Hello,
Me again. I know I'm new here, but I have a question that might trigger a small debate. I've been involved with rotties for over eleven years, and I went through the questions that any rottie person hates,"Is it(the rottie) an American or a German rottie?" Or," with that blocky head it must be a German bred dog." Then I would have to explain that my dog came from American champions. That she is the difference between a well bred dog and what the average byb offered. To make a long story short, they were full of shookey to think only a German rottie could be big and beautiful.
My posting concerns why is there such a difference between the way American Danes and European Danes look. The pictures from Germany, Holland, and even Italy is almost apples to oranges!
I've always loved the mastiff working type dogs, and I consider the rottie and dane in that catagory, and was amazed at the difference. Why do you (the board) think that the looks have changed from one continent to another?
I e-mailed a couple of breeders in Europe to get their thoughts. One breeder from Germany quoted, "Form follows function, and Americans have took a beautiful working dog and turned 'him' into a dog without his true nature. American dane look like greyhounds, not the boar-hunter of ancient Germany." I wanted to get your thoughts.
=Crystal=
Me again. I know I'm new here, but I have a question that might trigger a small debate. I've been involved with rotties for over eleven years, and I went through the questions that any rottie person hates,"Is it(the rottie) an American or a German rottie?" Or," with that blocky head it must be a German bred dog." Then I would have to explain that my dog came from American champions. That she is the difference between a well bred dog and what the average byb offered. To make a long story short, they were full of shookey to think only a German rottie could be big and beautiful.
My posting concerns why is there such a difference between the way American Danes and European Danes look. The pictures from Germany, Holland, and even Italy is almost apples to oranges!
I've always loved the mastiff working type dogs, and I consider the rottie and dane in that catagory, and was amazed at the difference. Why do you (the board) think that the looks have changed from one continent to another?
I e-mailed a couple of breeders in Europe to get their thoughts. One breeder from Germany quoted, "Form follows function, and Americans have took a beautiful working dog and turned 'him' into a dog without his true nature. American dane look like greyhounds, not the boar-hunter of ancient Germany." I wanted to get your thoughts.
=Crystal=
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