How to Care for a Great Dane

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Nancy Frensley I'm the training manager at the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society in Berkeley, CA. This is my dog Slick who's helping me film this segment about how to take care of a Great Dane. Now Slick is a pretty tall Border Collie, but he's not anywhere the size of a Great Dane. Great Dane is a giant dog, they have a short coat, they come in all sorts of different colorations, but mostly fawn and blue are the ones that you see most often. And because they're a giant dog they're usually a big slow moving dog, and it may surprise you, but Great Danes make great apartment dogs, because they really like to lie around a lot. They're not going to be a dog that moves fast, so if you want a dog that's going to catch a frisbee, a Great Dane is probably not going to be it. But Danes are loyal, affectionate. They really generally like people and need to be socialized with people and other dogs from the time they're puppies, remember that; that socialization period begins to weigh in at about 4 months of age. So you want your Great Dane to acquire socialization, and generally have a good time. Your Great Dane is just the goodest old couch potato you could ever hope to have."