Anyone have one and/or know of a good breeder?

Ive done some googling and im still a ways away from getting one but just want to do some homework.

Not really lookin for show quality, just want one that will be BIG and healthy.

Thanks

Be good Mike be good..........

Yay!

Look at rescuing one. too many stray dogs out there to be buying from a breeder

They are a fabulous dog, but very,very big...

my neighbor had one............really sweet dog.

She would jump up on my lap, which was painful because she was probably two hundred pounds.

Sad thing.........she developed a lot of serious health problems after only a few years........very painful for the dog, very "messy" for the family.

She was "put down" at around five years old.

I don't know if this is typical or not, but it was sad.

they do have short lifespans compared to many breeds

Andy, they don't last a long time, but they are wonderful while they do...

great big babies, great big galoots, sweet and protective, good with kids, they just don't live a long time.

^that's exactly how I remember "Daisy".

I am a "dog guy".......I LOVE dogs.

She knew it and every time I came over and sat down, it was only a matter of minutes before there was an enormous head on my lap.

R.I.P. Daisy.

^

Yup.

Sweetest dog I ever owned was a Great Dane that I took from a friend when he moved out of the country.

Oh, and the downstairs couch was his. Period. If you were on it and he wanted on, he'd walk up, nuzzle you a few times, kind of asking you to move and if that didn't work, he'd climb up behind you (basically over the back cusions) and lie down, which would in turn eject you right off the front of the couch.

10 was for 8, but really doesn't matter.

Yep.

I don't care how big or little they are, they are all the same and cool

repititive 'yups' there

We had our Great Dane, Samson, for 14 years. He was an enormous lap dog. He really was a gentle giant and a good baby sitter. He loved children. We got him from a Great Dane Rescue. He looked like Marmaduke.

Keep a shovel handy. The poop is LARGE. Never underestimate the ability of a Great Dane to climb onto any horizontal surface to retrieve anything potentially edible.

Don't hang a dish towel from the refrigerator door. Keep an anti-baby clip on the pantry door. Empty all wastebaskets before you leave the house, or keep all access to them closed.

If you are considering getting a Dane, do your research. Think about the the reasons you want this animal. If it's because you want protection, keep in mind they pick and choose who they're going to protect. You will lose friends if you get a mean one. Reason being, Danes are protective, loyal, and extremely territorial, and unbelievably sneaky for a dog that size.

REMEMBER, you have to train this animal, taking into account that it's going to get AS BIG AS YOU in a very short period of time. They learn this, and quickly learn to use their size to their advantage. The bigger they get, the harder they are to train.

They snore like compressors, slobber like fountains, fart like truckers and consume LARGE QUANTITIES OF DOG FOOD. If ya think yer gonna git by with just buyin' Ol'Roy, guess again. They need nutrition, not saw dust and fish bones.

Good luck with your decision.

Harlequin Great Danes are Beautiful . . .

we fed ours eukanuba dog food. He was sneaky, tho. I'd get up from the couch and go to the kitchen to get something to drink and when I'd come back he'd be laying on the couch pretending to be asleep.

If he got mad at someone he'd find their shoes and chew them to shreds. That's basically how we knew he was pissed and who he was pissed at.

I had a buddy who inherited his dad's '56 convertible Corvette & kept it in the garage. His great dane used it as his only bed. Just stepped in and lay down on the seat. Funniest damn thing I ever saw.

http://www.greatdanerescueinc.com/