Great River Gladiator Danes

07/15/2024

Well this isn’t the update I thought I would be making today, but we will not be having any puppies this year. Quinn has not been able to keep a pregnancy. We are hoping next spring we will have our next litter.

02/01/2024

It’s Quinn’s puppies first birthday today!!! We celebrated Athena’s birthday with a walk to the river front and a run around the farm! Now it’s nap and snuggle time! I cannot believe it’s been a year already!

06/20/2023

Hey everyone. I just wanted to update the page with some new information. I have decided that in order to provide the best possible life for all my dogs, I will start allowing homes within two hours of me to co-own my breeder dogs. Not just anyone is going to be able to do this, as I have strict requirements set in place for the safety and well being of my dogs. All possible homes will be thoroughly vetted and dogs will be going on a contract. I was planning on doing this with a few dogs from the get go, but wanted to get all the initial age appropriate health tests done first and get to know each dog’s personality to find the best fit for each one. The very basics of how this works is GRGD will retain all breeding rights, and when the dog is ready to breed, will come stay with me through its heat cycle through the pregnancy and up until the puppies are weaned and ready to go home. The co-owner will get the dog as a pet at any other time. Then, when the dog is being retired from breeding, the dog will be spayed and the co-owner gets full ownership of the dog at that time. This makes it so each dog gets a lot more one on one time with people, and the dogs have a home they are familiar with and a family that loves them already when they are ready to retire. If anyone wants to know more, feel free to ask questions in the comments or PM me. Anyone interested in being a co-owner of a GRDG dog, please contact me. Right now I have two dogs that I’m looking to place. A third one may be placed after it finishes the initial phase of health testing.

03/25/2023

Here are the girls seven week pictures.

03/25/2023

Sorry these are coming in late everyone! Here are the boys seven week old pics.

03/18/2023

03/18/2023

Just came inside from potty break and now it’s play time! These pups do not sit still.

03/16/2023

Puppies are six weeks old! Picks started and we are down to the last two. Here are the boys. Poseidon will be going to Idaho. Hermes, now called stitch, will be going to Idaho. Apollo, now called Bodhi, will be going to New York. Ares will be heading to Colorado.

03/16/2023

Puppies are six weeks old! Picks started and we are down to the last two already. Here are the girls. Hera will be going to a family in Iowa. Athena will be staying here. Aphrodite will be going to Alaska. Artemis will be going to a family in Iowa

03/10/2023

Here are the boys five week pics.

03/10/2023

Here are the girls five week pics. Everyone is growing so much! Their individual personalities are really starting to pop.

03/09/2023

Hi everyone. I know everyone is expecting pics today, but I’m running a bit behind today, so they will be posted tomorrow. Most likely in the afternoon. For now, I’ll share some pictures from this weekend. The puppies went to visit a family friends kids at my parents house for socialization.

03/02/2023

I’m getting a lot of questions about how my process works for getting a puppy. So I figured I would just make a post here explaining it all to clear things up. From the time the puppies are born to the time the puppies are six weeks old, anyone contacting me that is seriously interested in a puppy will be placed on a waitlist. I am not requiring a deposit to be put on the waitlist. It’s sole purpose is to determine the order picks take place. When the puppies turn six weeks old, I start allowing picks. The first person on my waitlist gets first pick, the second person gets second pick, and so on. If it gets to your spot in the waitlist and all the puppies are spoken for or the puppies you want are no longer available, you have two choices. Move the the waitlist for the next litter, or I can remove you from the list altogether. I will give everyone on my waitlist a rundown of each puppy, and my top recommendation/s for each person/family prior to when picks start. At the time picks take place, I will require a deposit. Picks can go very fast, or they may take a while. It depends on how long each person takes to make a decision. After picks take place, if everyone on the waitlist either has a puppy or is waiting, and I still have any puppies left, then a deposit is required when one of the puppies still available are chosen. The point of waiting for picks until six weeks old is so I have a good idea of each puppies individual personality and the new owners/families are able to pick the dog that would best fit in with their family. The waitlist gives everyone time to plan ahead and think about what they want and need from a dog before having to choose one, while ensuring the people who contacted me first get to pick their puppy first. I operate on a first come first serve basis with very few exceptions. I am happy to answer any questions anyone may have about this process. I know it’s not what a lot of people expect when looking for a puppy, but it’s how I do things.

03/02/2023

The puppies are 4 weeks old! Time has been flying buy! Two weeks till picks, four until they can head home. I can’t believe we are halfway there already. I had a few spots open up on the waitlist, so If anyone is interested, feel free to reach out to me. Anyone already on the waitlist wanting updates can contact me as well. I’ll be reaching out later this week to everyone as well.

02/22/2023

Since it’s his birthday and all, I figured now is a good time to introduce another dog. Meet Legend. He turned one today! He is a lovable goofball. He is currently training to be my service dog and doing really well. He will be working in tandem with Daya once he is fully trained. He has a long ways to go and quite a bit of growing up to do. He will also become a breeder male as long as he passes all of his health tests as he gets older.

02/14/2023

Introducing my first litter! They will be two weeks old tomorrow. The mom is Quinn, a brindlequin gladiator. The dad is Dane, a black AKC registered Great Dane. I’ll introduce them tomorrow. There are four girls, and four boys. This litters theme is Greek gods and goddesses. The girls are Hera,Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena. The boys are Poseidon, Hermes, Apollo, and Ares. Waitlist for picks is open. Pick of litter take place at six weeks old.

02/14/2023

Let me introduce you all to the dog that started this journey, Daya! She is a huge blessing in my life. I really don’t know how I would have gotten through the last few years without her. She is my service dog. She is almost five years old. Some of her tasks include cardiac alert, mobility support, syncope response, cardiac response, panick attack response, and grounding. We have gone on many adventures, and we have so much fun together. I Don’t see Daya as a pet. Or even as a kid. Daya is my partner. We are equals. My well being depends on her. She is my other half. Daya loves almost every dog she meets. All my dogs look to her for guidance. She is smart as a whip, and sometimes issues that to get into unbelievable amounts of trouble. Every person who has met her instantly falls in love with her. She is a very special dog.

02/14/2023

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Hailey Bowers. I am the breeder behind Great River Gladiator Danes. Every story has a beginning. Mine starts at a pretty young age. I have autism. As a kid, all I wanted to do was be around animals. My special interest was animals. I didn’t relate to people very well, but I loved animals. Animals always made sense to me. My parents go me into 4H and I started reading, breeding, and showing rabbits. Then I started raising chickens, goats, sheep, alpacas, horses, ducks, and cattle. I decided to go to collage for, no surprise, animal science. On top of my autism, I have an array of chronic illnesses. I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, a connective tissues disorder, that effects my joints and makes them pretty weak. I have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, also known as POTS, that is a neurological disorder that effects my heart and makes me pass out, and multiple other autonomic nervous disfunction disorders. I rely on a service dog every day to maintain any level of independence. Five years ago, while I was at BYU- Idaho studying animal science, I found out my service dog was going to need to retire way earlier than I had ever anticipated due to health issues. I started looking for a breeder that would have a puppy that fits my needs. I stumbled upon a breeder in Rigby, Idaho, called Teton Gladiators, ran by Celeste Rush. I saw two litters of puppies and had an instant connection to my girl Daya. So I made a deposit and the rest is history. Except it really isn’t. I became really close friends with the Celeste. I spent a lot of time with her and her dogs. At the time I was going to school for animal science. Any time I had free time I was wanting to go over. I washed puppies and walked dogs and just sat and chatted. I realized pretty fast that Daya loves being in a group of dogs. Last February, I decided it was time to get a second dog of my own. I was in a stable position to be getting a second dog, and I knew I wanted to train it to be my mobility support service dog. Enter Legend. My loveable goofball. Over the last five years, I have developed a love for not just any giant dog, or even gladiator Danes, but of the Teaton gladiator lines. There was an amazing story and an even more amazing person behind it all. Celeste was amazing, and she has become family to me. And all her dogs are fantastic. Well, this last fall, she decided she was going to have to stop breeding. I was heartbroken. Where was I going to get the rest of my dogs in the future? Long story short, I took over the breeding program. I brought home four new dogs. I have done a lot of research, and obviously been around for five years learning everything I could. I’m very excited to be taking over these lines and continuing something great. I love these dogs with all my heart, and I can’t wait to share the love these dogs bring to all the future family’s of my puppies.