogs and put really hot hotsauce in them and left them on the counter.
It kind of worked a little bit.
What worked really well was putting mouse traps on the counter. He got his tongue caught twice and never countersurfed again.
Environment hazard is the best training.
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Wow this is new. Thanks!
We did the hot sauce trick (we used sambal oelek) and it did not slow our dog down in the least. Neither did sriracha.
[sigh] True about so many things in life. Broadly applicable!
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Once (long ago) while babysitting, I had the pleasure of watching the elegant family cat launch herself gracefully on to the kitchen counter and land in a stick of soft butter. The look of surprise and humiliation was priceless!
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