Great Danes Today

by Johnson, Di

• ISBN13: 9781860541858
• ISBN10: 1860541852
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Ringpress Books Ltd

Summary

Unrivaled in-depth coverage of England's premier gundog by one of that country's most respected breeders. Includes historical development, breed standards, past champions, training methods, care and feeding, and veterinary concerns.

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(2)
Introduction	8	(6)
Origins Of The Great Dane	14	(5)
The breed in antiquity
The Middle Ages
Boarhound ancestry
What's in a name?
Owning A Great Dane	19	(8)
Why a Great Dane? Once a Dane, always a Dane
Life with a Dane
The family dog
No bad dogs - only bad owners
Arriving home
Feeding your Dane
Getting used to the car
Exercising your Dane
The Apollo of dogs
The Breed Standard	27	(22)
German Breed Standard
British Breed Standard
American Breed Standard
The Breed Standard discussed
The Show Ring	49	(11)
To show or not to show
Apprenticeship
Ring training
Handling your Dane
Styles of handling
Moving your Dane
Handler's attitude
Judging Great Danes	60	(7)
The judge's role
Your first invitation to judge
Practicalities of judging procedure
Going over the Dane
Honesty and integrity
Critiques
Your future as a judge
Establishing A Line	67	(5)
Beginning your line
Potential disasters
In-breeding
Out-crossing
Points to remember
Breeding Great Danes	72	(14)
Breeding stock
Responsibilities
Planning a litter
The mating
The in-whelp bitch
The waiting game
The whelping
Rearing the litter
Dewclaws
Weaning
Puppy watching
The Great Dane In Britain	86	(27)
Early years in the show ring
The first champion
Leading show dogs
The Redgrave kennel
Ch. Conn of Cleveys
Ch. Miss Aileen
Colour breeding
The twenties and thirties
The war years
After the Second World War
Famous Great Danes
The fifties and sixties
The changing scene
Influential imports
Established British lines
The show system
New enthusiasts of the seventies
The end of the eighties
On to the nineties
The Great Dane In North America	113	(18)
Early history
The great breeders
Present-day kennels
The show scene
The Great Dane Club of America
Top Great Danes
The Top Twenty competition
A very special Great Dane
Owner/handlers
History in the making
The American atitude
The American advantage
Canada
Influential breeders
Top dog all breeds
Personal choice
Canadian kennels
Great Danes Worldwide	131	(13)
In Europe
Germany
The Scandinavian scene
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Health Care	144	(7)
Diarrhoea
Cuts and wounds
Stings
Burns
Heat stroke
Poisonous substances
Teenage spots
Skin irritations
Worms
Cysts
The wagging tail
Bloat/distention/torsion
Commonsense ownership
The veteran Dane
Inherited Diseases	151
Cervical vertebrae instability
Osteochondritis dissecans
Hip dysplasia
Ununited anconeal process
Cardiomyopathies
Calcinosis circumscripta
Deafness
Distortion of membrana nictitans
Stockard's Disease
Von Willebrand's disease
Megaoesophagus
Entropion
Ectropion