Alice White
#4 They needed the stamina and ability of runners to participate in big game hunting.
The greatest success here was achieved by English breeders who crossed "aliens" with traditional British "boar dogs". Thanks to the genes of the English Mastiff and the Irish Wolfhound, the representatives of the breed received a more graceful constitution and longer legs. Boars, deer, and wild boars simply had no chance against a pack of such athletes. At the same time, the kennel owners realized that these giants have a powerful guardian instinct, so European nobles and nobles began to actively use the Great Danes as personal bodyguards and incorruptible guards.
#5 For a long time, there was a real confusion about the names.
French Dogue Allemand, German Englische Docke, English German boarhound, German Dogge, German Mastiff, as well as Ulmer Dogge, Danische Dodge, Hatzrude, Saupacker, Kammerhunde and other variants of names, in fact, meant the same type of dog, although from- for the difference in phenotype, it was not necessary to speak of a single breed at that time. The Danes were the first to decide to monitor the purity of the blood of their giants, in 1866 the standard of the Danish mastiff was approved. Looking ahead, let's say that the interest in the undertaking quickly faded away, and today only the English version of the name The Great Dane reminds of this breed - the big Dane.
#6 Only at the end of the 19th century did German dog breeders unite for a common goal.
to create on the basis of motley mastiff-like one breed, which would incorporate the best external features and working qualities of animals from different regions. The initiative group first met officially in 1878 in Berlin, and two years later the standard appeared. On January 12, 1888, the National Dogo Club of Germany began its work, and soon the first volume of the herdbook of the breed was published. The strongest influence on the formation of breeding lines had the nurseries of Mark Hartenstein, Mester, Karl Farber
