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FCI-Standard N\u00b0 235<\/span><\/p>\n

GREAT DANE<\/span>ORIGIN<\/strong>: Germany.<\/span>
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID<\/span><\/strong>
STANDARD:<\/strong> 08.10.2012.<\/span>
UTILIZATION<\/strong>: Companion, watch- and guard dog.<\/span>
FCI-CLASSIFICATION<\/strong>: Group 2 Pinscher and Schnauzer \u2013<\/span>
Molossoid breeds \u2013 Swiss <\/span>Mountain and Cattle <\/span>Dogs.<\/span>
Section 2.1 Molossoid breeds, <\/span>Mastiff type.<\/span>
Without working trial.<\/span>
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY<\/strong>: As forerunners of the present<\/span>
day Great Dane, one must look at the old \u201cBullenbeisser\u201d (Bulldog)<\/span>
as well as the \u00ab Hatz-and Saur\u00fcden \u00bb (Hunting and wild boar<\/span>
hounds), which were midway between the strong Mastiff of English<\/span>
type and the fast, handy Greyhound. The term Dogge was at first<\/span>
understood to mean a large, powerful dog, not of any particular<\/span>
breed. Later, particular names such as Ulmer Dogge, English Dogge,<\/span>
Great Dane, Hatzr\u00fcde (Hunting Dog), Saupacker (boarfinder) and<\/span>
Grosse Dogge (Great Dogge), classified these dogs according to<\/span>
colour and size.<\/span>
In the year 1878 a Committee of seven was formed in Berlin,<\/span>
consisting of active breeders and judges with Dr. Bodinus in the<\/span>
chair, which made the decision to classify all the forenamed varieties<\/span>
as \u201cDeutsche Doggen\u201d (Great Danes). Thus the foundation was laid<\/span>
for the breeding of a separate German breed.<\/span>
In the year 1880, on the occasion of a show in Berlin, the first<\/span>
standard for the Deutsche Dogge was laid down. <\/span>
This standard has been taken care of since the year 1888 by<\/span>
the \u201cDeutsche Doggen Club 1888 e.V.\u201d (German Doggen Club,<\/span>
registered Club 1888) and frequently been revised over the years.<\/span>
The present Standard meets the requirements of the F.C.I.<\/span>
GENERAL APPEARANCE<\/strong>: The Great Dane in his noble<\/span>
appearance combines a large, powerful well constructed body with<\/span>
pride, strength and elegance. By substance together with nobility,<\/span>
harmonious appearance, well proportioned outlines, as well as an<\/span>
especially expressive head, the Great Dane strikes the onlooker as a<\/span>
noble statue, never coarse or with refined elegance. Perfect in<\/span>
balance and always with clearly defined sexual dimorphism. He is<\/span>
the Apollo amongst all breeds.<\/span>
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS<\/strong>: Almost square in build, this<\/span>
applies particularly to males. Females can be a little longer in body.<\/span>
BEHAVIOUR\/TEMPERAMENT<\/strong>: Friendly, loving and devoted to<\/span>
his owners. Might be reserved towards strangers, but required is a<\/span>
confident, fearless, easily tractable, docile companion and family dog<\/span>
with high resistance to provocation and without aggression.<\/span>
HEAD<\/strong>: In harmony with the general appearance. Long, narrow,<\/span>
distinct and expressive. Never wedge shaped. Finely chiselled,<\/span>
especially under the eyes. The distance from tip of nose to stop and<\/span>
from stop to the slightly defined occipital bone should be as equal as<\/span>
possible. The upper lines of muzzle and skull should definitely run<\/span>
parallel. The head must appear narrow seen from the front with<\/span>
bridge of nose as broad as possible.<\/span>
CRANIAL REGION:<\/span>
Skull: Superciliary ridges well developed but not protruding.<\/span>
Stop: Clearly defined. <\/span>
FACIAL REGION:<\/span>
Nose: Well developed, more broad than round with large nostrils.<\/span>
Must be black with the exception of harlequins (white with black<\/span>
patches). In these a black nose is desired but a butterfly nose (black<\/span>
with pink patches) or flesh coloured nose is tolerated. In blue dogs<\/span>
the colour of the nose is anthracite (diluted black).<\/span>
Muzzle: Deep and as rectangular as possible. Bridge of nose must<\/span>
never be concave (dish shaped), convex (roman nose) or falling away<\/span>
in front part (eagle nose).<\/span>
Lips: Well defined corners of lips. Lips neither lacking flews nor<\/span>
being too pendulous or rolled in. Dark pigmented lips. In harlequins<\/span>
not totally pigmented or flesh coloured lips are tolerated.<\/span>
Jaws\/Teeth: Well developed broad jaws. Strong sound and complete<\/span>
scissor bite (42 teeth according to the dentition formula). Any<\/span>
deviation from a complete scissors bite (except for PM1s in lower<\/span>
jaw) is highly undesirable.<\/span>
Cheeks: Cheek muscles only slightly defined and in no way<\/span>
protruding.<\/span>
Eyes: Of medium size with lively friendly intelligent expression.<\/span>
Almond shaped with close fitting lids. Eyes not set too wide apart or<\/span>
slit eyes. As dark as possible, light piercing or amber coloured eyes<\/span>
are undesirable. Although in blue dogs slightly lighter eyes are<\/span>
tolerated. In harlequins pale (ice blue) eyes or two differently<\/span>
coloured eyes are to be tolerated.<\/span>
Ears: Naturally pendant set on high, but not lifted above skull or<\/span>
hanging low. Medium sized. Front edges lying close to cheeks but<\/span>
neither hanging flat nor standing off from sides of head.<\/span>
NECK<\/strong>: Long, clean, muscular and never short or thick. Well formed<\/span>
set on, tapering slightly towards the head, with arched neckline.<\/span>
Carried upright but inclined slightly forward, but no ewe neck.<\/span>
Throatiness or dewlap is highly undesirable.<\/span>
BODY<\/strong>:<\/span>
Withers: The highest point of the strong body. It is formed by the<\/span>
points of the shoulder blades which extend beyond the spinal<\/span>
processes. <\/span>
Back: Short and firm, in almost straight line falling away<\/span>
imperceptibly to the rear. Back never to be long or with top line<\/span>
rising towards the rear.<\/span>
Loin: Slightly arched, broad, strongly muscled.<\/span>
Croup: Broad, well muscled. Sloping slightly from hipbone to tail<\/span>
set, imperceptibly merging into the tail set. Croup must never fall<\/span>
away steeply or be completely flat.<\/span>
Chest: Reaching to the elbows. Well sprung ribs, reaching far back.<\/span>
Ribs must never be barrel shaped or flat. Chest of good width and<\/span>
depth and must never look flat sided or shallow. Well marked forechest, although breastbone must not be too strongly pronounced.<\/span>
Underline and belly: Belly well tucked up towards rear, forming a<\/span>
nicely curved line with the underside of the brisket. It is not desirable<\/span>
that females retain a slack belly line after maternal duties.<\/span>
TAIL<\/strong>: Reaching to the hocks, must not be too long or too short. Set<\/span>
on high and broad, neither too high nor too low. Not too thick,<\/span>
tapering evenly towards tip. In repose tail is hanging down with<\/span>
natural curve. When the dog is alert or moving the tail is carried<\/span>
slightly sabre-like but not markedly above the backline, must never<\/span>
be carried above the back line. Hook tail or curled tail as well as a<\/span>
tail carried sideways are highly undesirable. Bristle hair on tail<\/span>
undesirable.<\/span>
LIMBS<\/span><\/strong>
FOREQUARTERS:<\/span>
General appearance: Must be sufficiently angulated and with strong<\/span>
bone and muscles.<\/span>
Shoulder: Strongly muscled. The long, slanting shoulder blade forms<\/span>
an angle of 100 to 110 degrees with the upper arm.<\/span>
Upper arm: Strong and muscular, close fitting should be slightly<\/span>
longer than the shoulder blade.<\/span>
Elbow: Turned neither in nor out.<\/span>
Forearm: Strong, muscular. Seen from front and side, completely<\/span>
straight with vertical stance. <\/span>
Carpus (Wrist): Strong, firm, only slightly standing out from the<\/span>
structure of the forearm.<\/span>
Metacarpus (Pastern): Strong, straight when seen from the front, seen<\/span>
from the side, barely slanting forwards.<\/span>
Forefeet: Rounded, well arched, well-knit toes (cat feet). Nails short,<\/span>
strong and as dark as possible.<\/span>
HINDQUARTERS:<\/span>
General appearance: The whole skeleton is covered by strong<\/span>
muscles which make the croup, hips and upper thighs appear broad<\/span>
and rounded. The strong well angulated hind legs, viewed from<\/span>
behind, are parallel to the front legs.<\/span>
Thigh: Long, broad, very muscular.<\/span>
Stifle (Knee): Strong, positioned almost vertically under the hip<\/span>
joint.<\/span>
Lower thigh: Long, of approximately the same length as the upper<\/span>
thigh. Well muscled.<\/span>
Hock joint: Strong, firm, turning neither in nor out.<\/span>
Metatarsus (Rear pastern): Short, strong, standing almost vertical to<\/span>
the ground.<\/span>
Hind feet: Rounded, well arched, well-knit (cat feet). Nails short,<\/span>
strong and as dark as possible.<\/span>
GAIT \/ MOVEMENT<\/strong>: Harmonious, lithe, covering a lot of ground,<\/span>
slightly springy. Never with a short stride or pacing. Legs must be<\/span>
parallel in movement, both coming and going and always well coordinated between front and rear.<\/span>
SKIN<\/strong>: Tight fitting. In solid colours, well pigmented. In harlequins,<\/span>
the distribution of pigment mainly corresponds to the markings.<\/span>
COAT<\/strong>:<\/span>
Hair: Very short, dense, smooth and close lying, glossy. Must never<\/span>
be coarse, dull or a double coat.<\/span>
Colour: The Great Dane is bred in three separate colour varieties:<\/span>
Fawn and brindle, harlequin and black, and blue. <\/span>
Fawn: Light gold fawn to deep gold fawn. Black mask desired.<\/span>
Never to be grey fawn, blue fawn or a sooty fawn colour No white<\/span>
markings.<\/span>
Brindle: Basic colour, light to deep gold fawn with black stripes as<\/span>
regular and clearly defined as possible, running with the direction of<\/span>
the ribs. Black mask desired. Never with washed-out streaks. No<\/span>
white markings.<\/span>
Harlequin (white with black splashed patches): Basic colour pure<\/span>
white, preferably with no ticking. Pure black patches well distributed<\/span>
all over the body, having the appearance of being torn. Grey or<\/span>
brownish patches or nuances of those colours in the black are<\/span>
undesirable as well as blue-grey ticking in the white. So called<\/span>
\u201cGrautiger\u201d occur, they are neither desirable nor to be disqualified.<\/span>
Black: Jet black, white markings on chest and feet permitted.<\/span>
Included here are \u201cManteltiger\u201d in which the black covers the body<\/span>
like a coat (\u201cmantel\u201d) or blanket and muzzle, throat, chest, belly, legs<\/span>
and tip of tail may be white. Also dogs with basic white colour and<\/span>
large black patches so called \u201cPlattenhunde\u201d. The black colour must<\/span>
never have nuances of fawn or brown or bluish black colour.<\/span>
Blue: Pure steel blue, white markings on chest and feet permitted.<\/span>
Never with a fawn nuance or blackish blue colour.<\/span>
SIZE AND WEIGHT:<\/span><\/strong>
Height at the withers:<\/span>
Males: at least 80 cms, should not exceed 90 cms.<\/span>
Females: at least 72 cms, should not exceed 84 cms.<\/span>
FAULTS<\/strong>: Any departure from the foregoing points should be<\/span>
considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be<\/span>
regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect<\/span>
upon the health and welfare of the dog.<\/span>
\u2022 Insufficient stop.<\/span>
\u2022 Rolled in lip (the lower lip is pinched between the incisives of<\/span>
upper and lower jaw).<\/span>
\u2022 Irregular position of individual incisors as long as the bite<\/span>
remains correct, teeth too small. Partial pincer bite.<\/span>
\u2022 Eyes protruding or too deeply set. <\/span>
\u2022 Shoulders that are loose or loaded or with upright shoulder<\/span>
blades.<\/span>
\u2022 Elbows lose.<\/span>
\u2022 Carpus bent, enlarged, or knuckling over.<\/span>
\u2022 Pasterns which are markedly weak, too sloping or too upright.<\/span>
\u2022 Hindquarters with too much or too little angulations.<\/span>
\u2022 Hock joints that are open, enlarged or unstable.<\/span>
\u2022 Cow hocked as well as rear pasterns too close together.<\/span>
Dewclaws.<\/span>
\u2022 Feet splayed or long.<\/span>
SEVERE FAULTS:<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 Lacking self-confidence, shy, nervous.<\/span>
\u2022 Apple head and too prominent cheek muscles.<\/span>
\u2022 Slack eye lids and showing red haw.<\/span>
\u2022 Sway back or roach back.<\/span>
\u2022 Croup sloping too much.<\/span>
\u2022 Constant pacing.<\/span>
\u2022 Tail which is damaged thickened at the tip or which has been<\/span>
docked.<\/span>
DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 Aggressive or overly shy dogs.<\/span>
\u2022 Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities<\/span>
shall be disqualified.<\/span>
\u2022 Fear-biting, easily provoked.<\/span>
\u2022 Liver coloured or split nose.<\/span>
\u2022 Bite that is overshot, undershot or a wry mouth, pincer bite,<\/span>
missing teeth apart from two P1 in the lower jaw.<\/span>
\u2022 Ectropion, entropion or macroblepharia.<\/span>
\u2022 Wall eyes or differently coloured eyes in all solid colours, except<\/span>
in harlequins.<\/span>
\u2022 Tail with kink (i.e. deformed vertebrae).<\/span>
\u2022 Silver blue or isabella colour in fawns and brindles.<\/span>
\u2022 Fawn, brindle or blue dogs with white as blaze, collar, socks or on<\/span>
tip of tail. <\/span>
\u2022 Miscoloured harlequins: brindle or blue patches (\u2018porcelain<\/span>
tiger\u2019), white with fawn.<\/span>
\u2022 Albino, i.e. no pigmentation.<\/span>
\u2022 Deafness.<\/span>
\u2022 Below minimum height.<\/span>
N.B.:<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully<\/span>
descended into the scrotum.<\/span>
\u2022 Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical<\/span>
conformation should be used for breeding.<\/span><\/p>\n

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