Thanks for the welcome everyone.  Sorry it has been a few days.  I was moving this past weekend, and I temporarily don't have internet at my new house.

Oklahoma Howdy to Colleen,

I know a little bit about great danes. They are huge, but most of the ones I've seen are just big babies and gentle as they can be. I understand they are great around children.

   Reference the giant bunny, please tell me more. Did you actually make it a pet, or do you keep it in a cage? I've led a sheltered life and never met anyone with a giant bunny for a pet. The regular questions come to mind, but they might sound funny. Is he house-broken and act like other pets in terms of playing and obedience? I'm also a city boy, but I'm almost certain they don't bark.    I'm curious about what type of sound they make and if they actually like humans like other pets. When you get through laughing about this, I really would like to know more about a giant rabbit as a pet. I've had hamsters and guinea pigs, but they didn't like anyone, especially me. I fed them and they bit me.  

Tom

Lyle stays in a rather large cage in the bathroom.  It has carpeting over the wire so the wire bottom doesn't irritate him (hey, you imagine living on wire).  He has a litter box which he uses faithfully (it is fits in the cage too).  Generally when I'm home he has "free" reign of the house.  I close most areas I don't want him in.  He's not quite like a dog, but I do use a dog harness on him (never use a collar they'd choke themselves).  I take him out for rides, and to the park.  Basically you have to follow him around.  I've taken him to church when teaching the 5 year old class about how God made animals.  He's very friendly and loves being pet.  If you hold him in your arms like a baby and rub his head he'll fall right to sleep.  He likes to play with things.  Rabbits are very curious creatures and will get into anything.  My rabbit is fearless and afraid of nothing least of all the great dane whom he tries to sleep on top of.  I never taught him to come to his name, but he will come to the sound of his treat bag rattling.  I use a spray bottle to correct him.  He has moods and if he is angry or upset he stomps around just like a petulant child.  He'll even grunt.  If he's agitated (like he was this past weekend from the new move) he will make a mess out of his cage (shredding the plastic litter liners, dumping his food, etc).  If he's happy he'll follow me all over the house begging for attention.  He likes to sleep on the radiator and play with the dog's toys by pushing them around with his nose.  He's an awesome pet.  People often complain that they stink, but if you regularly change the litter this shouldn't be a problem.  I have raised his kind and smaller breeds and found that the larger rabbits tend to be better about using their litter.  You have to be careful of making really loud noises around them as they can be frightened easily.  My bunny is an exception to this mostly b/c I used to drag him everywhere with me so he's used to people and new experiences.  I personally buy special litter that isn't toxic... it's recycled newspaper that is compressed to look like litter, and has non-toxic odor reducers and is dust free.  Costs a bit more but is best for my rabbit.  I buy his food in 50lb bags from Farm and Ranch for around $10.  It beats Petsmart and paying $6 for 5lbs.  Really they are great pets.

I love animals.  All kinds.  I currently only have a fawn Flemish Giant named Lyle.  He''s the largest breed of domestic rabbit if you're not familiar with bunnies.  He is 20lbs.   He's named after Lyle the kindly viking in the Veggie Tales movies.   I also have a blue merle great dane, Cody.  So, I like big pets.  

I've had hampsters, guinea pigs, rats, mice, turtles, snakes, lizards, cats, newts, salamandars, and a large variety of aquatic animals.  

 Hola.  I found your site here through a search engine.  I was hoping to find a non-discriminatory christian forum.  I like to associate outside of those in my particular christian faith at times, you know?  Gives me persepective. I hope to be able to learn a bit from my christian fellows here.  

Thanks.