great dane puppy

>>OTOH, I have 2 young Danes in classes right now who are doing a
beautiful job using small-link prong collars. So much depends on what
one's impression of "correction" is. >>

I'm talking about traditional choke chain training.

Nothing wrong with a prong collar, but I wouldn't actively pop them as
correction. They are self correcting.
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> Be sure you get one from a RESPONSIBLE breeder, as an obedience
> instructor I see way too many Danes who are shy/fearful. Make sure you
> meet the parents as the pups temperments will be like those of their
> parents.
>

Well, yes, always, always, always go to a responsible breeder. But that
doesn't always 100% guarantee anything, sadly--our girl, whom we would not
trade for the world, is quite shy. She isn't downright spooky--she's OK in
group settings and crowds and so forth, but she is very insecure about new
things like baby monitors (but not, happily, babies) and plastic bags in the
street, etc., and when we have visitors or meet people on the street she
takes quite some time to warm up enough to allow them to touch her, although
she immediately loves them. This results in her going happily and
enthusiastically up to people, and then leaping back when they move to pet
her, which always startles the people. She also sticks very close to us in
new places and has to try to see everything at once. It used to be much
worse though--a few months ago we couldn't get her to pee if someone was
going along the opposite side of the canal on a bicycle or parking a car at
the end of the block.

Her father we did not meet, but he was at the time National Champion here
and has a reputation for being steady, and he mother was an absolute love
when we were at the kennel--all leaning and gazing and begging for ear rubs.
But as I said, Saskia isn't what they calla "spooky Dane"--she will go into
new situations if one of us goes first (like elevators, temporary bridges,
"tunnels" under scaffolding, noisy crowds) or, if only one of us is there,
if we give her a bit of time--a few minutes or less--to get a grip on it.
And she loves public transport, even though it's usually crowded and people
bump her and it's noisy (the trams are). She gets excited if we wait at a
tram or bus stop, and leaps on with joy when one arrives (often having to be
told that it's not our tram).
--Katrina
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