Breed Description: The Great Dane is often called the gentle giant. This breed combines an enormous muscular body with both elegance and dignity. The Great Dane is very affectionate and displays loyalty to its master, patience with children and cautious restraint around strangers.
Group: Working group.
Purpose of Breed: Hunting large game
Country of Origin: Germany
Average Size: Great Danes range from 30 to 32 inches and weigh from 100 to 120 pounds.
Color(s): Typically black, fawn, brindle, blue or harlequin.
Coat Type: The Great Dane's coat is short, thick and glossy.
Grooming: The short, flat coat on this breed requires minimal grooming. Standard care is required for eyes, ears, pads and nails.
Exercise Needs: This breed needs a substantial amount of exercise and physical space to live comfortably. A fenced yard and daily exercise are essential.
Temperament: Great Danes are well-known for their clean habits and tolerance toward children. Due to their size, however, they should not be left around young children unsupervised. This dog makes an excellent family pet for those who have the space and can afford to pay for the dogs food bill. This breed is loyal and affectionate and makes a good guard dog.
Common Ailments: Susceptible to gastric torsion, hip dysplasia, heart disease and tail injuries.
Life Expectancy: Averages 6-8 years
Trivia: Despite their name, there is no known reason for connecting Denmark with the origin or development of the Great Dane.
More Information: Great Dane Club of America
Sabra's Heavenly Bailey is 6 Months old. She is a Female Merlequin Great Dane and was our first puppy from our Zia.
Mable is a 4 month old Great Dane. My youngest son (18) brought her home for me for Valentine's Day with love. She loves to sit or lay on any one.
Heavenly's Mighty Zues is 6 years old and still got it. He produced 11 puppies in April and He is a Proud Daddy of 11 Born Oct 13th 2005.
I have a year old Great Dane who is now experiencing skin rashes just about everywhere. I would like some tips please, especially for using yogurt. She weights about 85 lbs. Therefore, quantity/sizes on treatment would be appreciated. I have been through the mill on all the testing and treatments and conflicting diagnosis and causes. I'll try anything at this point. Thank you.
My Maltese has had all kinds of sking troubles. He now is on Eucenuba Sensitive Skin Formula dog food. He is washed in a gentle shampoo for sensitive skin that has tea tree oil in it that I got from Petsmart. I also, when he had really bad sores, would dab tea tree oil on the sores with a cotton ball or q-tip. This helped dry and heal.
His skin is much better now.
A better alternative to yoghurt is kefir. It is made at home from 'grains' or starter kits, my dogs lap it up. They are both prone to yeast and itchinesss. It is probiotics, extremely healthy for them and you. A health food store may carry both or the grains may need to be ordered online.
Angel is a 4 1/2 year old Great Dane. She is a pup from one of our litters, who picked my Mother as her owner before she ever even opened her eyes! They are together to this day! For fun she spends her time as a Couch potato. She has THE most unique spots!
My great dane has parvo, we just got back from the vet. I was wondering if there were any tips anyone has for treating this at home. Does the bleach method work or is there anything else out there that works.
David,
I'm sorry to hear your dog has Parvo.
Bleach (diluted one part to 30 parts water) can kill the virus, but bleaching your entire home and property is a mammoth undertaking.
I strongly recommend that you download a free book that my wife and I put together. It's called Parvo Treatment 101, and you can get it from www.ParvoBook.com/
As for home treatments, you should check out two products called Parvaid and Vibactra Plus, which when used together, have a 90% success rate in saving dogs that have Parvo.
You can find out more about these products at either www.ParvoBuster.com/
In the meantime, you should make the Parvo Emergency Tea Recipe that you can find at www.ParvoBuster.com/
I hope all goes well for you and your doggie - if you act fact, you have a good chance of saving him.
Best wishes.
Are you asking if you can give your dog bleach, the answer is a big NO!!! The bleach will kill the parvo in and around your home and property via mopping, spraying and wiping things down.
I need a dog food recipe for a 120 pound great dane that I can feed her daily.
Nancy from Syracuse
1 can corn
1 can Dinty Moore Beef Stew
1 can tuna OR canned chicken as alternate
2 raw eggs, whipped
2 lb. cheap hamburger(sauted lightly), drained.
1 cup cooked rice/buttered
1 slice bologna chopped finely, sprinkle with garlic
powder.
any left over meat gravy, stale bread, spahgetti/
One elephant, steamed. :-)
Lots of home cooked recipes for animals on my blog and they are all free. Start here and work your way through the blog for some great recipes and ideas. flip195.wordpress.com/
Do not feed corn to your dog, dogs can not digest corn.
Any dog needs 3% of it's ideal body weight per day in food, I like to spilt it into 2 meals minimum to avoid bloat. Each meal should consist of at least 50% meat, I perfer 75% but thats just me.
This is a page about great dane needs to gain weight. Food choices, general health, and the breed of the dog can affect their weight management.
Getti is a 7.5 year old Great Dane. I've had him since he was a pup. He flew in from WA state to TX! What a good boy! He loves to snuggle with ME! He is the best friend and security system I could ever have!
