Breed Priorities – Great Danes

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134 – March, 2026

By Nikki Riggsbee

The Great Dane is the most popular giant breed, one of the more popular of the working dogs, and often has one of the better entries at dog shows. They are easy to live with if your home and family can handle the size and strength of the breed. There is minimal grooming. They can keep up with an active lifestyle, but are just as happy to watch television with you. They are smart enough to learn whatever you want to teach them, but they don’t need a job. They should be friendly and dependable, neither cloying nor aloof.

Great Danes should be easy to evaluate. There is no coat to disguise features, and the dog is supersized and easy to see. It has a long, rectangular head, long neck, and a combination of great size and substance, and elegance. Much of the rest of what is wanted are basic dog features.

Thirty-one Great Dane breeder-judges were invited to participate in a survey identifying the Great Dane’s breed priorities. Seventeen agreed, and fifteen returned completed surveys. These judges have multiple decades of experience breeding and exhibiting Great Danes. Some judge only Great Danes; others judge one or more groups. Most have judged the national specialty, and all have judged breed specialties.

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134 – March, 2026

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