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In anticipation of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories of life and death, hope and love, the extraordinary and the everyday. We’ll share one person’s story every day until Canada Day.
“This is Quinn. She’s a Great Dane. She’s classified as a Harlequin, and thus her name. She’s four, and about 165 pounds. She goes through six cups of dry food a day.
“We had one prior to her, who was a rescue with the same markings. He passed away. And I was on the Internet and we just happened to see her. I was planning on going back to the place where we got the rescue one, but we just happened to see her, so…”
Tell me about having a dog that weighs more than you do.
“Well, you definitely have to be careful. And if she decides on going somewhere, I’m definitely going with her if she’s on leash. But they’re fairly laid-back dogs by rights. We come here every day, usually at about the same time, depending on the weather. It gives her her exercise. I’m here usually an hour or longer. And it’s also social; you get to know everybody here. And as my daughter says, this is my social life now: walking the dog and meeting all these people that have the same interests.”
Does having the largest dog in existence become even more of a social thing?
“Oh, yes. Pretty well everybody stops to talk, and she does tend to cause attention, I admit. And she likes people.
“This is probably one of the best places in Ottawa. I live in Barrhaven, about a 10-minute drive. I’ve been to Conroy Pit once or twice. My maiden name is Conroy, and that was on my grandfather’s property.”
— Brenda Scott. Bruce Pit, Sept. 12, 2016.
bdeachman@postmedia.com
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“This is Quinn. She’s a Great Dane. She’s classified as a Harlequin, and thus her name. She’s four, and about 165 pounds. She goes through six cups of dry food a day.
“We had one prior to her, who was a rescue with the same markings. He passed away. And I was on the Internet and we just happened to see her. I was planning on going back to the place where we got the rescue one, but we just happened to see her, so…”
Tell me about having a dog that weighs more than you do.
“Well, you definitely have to be careful. And if she decides on going somewhere, I’m definitely going with her if she’s on leash. But they’re fairly laid-back dogs by rights. We come here every day, usually at about the same time, depending on the weather. It gives her her exercise. I’m here usually an hour or longer. And it’s also social; you get to know everybody here. And as my daughter says, this is my social life now: walking the dog and meeting all these people that have the same interests.”
Does having the largest dog in existence become even more of a social thing?
“Oh, yes. Pretty well everybody stops to talk, and she does tend to cause attention, I admit. And she likes people.
“This is probably one of the best places in Ottawa. I live in Barrhaven, about a 10-minute drive. I’ve been to Conroy Pit once or twice. My maiden name is Conroy, and that was on my grandfather’s property.”
— Brenda Scott. Bruce Pit, Sept. 12, 2016.
bdeachman@postmedia.com
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