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Welcome
to the official web site for the Great Dane Club of
America Inc. Within this website you will find
information regarding the Club, its structure,
philosophy, and also a comprehensive collection of
material concerning the Great Dane. |
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All areas of the website can now be located easily
via the menu at the top of each page. As this
website will be updated frequently, all new
additions will be posted below and then archived for
easy access at a later date. Also, please note that
there is a "Search" utility located on the left menu
to aid in locating specific information.
Great Dane breeders can be found easily by
following the main menu heading - Great Dane >
Breeding > Great Dane breeders. Along with a
complete breeders list, breeders are also separated
by state/country.
Everyone associated with the Great Dane Club of
America welcomes you to our website with the
intention that your visit is both informative and
rewarding. Thank you for taking the time to visit!
The Great Dane Club of America, Inc.
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+++ CONGRATULATIONS!! ++ + |
To
Pamela Forrester, of Denton, Texas who is the
winner of the National Raffle, which includes 7
nights free lodging at the Ramada Plaza Hotel
(host), meal package for one, $100 in raffle
tickets, free catalogs for the Top 20,
Conformation and Futurity events, National
Specialty sweatshirt. |
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+++ YEARBOOK INFORMATION ++ + |
Dear Members,
The board voted unanimously to take the
yearbook into the digital age by placing it
on the GDCA website. There will be a few
changes in format with the digital edition.
Your ads will be in color and the members
listing will be in a file with members only
access. The yearbook will be free to
everyone and for those that want a hard copy
it will be available on a CD in PDF format,
for the cost of the CD and shipping, about
$10.00. We are also looking into
digitalizing the past editions and placing
them on our website. Please look for the
details here this week.
Publishing the yearbook in hardcopy has been
a losing proposition for many years. The
cost to publish a printed version has
resulted in yearly losses of as much as
$4,000.00. Last year we sold 79 copies of
the yearbook. We can publish it digitally
for about $350.00 and everyone can have it
for free online and in color. |
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"DANES AS THERAPY DOGS" |
An introduction to Danes as Therapy dogs by
J P Yousha -
the natural breed to be a helping paw! See more
information HERE! |
Ballots regarding the proposed Standard
changes will be opened on August 10, 2010. The
address is, 9441 LBJ, first floor conference
room, Dallas, TX. 75243. Time is tentatively
set for 10:00 a.m., but may change. Any change
in time will be posted on the website. Thank
you!!!
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***STANDARD PROPOSED
CHANGE REMINDER AND INSTRUCTIONS ***
Remember to vote on the proposed
changes to the written standard!!!
Send in your marked, original
ballot, inside the return envelope
provided to you.
Don't forget to put your return
address on the outside of the
envelope. You only have two weeks to
mail your votes!!!! |
*** UPDATE ***
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE WRITTEN STANDARD
OF THE GREAT DANE BREED
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GDCA recently mailed its members a ballot for
voting on proposed changes to the Great Dane
Written Standard. The proposal includes two
separate issues: modifying the language
surrounding the harlequin color markings and
eliminating the current length-of-leg proportion
under "Forequarters". The latter does not change
the requirement that Danes be 'square'. After
receiving several inquiries and conferring with
AKC, GDCA wishes to clarify the following:
1. A member who complies with the
instructions on the mailed ballot and includes
their address on the return envelope will have
their ballot counted, so long as he and/or she
returns the original marked ballot to the GDCA
Secretary, in the envelope previously provided
in the mailing. If there are multiple members at
a particular address, the number of ballots
enclosed cannot exceed the number of members in
the household; and
2. The issues of changing the written standard
for the harlequin color markings and for the leg
length proportion are separate and distinct.
That is, if one passes, and one does not, the
one that passes will be forwarded to AKC for
approval. Regardless of the outcome, affirmative
or negative tabulated results will be forwarded
to AKC.
Note: Regarding the ballot procedure, GDCA is
complying with a common practice utilized by
other Parent Clubs by using a two-envelope
process, to promote anonymity in the voting
process, so that each member would more likely
vote his or her convictions. AKC has endorsed
this ballot and the voting procedure.
GDCA Board of Directors
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PROPOSED STANDARD LANGUAGE CHANGES
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ATTENTION: PROPOSED STANDARD LANGUAGE CHANGES
Voting deadline is: August 1, 2010
Harlequin description
After much discussion regarding the revision of
the Harlequin Standard and based on a number of
good and well thought out suggestions that were
received below is the language which has been
submitted to AKC for their review. This is the
version referred to previously as Version 5.
While some might prefer some modification to the
version listed below, the Standard Committee and
the GDCA Board have decided that, since this
version has received the largest membership
support, that this is the version we are
submitting to AKC and then, if approved, the one
we will submit to the membership for approval.
Harlequin - Base
color shall be pure white with black torn patches
irregularly and well distributed over the entire
body; a pure white neck is
preferred. Merle patches are normal. No patch
should be so large that it
appears to be a blanket. Eligible, but less
desirable, are black hairs
showing through the white base coat which give a
salt and pepper or dirty
appearance.
Proportion leg length description -
Remove the line in the standard that refers to the
proportion of
50/50.
The comments received from the membership also
indicated a preference for removal of the 50/50
proportion language as opposed to a change in it.
To be clear there is no proposal to change the
requirement that the Great Dane be square. In the
section on Size, Proportion, Substance, it already
states: In the ratio between length and height,
the Great Dane should be square.
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The procedure for approval is as follows:
Revisions are submitted to AKC for input. The
staff will present the final revisions to the AKC
Board of Directors for their comment and authority
for the club to proceed to ballot the membership.
The ballot will go to the membership.
Results of the balloting go to AKC.
Ballot results that support a revision to the
standard will be placed on the agenda of the AKC
board for approval.
Upon approval by the AKC Board of Directors,
notification is sent to the Parent Club.
The approved standard is published on the
Secretary's Page. |
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+++ GDCA MENTORS LIST +++ |
The
BOD of the Great Dane Club of America, along with
the Division Chairman, have approved the following
list of Approved Mentors for the education of
judges. More information is available
HERE. |
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Is the Great Dane the right dog for you and
your family?
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All
the information is available
HERE! |
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Please see the new article, BREEDER'S DILEMMAS"
from Paddy Magnuson
HERE. |
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As of May 1st, 2010, Dianne Powers will be
taking over the duties of the GDCA Futurity
Chairperson. There is no doubt Dianne will do a
terrific job and I know all of you will support
her. I have enjoyed the last six years and would
like to thank all of you who participate in this
show of shows for your cooperation and help.
Dianne Powers
PO Box 216
West Tisbury, MA 02575
diannepowers@comcast.net
Best Regards;
Dave Miller |
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NEW Membership Application and Sponsor Forms
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These new forms MUST be used for any Membership
Applications submitted after January 1,2010.
Applications on the old form will be
returned.
Application Form
Sponsor Form |
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