The average life expectancy of the great dane is only around 6,5 years, while the most frequent causes of death are cancer, stomach torsion and heart diseases
Here have to be named in the first place the stomach torsion, heart diseases and cancer, whereas bone cancer (osteosarcoma) is the most frequent kind of cancer in great danes.
A responsible breeder doesn’t only think about short term success or his own breeding line, but he always has in mind the whole population and thinks in generations.
The look of the great dane has changed immensely in parts of Europe in the last 30 years. The breed has deliberately been changed into a long-legged Mastino. This destructive hypertype trend has to be stopped.
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