Category Archives: Great Dane Information

‘Fancy’ Dane colours & sneaky BYB’s…

Posted on April 1, 2012 by bighoneydog

Oooh, I’ve been meaning to tell you: I won the Charlotte Reeves Bark Stars Photo Contest!! Thank you SO much everybody who voted for me – I know it was a big pain having to vote every day so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Great Dane Information, Life in Sydney | Tagged accepted Great Dane colours, backyard breeders, bad breeeders con, Chocolate Danes, Dane cross-colour breeding, Fawnequins, Merles, mismarks, rare Dane colours, things to avoid in breeders | 38 Comments

“Danke, Chip!”…A parcel from Germany!

Posted on March 11, 2012 by bighoneydog

Guess what? The Postman arrived with a very exciting thing yesterday: a parcel for me! All the way from the faraway place called Germany! It was from my blog friend, Chip the Blue Dane who lives in Hamburg, Germany. Chip’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Great Dane Information, Life in Sydney, Modelling/Pet Photography, Muesli | 30 Comments

The Puppy Diaries…

Posted on March 1, 2012 by bighoneydog

Whew! WARNING: this is a huge post! It’s taken Hsin-Yi days to put this all together…but she thought it would be entertaining – and maybe even helpful to other puppy owners – so worth posting on my blog. Hope you … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog Behaviour, Dog Health, Dog Training (Everyday manners/Obedience), Great Dane Information, Lemon, Life in Auckland, Puppy Time | 63 Comments

Doing the Great Dane Walk…

Posted on February 22, 2012 by bighoneydog

One of the nicest things about moving to Sydney has been making lots of new Dane friends! Me & my human, Hsin-Yi, have joined this great Facebook group called ‘Danes Downunder‘ which has lots of lovely Danes and their humans, … Continue reading →

Posted in Beaches, Dog Behaviour, Dog Play, Dog-friendly Places (Australia), Fun outings & activities..., Great Dane Information, Life in Sydney | Tagged Callan Park, Dane colours, Dane pack walk, Danes at the beach, Danes playing, Great Dane community Australia, Great Dane Facebook group Australia, Great Dane meetup, Great Dane Rescue & Rehoming Australia, safe play in dog groups, Sydney Great Dane Owners group, Sydney off-leash dogpark | 43 Comments

Danes can be nasty too! (And JRT’s can be sweet…)

Posted on February 17, 2012 by bighoneydog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OV8zXd0VsY

You know lots of people think that doggies of the same breed will always be OK together? Like we sometimes meet Dane owners who are snooty about mixing with other breeds and they say rude things about other types of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog Behaviour, Great Dane Information, Life in Sydney | Tagged breed snobbery, different types of barks, dog body language, dog fight, generalisations about dog breeds, Great Danes, Jack Russell Terriers, Lili Chin dog drawings, misconceptions, posturing, warning signs of hostile dog | 50 Comments

Can your drool do THIS?!

Posted on January 8, 2012 by bighoneydog

(did you see the bubbles? Those only make very rare special appearances!) Think your drool can do better? Go on then, post it on your blog and show us! (Or if you don’t have a blog, post a link in … Continue reading →