Earth’s ecology has been so severely disrupted by human activity that we are teetering on the brink of irreversible collapse. If we don’t curtail our damaging behavior and repair the climate our descendants will inherit a living hell, a dystopia of our own making. Everyone has a role to play and as dog lovers we have to assume responsibility for our actions.
There has been no real improvement on the Great Dane since the golden era of …
front cover of the Club Magazine of the Great Dane Club of Denmark A very important meeting took place …
I can’t believe it’s finally here: I knew it had been in the works – and now the single most significant …
It’s been a year since I lost Lucy. I have been mourning. I still am. I have lost a piece …
PETITION LINK: SIGN & SHARE ! Dear FCI, Dear VDH, Dear DDC: The original Great Dane breed standard contained …
Please sign & share the petition to Restore the Great Dane here! How on fiddlesticks, did a breed ultimately defined …
… I have a few questions for you. For your Board of Directors and your members and your lawyers …
canis familiaris
“And to thee Artemis the Bearded God gave two dogs black-and-white, three reddish, and one spotted, which pulled down very lions when they clutched their throats and haled them still living to the fold. And he gave thee seven Kynosourian [Arkadian breed] bitches swifter than the winds – that breed which is swiftest to pursue fawns and the hare which closes not his eyes; swiftest too to mark the lair of the stag and where the porcupine hath his burrow, and to lead upon the track of the gazelle.”
I would support a unified, universal, simplified and sensible, Great Dane standard.
One breed, one standard.
And here’s what I’s consider “sensible” (read on)
Guess the breed…
Great Dane Art, Craft & Education
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The New Megatherium Breed Standard
the house help
Samia, 3, with her Great Dane Roxie, 8 years of age. Photo by Claire Collins, Springdane taken at Ballykealey Manor Hotel, …
is your dog running downhill even on level ground ? Here’s why…
the 52nd National Specialty of the Great Dane Club of Canada, September 10, 2016
127 years separate these two pictures.
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a short video
The present, and any future the Great Dane may have, is in your hands.
Is it going to be a future worthy of its past, or a future filled with pain and suffering?
It’s your decision.
Thank you for your attention.
“Why??? Why are you breeding pet quality Danes?? The only point in breeding pet quality Danes is to make money. …
source BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY Dogs of this generic mastiffoid hyper-type became popular at the latter half of the 20th century. …
dog show standards, breed standards
Anatomical Artwork
Athleticism, Trainability, Versatility are essential Great Dane traits and elements of Breed Type.
Animal abuse, vulgarity and poor education seem to go hand in hand
why don’t you try them on and “see”?
the Huntress
waking up is hard to do…
We need to LEAD, not follow.
Is the Great Dane going to follow the Dobermann down the slippery slope?
Lulu is 10 years 5 months today ❤
Dane doodle
Origin and History of the Great Danish dog.
Norwegian Great Dane Club Specialty – Pinsetreffet 2016
Great Danes behind the Iron Curtain
are we doing our best?
The Duchess and the Poet, the Dane and the Greek, history, preservation breeding and, perhaps, some hope for aboriginal landraces…
Dogue ‘Allemand’ peut-être, mais pas plus Grand Danois.
Why some dogs look a picture stacked but fall apart when they move?
Very Fine Wine …
Great Danes & Llandoddies in Cymru
…a singularly non-informative expression and thoughts borne by it.
Great Dane skeleton drawing. Free to download.
this German painting speaks Italian
an old postcard
early Doggen in art, boarhunting and musings of a Great Dane nature
of the Englische Docke, the Deutsche Dogge and the boarhunters in 18th century Germany
A new insight into the heterozygosity of pedigree breeds. The Great Dane’s position in the heterogygosity vs inbreeding chart and information about other breeds from DNA data.
a note of the first American Great Dane standard and its reference to the Bull Terrier
the Great Dane & the Molosser malarkey
BREAKING NEWS: A MAJOR Breakthrough on Bloat ! Sharing Recommended !
Heiko & the pseudo- Dane. A brilliant cartoon by R. Stolzewski.
The importance and function of the dog’s loin
Irrefutable scientific proof that the Great Dane is NOT a mastiff-type breed. Visit the post for more…
The reasons for the Type Deviation in the Great Dane breed.
The Great Dane in Europe is at breaking point. Visit the post for more…
Why Breeding Dogs Better is better than Breeding Better Dogs
The real history behind the Great Dane Color Code.
Typical Movement of the Great Dane – part I
A friend sent me this picture the other day. Well now, I know, I know…it’s supposed to make a point; …
Identifying an ancestor
the current versions of the American, British, Canadian and German Breed Standards for the Great Dane
frontispiece celebrating the Dansk Kennel Klub’s 100th Anniversary (founded 1897) Standard of the Danish Dog (Grand Danois, Great Dane) Country of …
Breed Standard of the Great Dane Published in 1892 in “Bench Show and Field Trials Records and Standards of …
In the May-June 1985 issue of the Great Dane Reporter the following English translation of the first German Great Dane (Deutsche Dogge) Breed Standard appeared. Part 1.
What does a Boar Hound look like ?
A challenge for Hyper-Typer dogs fans
A mere 30 years separate the two dogs above, yet so much damage has been done in so little time – …
Mrs Horsfall’s …
The term “hyper-type” is currently used to describe animals that exaggerate the expression of their breed’s morphological type overall, …
(updated) The first Great Dane (Deutsche Dogge) breed standard is the German standard, in 1880. It was published in “Der Hund” …
The painting is of the old Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark, painted in 1584 or ’85. It depicts King Frederick II of Denmark …
That’s how the system works, folks. Had Britain joined the FCI when it was formed in 1911, it would have …
It annoys the bejaysus out of me that people look at a dog and think “I’ll take that breed and …
