Great Dane Fun Facts – All Kinds of Interesting Dane Information
Great Dane Fun Facts
It is always fun to know the little hidden information about our pets and here in Great Dane Fun Facts is listed for your pleasure, little tidbits of information.
Gibson, a Harlequin Great Dane, is certified by Guinness World Records as the tallest living dog at 42.2 inches. Standing on his hind legs, the 170-pound dog is over 7 feet tall.
The term dog days of summer was coined because the hottest days of the summer in Rome coincided with the night sky when the Dog Star (Sirius) could be seen. The Romans believed the brightness of the star added to the heat of the sun.
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We have all heard the term it is going to be a three dog night. Have you ever wondered what that meant? This phrase refers to the Australian Aboriginal practice of sleeping with your dogs for warmth on cold nights when in the outback. The coldness of nights was measured by the number of dogs required to keep warm, the coldest of which was a ‘three-dog night.’
Apartment life is good for Great Danes. They are laid back dogs and if taken out for exercise and bathroom time, they are more than happy to hang around in the apartment.
A Great Dane will grow from a small puppy to standing over six feet tall within one year. Now that’s a lot of growing, ow to the growing pains.
Great Danes after the age of five usually only eat about 2-3 cups of food a day.
Great Danes live an average of ten years.
Great Danes are a sensitive breed and must have human contact to be content, if you put them out in a doghouse and never interact they will turn depressed and even mean.
A Great Dane that is anxious and alone a lot of the time can be prone to bloating and torsion. This is a life threatening emergency and can kill within one hour.
We all think of Marmaduke and Scooby when we think of Great Danes, How nice and friendly they can be. We must never forget that their initial breeding was to fight boars. They can be dominant and aggressive.
One of the owners of the Hope diamond used to have her Great Dane wear it around their neck.
Great Danes are 120 times bigger than a Chihuahua.
Brindles used to be considered a separate variety of Great Dane; they used to be called Hatzruden or Wolf dogs.
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Famous People that own or have owned Great Danes
- Brad Anderson, author, comic strip ‘Marmaduke’
- Mario Andretti, Indianapolis 500-winning race car driver
- Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor: Odin and several others
- Clara Bow, silent screen actress: Duke
- James Brolin, actor in Westworld: Buck
- Sid Caesar, TV comedian: Julius (obviously)
- Roger Caras, author of animal books
- Wilt Chamberlain, basketball star: had several
- Chubby Checkers, rock and roll singer
- Mike Douglas, TV talk show host: (also) Duke
- Faisal, king of Saudi Arabia
- Kelsey Grammer, actor
- Maxwell Knight, author: Lorna
- Olivia Newton-John, singer: Zargon
- Bruce Lee, actor in martial arts films: Bobo
- Ruta Lee, actress: Kronen
- Greg Louganis, Olympic gold medalist in diving: Freeway and several others
- Meredith MacRae, actress: Shinka and others
- Valerie Perrine, actress: Ching and others
- Alexander Pope, English Poet: Bounce
- Manfred Freiher von Richthofen, German air ace also known as the Red Baron: Moritz
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, US prez: President (what a suitable name)
- Willaim Shatner, actor
- Leslie Uggams, singer, actress
- Gretchen Wyler, broadway musical actress
This info was taken from the book Why We Love The Dogs We Do by Stanley Coren
Famous Dog Actors/Characters
- Scooby-Doo-Scooby-Doo is a fictional dog and a character of the popular television series Scooby-Doo.
- Marmaduke-Marmaduke is a Great Dane that lives with Winslow family. He is the main character of the newspaper comic strip “Marmaduke” created by Brad Anderson in 1954.
- Einstein-Einstein is a gray Great Dane character in the Disney’s Oliver and Company.
- Duke and Turk-Duke and Turk are two Great Danes from Disney’s The Swiss Family Robinson.
- Hougen and Genba-Hougen and Genba, the two harlequin Great Dane brothers, are the primary antagonists in Ginga Legend Weed. Ginga Legend Weed is a Japanese manga and anime series by Yoshihiro Takahashi.
- Astro-Astro is the character in the animated television series “The Jetsons” produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
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