Great Dane bite

I always have to grit my teeth when people I meet talk about "gentle giants". yeah, Danes are gentle - to people. A Dane with intact hunting instincts is very dangerous- to prey animals. Fast, powerful, huge mouth, hard bite, vicious head-shake that snaps the prey's neck instantly. I think Danes need to be socialized to small dogs heavily while they are very young, and to be carefully watched when they are around small dogs and to be trained extensively in obedience BEFORE they get bigger than you. You ever see a Dane happily take out a fox or a raccoon with one lighting-fast bite and shake you'll never talk about "gentle giant" again. The lady was lucky that dog wasn't killed instantly.

Oh Mudpuppy.....your killing me.......................................I just adopted a Dane baby...he is too young to bring home yet...but my son and I were talking. He has 2 Chi's...that he is so nervous about around any dog......we decided that we will get the new puppy together once a week with the two little Chi's to get them used to eachother.  YIKES!

Now though....when I bowled a few years ago,,,there was a girl that bowled in my league that had a Chi AND a Dane.....and brought picutures for me to see. Of course they lived together so they were used to each other.

AgileGSD

So my first question would not be "is he neutered" but how much training has she done with this dog? Did she properly socialize him? She needs training help with him and should have started training when he was a puppy. The truth is LOTS of people's dogs act this way towards other dogs but not everyone's dog can drag them over to actually do something to the other dog. Waking them together is a big no-no, at least until both are well trained. In addition to the issue of the two dogs being able to drag her after another dog, together these two will become more pack oriented making the puppy is likely to become much bolder than he would be on his own.

My first and last thought to be honest.  I see so many ill trained or socialized dogs that I have a thing about it. The puppy we just picked up was very poorly socialized and did nothing at 3 months old but growl at the grandkids and adults in our home. We are saturating him with new friends ,and everyone has his favorite cookies !! funny how that happens huh?  I have a really busy home, frantic at times truly BUT if I let up on the dog's needs who else will put them first?

Had we allowed him to continue to have "his own opinions" he would be growing into a powerful prey driven menace. That will not happen with a dog coming out of my home, not even one we are boarding and doing simple basic training with...  we know the breed and we make manners and social skills a priority.  Before he goes to his forever home in New York , He will be skilled in his basic manners and socialized to the nth degree.

As for your friend I sympathize that she is having family issues ( Gosh knows with the kids and issues around here things get chaotic on a daily basis) and they are making her normal routine for her dogs lapse, but she has to be reminded that the dogs either have thier schedules maintained or face possible consequences like the behavior that could have been sooo much worse... ie AC being called and losing the pup for aggressive issues, they do not adopt out dogs labled aggressive, they euthanize them

Bonita of Bwana

Again,, she has them out all of the time. I bet she doesn't go out with at least one of the danes... and this one is the youngest and the one she takes the most. She is still in training classes with him and is in training for a service dog. She also walks them everyday in her neighborhood.  Also her kids and friends are at her house all of the time.