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This page was updated on December, 31th 2008

According to our Standard

 " The Great Dane combines, in its regal appearance, dignity, strength and elegance with great size and a powerful, well-formed, smoothly muscled body. It is one of the giant working breeds, but is unique in that its general conformation must be so well balanced that it never appears clumsy, and shall move with a long reach and powerful drive. It is always a unit-the Apollo of dogs.

A Great Dane must be spirited, courageous, never timid; always friendly and depend-able. This physical and mental combination is the characteristic which gives the Great Dane the majesty possessed by no other breed. It is particularly true of this breed that there is an impression of great masculinity in dogs, as compared to an impression of femininity in bitches.
Lack of true Dane breed type, as defined in this standard, is a serious fault.

The Great Dane must be spirited, courageous, always friendly and dependable, and never timid or aggressive. "

The approved colors for its coat is fawn, brindle, black, blue, harlequin, mantle.

The Great Dane is a loving companion dog and cannot live outdoors. 

 Is the Great Dane Right For You? 

  Before choising a great dane puppy, we invite you to read as much as you can about our breed. 
You might beging with this article written by the
 Great Dane Club of America: " Before you choose a Great Dane "    

And if you think the dane is the breed for you, 
have you think about how much a puppy dane may cost ????
See how much it can cost to you

More information on the breed

One fo the best place to begin with for breed information is the website of the
Great Dane Club of America. 
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Linda Arndt has a " great " website with feed programs, 
nutritional articles and care of Great Danes (large/giant breeds). 
Go to her website: www.GreatDaneLady.com.
We highly recommend reading her articles! 
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There is also the site of Ginnie Saunders,
 where THOUSAND of links are listed. 
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There is no better place to hang out and hear all about great danes than 
to belong to great dane mailing lists! So we strongly encourage you to 
subscribe to some of them. Go to Yahoo web page 
to find many great dane mailing lists. 
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There is also many good books about our breed. We highly 
recommend Jill Swedlow's latest
book: " The Great Dane Model of Nobility". 


Since the hard copy edition of the book is out of print, Jill nicely allows me to put 
the entire online version of this book on my site.

 Get here the online version of "The Great Dane. Model of Nobility"
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We highly recommend subscribing to
the Dane World Magazine.
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Great Dane Frequently Asked Question, 
by Georgia Alyce Thomas
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The Standard 

 CKC Great Dane Standard
http://www.ckc.ca/en/Default.aspx?tabid=99&BreedCode=GED

AKC Great Gane Standard
http://www.akc.org/breeds/great_dane/index.cfm

Illustrated standard from The Great Dane Club of America
http://www.gdca.org/illustrated.htm

Great Dane Club of Canada
http://www.gdcc.ca/standard.html

From the past: The 1976 Official Illustrated Standard of The Great Dane Club of America
http://www.rokadane.com/76Standard/

 The Great Dane in History and Art

 
The Great Dane in History and Art