The Great Divide…that wasn’t
dog breeding practiced under the auspices of the FCI or any other registering body, does not guarantee quality, or ethical management, of dogs.
Category Archives: Historical
What’s a Great Dane Breeder?
There has been no real improvement on the Great Dane since the golden era of …
The Great Dane Alliance
front cover of the Club Magazine of the Great Dane Club of Denmark A very important meeting took place …
The Dane we’ve been waiting for…
I can’t believe it’s finally here: I knew it had been in the works – and now the single most significant …
a “partner in crime”
It’s been a year since I lost Lucy. I have been mourning. I still am. I have lost a piece …
Petition: Restore the Great Dane !
PETITION LINK: SIGN & SHARE ! Dear FCI, Dear VDH, Dear DDC: The original Great Dane breed standard contained …
The FCI classification of the Great Dane: highly illogical
Please sign & share the petition to Restore the Great Dane here! How on fiddlesticks, did a breed ultimately defined …
Dear AKC, Dear UKC…et al
… I have a few questions for you. For your Board of Directors and your members and your lawyers …
Canis familiaris
canis familiaris
the gift of Pan
“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.”
One breed, One Standard
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)
Spanish bull
Guess the breed…
my new blog: “Canis Major”
Great Dane Art, Craft & Education
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Dreamland
“When I die, I’ll be a dog again”
The Great “€uro” Horror Show
The New Megatherium Breed Standard
Willow and the Bird Man’s dog
the house help
Just the best picture in the world
Samia, 3, with her Great Dane Roxie, 8 years of age. Photo by Claire Collins, Springdane taken at Ballykealey Manor Hotel, …
Why is my Dane running downhill ?
is your dog running downhill even on level ground ? Here’s why…
Postcards from Canada
the 52nd National Specialty of the Great Dane Club of Canada, September 10, 2016
Breed Type Eternal
127 years separate these two pictures.
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The Great Dane story
a short video
FCI: protect the Great Dane! An open letter to Rafael de Santiago
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.
Connecting the dots
“Why??? Why are you breeding pet quality Danes?? The only point in breeding pet quality Danes is to make money. …
nothing new …
dog show standards, breed standards
beautiful bones
Anatomical Artwork
“ready to go anywhere and do anything”
Athleticism, Trainability, Versatility are essential Great Dane traits and elements of Breed Type.
a shrink, and grammar lessons, immediately
Animal abuse, vulgarity and poor education seem to go hand in hand
“nothing wrong with their eyes” …
why don’t you try them on and “see”?
milking the air
the Huntress
a death sentence appeal
waking up is hard to do…
a conservation movement for the Great Dane
We need to LEAD, not follow.
the next in line ?
Is the Great Dane going to follow the Dobermann down the slippery slope?
Happiness…
Lulu is 10 years 5 months today ❤
Superpowers
Dane doodle
Origins: the Dane is a Dane
Origin and History of the Great Danish dog.
Postcards from Norway
Norwegian Great Dane Club Specialty – Pinsetreffet 2016
Back In The USSR…before the arrival of the mammoths
Great Danes behind the Iron Curtain
Longevity~
are we doing our best?
the Dane, the Souliot and other relationships
The Duchess and the Poet, the Dane and the Greek, history, preservation breeding and, perhaps, some hope for aboriginal landraces…
C’mon now ! You’re taking the mickey…
Dogue ‘Allemand’ peut-être, mais pas plus Grand Danois.
your dog is nice…but is it a unit?
Why some dogs look a picture stacked but fall apart when they move?
a GREAT Dane to write home about…
Very Fine Wine …
postcards from Wales
Great Danes & Llandoddies in Cymru
“my kind of Dane” …
…a singularly non-informative expression and thoughts borne by it.
Great Dane skeleton
Great Dane skeleton drawing. Free to download.
un Alano tanto gentile
this German painting speaks Italian
a girl and her Great Dane
an old postcard
a very fine hound and other stories
early Doggen in art, boarhunting and musings of a Great Dane nature
Danish, English & German doggen
of the Englische Docke, the Deutsche Dogge and the boarhunters in 18th century Germany
Puppy face, puppy lace
a puppy weaved into the memory of the heart
Diversity ?
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.
of early Great Danes and Bull Terriers
a note of the first American Great Dane standard and its reference to the Bull Terrier
the Great Hounds of the Baskervilles
the Great Danes of the Baskervilles
the Great Dane and the ‘molosser’ malarkey
the Great Dane & the Molosser malarkey
man’s (or woman’s) best friend
Originally posted on a thoughtful eye:
Whether you love them for their grace and beauty or for their unwavering loyalty, dogs are…
BLOAT: A Major Breakthrough!
BREAKING NEWS: A MAJOR Breakthrough on Bloat ! Sharing Recommended !
Dying for Art
The Earl of Wemyss and March commissioned this sculpture in bronze to be placed outside his home, Gosford House in East Lothian, after it was rebuilt. Apart from his interest in field sports, and his career in politics, the Earl was also an amateur sculptor. He and his family were active patrons of modern art. In choosing Bates, he turned to one of the most advanced British sculptors, a former pupil of Dalou and Rodin. Bates, at the end of his short life, was interested in classical subjects, and this athlete echoes models by Michelangelo. It was studied from the life, and one of the Great Danes died while clamped into position.
the long and the short of it
The importance and function of the dog’s loin
Sassanid hound
a Persian tail…
125 years since Ivanhoe…
a little bit of history, from 83 years ago.
GREAT DANE: NOT a Mastiff !
Irrefutable scientific proof that the Great Dane is NOT a mastiff-type breed. Visit the post for more…
The Great Dane & the pseudo-danes (Part II)
The reasons for the Type Deviation in the Great Dane breed.
the Dane & the pseudo-dane
The Great Dane in Europe is at breaking point. Visit the post for more…
The “Ignominious Beginning of the Great Dane Color Code of Ethics”
The real history behind the Great Dane Color Code.
of Chinese Danes & other evolutionary tails
This is a painting that fascinated me ever since I first laid eyes on its image (click to see it …
Watch them run !
Typical Movement of the Great Dane – part I
Cartoonized
A friend sent me this picture the other day. Well now, I know, I know…it’s supposed to make a point; …
RAF Dane
This treasured old photo from 1940 is a family heirloom and came to me from a friend with the telling …
A mystery, solved
Identifying an ancestor
CURRENT GREAT DANE STANDARDS
the current versions of the American, British, Canadian and German Breed Standards for the Great Dane
Original FCI Great Dane Standard (Denmark, 1935).
frontispiece celebrating the Dansk Kennel Klub’s 100th Anniversary (founded 1897) Standard of the Danish Dog (Grand Danois, Great Dane) Country of …
The First American Breed Standard (1892)
Breed Standard of the Great Dane Published in 1892 in “Bench Show and Field Trials Records and Standards of …
The First German Standard,1891
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 boarhound look like ?
What does a Boar Hound look like ?
A challenge for Hyper-Typer dogs fans
No good dog goes unpunished
A mere 30 years separate the two dogs above, yet so much damage has been done in so little time – …
British Breed Standard revised – 1903
Mrs Horsfall’s …
the first Great Dane standard(s) in English: 1887
(updated) The first Great Dane (Deutsche Dogge) breed standard is the German standard, in 1880. It was published in “Der Hund” …
A very important painting
The painting is of the old Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark, painted in 1584 or ’85. It depicts King Frederick II of Denmark …
First come first served
That’s how the system works, folks. Had Britain joined the FCI when it was formed in 1911, it would have …
Great Dane Gnosis 