WHAT WE DO
Our Great Danes are treated with love and respect from the very first day of their lives, being raised both indoors and outdoors, always with their mother and in a close bond with humans. The puppies’ parents are selected by morphology, character, intelligence, equilibrium and health, undergoing X-rays, screening for hip dysplasia and echocardiographic examinations. The puppies that we breed, take their first breath within our hands, and so there is a strong imprint with humans right from the beginning. During the neo-natal phase, the puppies are handled and stimulated on a regular basis every day in order to accelerate the development of their nervous system and to encourage the stability of their emotions. During their growth the puppies have continuous contact with us and with their mother, as well as visits from strangers, children and other domestic animals, in order to educate them to the right level of emotional reaction towards different external stimuli.
The correct behavioural development of the puppies is of utmost importance in preparation for their inclusion into human society, because, even if the character has a hereditary base (and the character of the Great Dane is the most remarkable one that I have ever come across in the canine world), a large part of the behaviour of adult dogs depends on how they are raised during the first weeks of their lives and even how their mother has been treated during her pregnancy.
We do not produce more than three litters in one year, and only in good seasons, thereby allowing the puppies to grow up happily in the open air.
