What inherited trait is the most difficult to eliminate from a breeding program?
Light eyes and incorrect bites

What is the most important attribute of a stud dog?
A dominant stud dog being able to produce his outstanding qualities.

What is the most important attribute of a brood bitch?
A brood bitch who is able to produce consistancy in her litter.

Best dog you have EVER owned and/or bred? Why?
Breeder of Ch. Mountdania's Timber. Because he was dominant in reproducing his postive qualities

Best bitch you have EVER owned and/or bred? Why?
Breeder and owner of Ch. Rockbridge's BMW Rachel. Because of her outstanding movement and
conformation along with her true Great Dane temperment.

Will you mentor new breeders? Yes or no? If so, how should they contact you?
Yes! My email address is danejudge@comcast.net 

What inherited trait is the most difficult to eliminate from a breeding program?
Bad movement.

What is the most important attribute of a stud dog?
Soundness of body and mind.

What is the most important attribute of a brood bitch?
Soundness of body and mind.

Best dog you have EVER owned and/or bred? Why?
BISS CH Avant's Bon Chance v Weaver. Why? He had great elegance and breed type and was a great mover and still wanted to show all the time.

Best bitch you have EVER owned and/or bred? Why?
BISS CH Honey Lanes Cheers Why? She had the extreme breed type without losing her style as a bitch.

Current breeders you most admire?
Pat Ciampia and Gina Jaeblon

Will you mentor new breeders? Yes or no? If so, how should they contact you?
Yes, by Email AVANTDANE@aol.com

What inherited trait is the most difficult to eliminate from a breeding program?
Skeletal defects are the hardest to correct. Fronts, rears, croups. I once brought a beautiful mantle bitch into my breeding program who had 'almost' everything I wanted. She was big, with a lot of bone, beautiful front, outstanding head, outstanding pedigree, but with a bad croup, which she reproduced consistently. I was at a point where I didn't want to 'throw out the baby with the bath water', but it took generations to get rid of that croup.

What is the most important attribute of a stud dog?
The ability to be able to see his good traits in his puppies, to be able to stamp himself, and to produce healthy get with good temperaments. It's nice when you can look at a puppy and tell who his sire is - that's consistency.

What is the most important attribute of a brood bitch?
To produce better than herself and, again, to consistently produce healthy pups. We always have to remember that, especially in my color family, the majority of the puppies go into pet homes and become a beloved member of someone's family. They need to be healthy and of good temperament, or they will be the cause of a great deal of heartbreak. First and foremost, we must remember that. It is a huge responsibility, never taken lightly. A bitch (or stud dog) in our breeding program needs to take and pass the appropriate health testing. We owe that to our puppy buyers.

Best dog you have EVER owned and/or bred? Why?
I have two:
CH Davisdane's Double Exposure, CD - My first homebred champion. I learned a great deal about the breed and about showing both from Kodak and from Judy Harrington, who handled him. I gained confidence in my breeding program. I learned that soundness and movement had to be in the forefront. I started out thinking that something I bred couldn't possibly be a good as everyone else's dogs and then I watched him win huge AOAC classes - those days they would have 10-12 dogs in them. Judy taught me about handling, professional behavior and good sportsmanship, and of course, where to be at all times outside the ring.

CH Amherst-Davisdane Roadrunner, CD - Willie was a wonderful dog, bred by Sandy Rundle. He was handsome, smart, sound of body and mind, and just a great dog.

Best bitch you have EVER owned and/or bred? Why?
I've had some wonderful girls, but I believe that the best bitch I ever bred is in my house right now, Davisdane's Lucky to be Ducky. I feel that she is the culmination of my 32 years of breeding and everything I've worked towards. Her color isn't perfect, but I could just look at her all day long. In addition, she is gentle, sweet, an 'easy keeper', smart, and an effortless mover. She is just a beautiful package.

Current breeders you most admire?
Pat Ciampa, Ray Cataldi, Jose Ribo - They continue to consistently produce outstanding Great Danes with their stamp on them. That is what makes a good breeder.

What inherited trait is the most difficult to eliminate from a breeding program?
From my experience, most difficult trait to eliminate is incorrect straight fronts.

What is the most important attribute of a stud dog?
Ability to produce himself and preferably better; also a great temperament, neither fearful nor aggressive.

What is the most important attribute of a brood bitch?
Size and substance is necessary to produce the same; also having a
wonderful temperament.

Best dog you have EVER owned and/or bred? Why?
I can't narrow it down to one, so I will say my two dogs BISS CH Windy Hill's Gold Plated, and CH Windy Hill's Kodak Moment. Collectively they were/are the sires of numerous champions, BISS winners, National Specialty winners, Futurity winners, the list goes on. Both were a joy to live with, and produced their wonderful temperaments consistently.


Best bitch you have EVER owned and/or bred? Why?
The mother of the 2 dogs above CH Windy Hill's Astra v Jerdan. She was from my first litter, also the dam of 2 other CH. Also had a very pleasant personanlity, and passed this on as well as her size, substance and breed type. She lived to the wonderful age of 11 1/2 years.

Current breeders you most admire?
Current breeders I most admire are Pat Ciampa and Fran Lass, because of their many years and extensive knowledge of the breed, they consistently produce sound, healthy, beautiful Danes, correct in both type and temperament.

Will you mentor new breeders? Yes or no? If so, how should they contact you?
Yes, I will mentor new breeders. Contact Mbarnettreed@aol.com