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The Great Dane in his noble appearance combines a large, powerful well constructed body with pride, strength and elegance.
- Deutsche Dogge
- Grand danois
- Dogue allemand
- Gran Danés
- National kennel clubs and breed clubs (see, e.g. Breeding/Health Strategy Documents, below)
- Population-level statistics (see, e.g., Swedish Insurance Data, below)
- Research articles
- Breed club surveys
- Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds. This breed has information on Veterinary Care and Life Insurance.
- The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 2)
- Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
- Finland: Suomen Tanskandoggi ry: Breeding Strategy Documents
- Norway: NORSK GRAND DANOIS KLUBB: RAS
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UK: Great Dane Breed Council
- May 2018 - New Health Scheme for Great Danes - Press Release - inherited myopathy of Great Danes (IMGD)
By substance together with nobility, harmonious appearance, well proportioned outlines, as well as an especially expressive head, the Great Dane strikes the onlooker as a noble statue, never coarse or with refined elegance. Perfect in balance and always with clearly defined sexual dimorphism. He is the Apollo amongst all breeds. Friendly, loving and devoted to his owners. Might be reserved towards strangers, but required is a confident, fearless, easily tractable, docile companion and family dog with high resistance to provocation and without aggression.
Source: FCI
Links to Breed Descriptions
See: The German Kennel Club (VDH) for information and video (if available).
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http://www.vdh.de/welpen/mein-welpe/deutsche-dogge
This and other breed videos are available in full length here: www.meisterpetztv.de
View more videos on AKC's YouTube Channel
View more videos on SCC's YouTube Channel
Other Names for Breed
Country of Origin and Parent Breed Club
Country of origin: Germany
Health and Well-Being
Some sources of health information include:
Breed-Specific Articles
Autor
Dr. Milan Stourac, Tierarzt & FCI Richter
Richter und die Gesundheit
Breed Standards
There are numerous breed standards.
The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.
Three of the major international standards are:
Breed-Specific Statistics
1. Swedish Insurance Data
2. Germany: KYDD Database: https://www.kydd-doggen.eu/datenbanken
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
HEALTH SURVEYS
Australia: Australian Great Dane Health and Lifestyle Survey 2015
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
Other Breed-Specific Webpages
Norway: NORSK GRAND DANOIS KLUBB: Breed presentation
Great Dane Education: ARTICLE: The drift towards hyper-types
Author: Bernard DENIS
Professor emeritus at the Ecole vétérinaire de Nantes
Chairman of the Société d’Ethnozootechnie, member of the Scientific Committee of the F.C.I.
Great Dane History: ARTICLE
Breed-Specific Research
Breed Clubs
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
International
The Federation of European Great Dane Clubs (EuDDC)
Germany: Deutscher Doggen-Club 1888 e.V.
Kynologische Gesellschaft für Deutsche Doggen e.V.
UK: The Great Dane Breeders’ and Owners’ Association
Finland: Suomen Tanskandoggi ry
Clubs worldwide: http://www.greatdane.fi/?page_id=681
Sweden: Svenska Grand Danoisklubben
France: Le Club Français du Dogue Allemand
Italy: Società Italiana Alani
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