Hello, my name is Teresa and I am a stay at home mother of three looking to possibly acquired a Great Dane, not now but sometime in the near future, to serve as a companion and potential service animal for myself and my family.. Before making my final decision I feel it is necessary to learn as much about the breed as I can... In doing so I visited several websites dedicated to Great Danes and Compared the information I received.. A number of these websites { particularly those dedicated to Harlequins} strongly discouraged Harlequin to Harlequin breedings claiming that the resulting puppies, if any, are often prone to and/or born with several genetic defects and aliments. However the GDCA site states that such a breeding is exceptable. I posted this to the GDCA webmaster and he directed me to post it here.. I'm just not sure what Forum it would belong in?? any suggestions??? My question is: How can such a breeding (halequin to harlequin}still be deemed exceptable if the resulting puppies are more that likely to be born in ill health???
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I do not have an answer for you, but Welcome to DOL! You will fin a bunch of info here!Richard, Dana, Walker (9), Jaxzen (6), Lynda (5), Zeus (1 yr old Dane), Athena (1 yr old Dane), Jack (4 yr old Mini Dachshund) & Lizzy (4 yr old Mini Dachshund) -
Thank you for your welcome, I hope to learn alot from this site.... and it is ok I believe that I have already gotten an answer to my question in one of the other forums. It seems I may have misinterpereted what was being said.. That it is not that the breedings are being discouraged as a whole... Just certain ones where there is an overabundance of white present in the coats....Teresa n
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Harl to Harl can and do produce white puppies. Many of these puppies are deaf and or blind. I believe the mantle gene pool is too small to consistently use them, from the standpoint of finished champions. I may get corrected on that point.
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If you are interested in Harlequin breeding, a definitive source is JP Yoshua's Chromadane web site here: http://www.chromadane.com/HarlFamilyColor.htm Check out the area under "Problems associated with Harlequin Breeding."
Warning -- heavy reading! HTH!Lissa's furkids: Jupiter (RIP), Merlot (RIP), Savannah, and Poet
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Welcome to DOL!! We are not breeders, so can offer no advice. Just want you to fell welcome.Ann & John and Navy (b. 1/5/14)
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