Great Dane

Great Danes are big animals. In 2004 the tallest dog in the world was a great dane according to the Guinness book of world records. The great dane is often called the gentle giant of dogs because despite their size, they’re generally very calm and gentle dogs. Today, great danes are used as watch dogs more than hunting dogs and make good family pets. They are tall thin dogs with short hair and look a bit like a mastiff. A great dane can have many different coat colours, but only some are recognized by certain kennel clubs. Some great danes can be difficult to train, so its important to get started when they’re young. If you have kids around the house, you should teach your great dane not to lean against people because they can easily knowck a person over by accident because of their size. Otherwise, great danes are good with children and generally ok around other dogs if socialized from a young age. Great danes don’t require much grooming and tend to be fairly quiet, and don’t bark much unless they sense that their owner is in danger.

Great Dane Appearance

Some great dane owners cu off their great dane’s ears to make them look more elegant. Though this practice persists in the United States, great dane ear cropping has been outlawed in other parts of the world. The original breeders of great danes used to use the dogs for hunting, so they cut their ears off so that other animals couldn’t grab onto them in a struggle. Today, there is no need for cutting of great dane puppies’ ears, but some people still like to. Great danes are typically lightish brown colours with dark colouring on their face, much like a mastiff. They are very graceful-looking dogs and are also quie active. A great dane is well suited to an owner with an active lifestyle because they need regular exercise to stay healthy. They also need a balanced diet and lots of attention from their owner. However, great danes can suffer from some unusual ailments, such as bloat, and yeast infections. Bloat is a serious stomach problem that results in death in great danes if not treated immediately. If your great dane has a family history of bloat, you can have a simple operation done that can prevent your great dane from getting bloat. There are a number of other precautions you can take to reduce the risk of your great dane suffering from bloat. One way is to try to reduce the amount of air inhaled by your great dane while eating. Raising your great dane’s food dish and refraining from exercise immediately before or after a meal can help.

Great Dane Puppies

Great dane puppies are a lot of fun but are also quite delicate when they’re small, so keep you small children away from them. Small children often play too rough with puppies and can seriously injure them. As with all dogs, you shouldn’t leave your child alone with your great dane because they’re not equivalent to a babysitter. Great Dane puppies grow up really fast, so it’s important to start training when they’re still young. Great dane puppies are quite bright and learn fairly quickly. If you bring up your great dane puppies with other pets or children around the house your great dane will get used to meeting with other people and animals,

Great Dane Rescue

Sometimes great danes are abandoned by their owners for some reason or their owner dies and the great dane has nowhere to go. In many of these cases, a great dane rescue group will take care of the great danes until they can find a family to adopt the great dane. If a great dane ends up in a regular animal shelter and nobody comes to pick them up, they will be put down because animal shelters just don’t have enough room to keep them all. IF you’re thinking of getting a great dane anyway, why not rescue a great dane from a great dane rescue shelter. Another option is to foster a great dane for a shirt time while a great dane rescue agency looks for a family to adopt it. That way you can get an idea of whether a great dane is the right kind of dog for you. The last thing you want is to get a cute little great dane puppy and discover when its older that great danes aren’t suited to your lifestyle. It wouldn’t be fair to buy a great dane and then abandon it. The best way to avoid these tragic endings is to do a lot of research about the great dane breed before you buy a great dane.

Great Dane History

The history of the great dane is quite long. The first great danes date back to about four hundred years ago. They were bred and used by Danish royalty for hunting and such. Though its geology is not clear, the great dane is thought to be a descendant of a bullmastiff combined with a number of other breeds.

Great Dane Breeders

Sometimes great dane breeders will have great dane puppies that don’t have the correct coat colour according to the kennel club. These great danes are not useful to people who want to enter a great dane in a dog show, so the breeder will often tell them that they’re very special dogs and that they’ll do well because they have such a rare coat colour. The truth is, these colours are rare because breeders try not to breed for them because they can’t be used as show dogs. If you find out that you bought a great dane that can’t participate in shows, you’ll just have to forget about it. Great Danes are great dogs anyway and you’ll enjoy their companionship. .