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[Dom]

Oh yes, those ears! Hence the Goddess is also known as Velvet. She is my 4th Dane. Danes and German Shepherds, those are my favorites, but I love them all.

Dom, don't Great Danes have a short life span compared to other dogs?  This is what I've heard.

8 years is what they say. I have had two who lived 12 years each, one who died at age 2 from congenital heart failure, and the goddess is now almost three. The early death - these things happen in animals just the same as in people. I would put the average age for a moderately active Dane (spend some time every day just running around) at 10. Rule of thumb is that the smaller the dog, the longer it lives, and the scale is from 8 to 16 average age.