Dane Outreach

10/08/2024

Lost from Enumclaw fairgrounds (show)
Skittish Flat Coat puppy
Contact original poster for info

03/07/2024

Dane Outreach has officially closed all services effective July 1, 2024. If you live in Washington state and need rescue resources, please contact Northwest Great Dane Rescue or Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue. If you are outside of Washington state, please go to GDCA.org to locate rescue resources.

Send a message to learn more

03/07/2024

Dane Outreach discontinued fostering and doing adoptions several years ago. The hope was to make DO an educational group, doing educational programs, events and have information on the site.
However that never came to fruition for a number of reasons. Now, faced with a large insurance renewal, we have decided it’s time to officially shut the program totally down. (As long as we were a program we had to carry insurance.)
There are a number of tankers, license plate holders and bandanna’s left.
If anyone is interest in receiving them please let me know (read instructions below). These are FREE but we request to be reimbursed for postage. And, as a suggestion make a small donation to Northwest Great Dane Rescue.

Also if anyone would like some of these cards, please EMAIL ME at [email protected]

Send a message to learn more

01/07/2024

Anyone want some of these? I have enough to last 50 years....little cards to put in your wallet in case something happens to you.

27/06/2024

A reminder: Dane folks, please do this and also spread the word, especially to folks who many not see things like this. This is a very important study, and to be successful, needs your help. Please send to your purchasers, adopters, and Dane friends plus share on Dane groups.

Post-operative death has long been recognized as a major cause of death among Great Danes, having been documented as the ninth most frequent cause of death (in both sexes) and even more common in females. There is little reason to believe this situation has improved. In fact, these death rates may have increased, owing to increased number of elective c-sections, spays, gastropexies and orthopedic surgeries since the 2000 GDCA National Health Survey of over 1560 Great Danes. We are aware of many reports in social media of unexpected deaths following surgery in otherwise healthy Great Danes and are seeking to reveal patterns in these cases and potentially confirm whether a specific gene associated with post-operative bleeding in Scottish Deerhounds is also seen in Great Danes. If confirmed, we will be inviting potentially “at risk” Great Danes to participate in a laboratory study where their clotting patterns will be measured directly to identify those likely to benefit from preventive medication(s) routinely used in humans. Study participants will receive their test results.



The survey form is attached to this message. Please write your responses directly on the questionnaire and e-mail to Mary Anne Zanetos at [email protected] We will get back to you with questions and/or a kit for collecting a cheek swab sample from your dog. For additional copies and information, please contact me via your e-mail at [email protected] and I will send the questionnaire to you directly.

25/06/2024

Factual info on cooling a dog.

We are finally able to share the first of (hopefully!) two articles we have been preparing this summer on the topic of cooling hot dogs. This summer has seen the usual barrage of social media posts…

08/06/2024

The GDCA Charitable Trust has approved a series of studies of Post-Operative Bleeding in Great Danes. We hope you will take the time to complete the questionnaire attached to this announcement, regardless of whether your dog experienced a bleeding event associated with a surgical procedure.

Please write your responses directly on the questionnaire and e-mail to Mary Anne Zanetos at [email protected] We will get back to you with questions and/or a kit for collecting a cheek swab sample from your dog.



Background:



Post-operative death has long been recognized as a major cause of death among Great Danes, having been documented as the 9th most frequent cause of death (in both sexes) and even more common in females. There is little reason to believe this situation has improved.
In fact, these death rates may have increased, owing to increased number of elective c-sections, spays, gastropexies and orthopedic surgeries since the 2000 GDCA National Health Survey of over 1560 Great Danes. We are aware of many reports in social media of unexpected deaths following surgery in otherwise healthy Great Danes and are seeking to reveal patterns in these cases and potentially confirm whether a specific gene associated with post-operative bleeding in Scottish Deerhounds is also seen in Great Danes.

If confirmed, we will be inviting potentially “at risk” Great Danes to participate in a laboratory study where their clotting patterns will be measured directly to identify those likely to benefit from preventive medication(s) routinely used in humans. Study participants will receive their test results.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/ /WhctKLbFRtLVTPzkpWpgRHCWKHmZGhXRXTrxtgZXSmPkkXKqlvvMMbcBVtnGsjPHKGlRXSv

If the link to the survey doesn't open, please contact Mary Ann at [email protected]

PLEASE SHARE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STUDY.

09/05/2024

Live in western Washington and want to see a local dog show? Here's your chance! And if Great Danes are your breed, here is a great opportunity to see a lot of them in one place!

To see judging schedule for other breeds, go to:
https://baray-production-storage.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/judging_program/wPeqJfMCMIYTKkMCDL19oilIWP01RmOhFES5jm5s.pdf

Take a drive to beautiful Whatcom Co., visit the dog show, and see some of the local sights.

03/05/2024

Passing this along in case anyone can open their hearts and home to a senior Dane in need. Please direct any questions to the email address listed in body of message. Feel free to share.

DISCLAIMER
Please note that I have not viewed this dog personally, and it is the responsibility of any person looking at her to use due diligence.

Looking for a loving home for my beloved 9 year-old Great Dane, Rosie. I accepted a job in Okinawa, Japan and was not able to get her health certificate completed in time for her to fly over with me. This led to my leaving her with a friend until I could straighten out the paperwork and arrange to fly her over. Unfortunately, as soon as I got here, Japan put an embargo in place against flying pets in the cargo hold until Oct 1st.



I have been in Japan for 2 weeks now, and have spent the entire time trying to find someone to care for Rosie until I can ship her out in October. She is currently staying with a friend in Washington, but things are not working out and my friend has asked that I find someone else to take over. Rosie is suffering from anxiety and has acted out by chewing on things.



I have found someone that can take care of Rosie from mid-July until the first of October, at which time he will fly over to Japan with her. As much as I want my baby girl with me, I am very concerned that all this moving around is going to be too stressful on her. Ideally, I am looking for a permanent home for her there in Washington, but if I can’t find that, then I just need someone willing to take care of her until mid-July.



Rosie is a very sweet girl that just wants to follow you around and lean on you wherever you go. She gets very nervous around small kids and will start shaking and hiding behind my legs whenever one approaches. She has never been aggressive towards them, just nervous. She is food aggressive around other dogs, but not people. As far as other animals go, it’s a toss of the coin. We had a cat that she played with all the time, but he was very chill and just fell down when she approached. Our other cat used to run, and Rosie thought it was pretty fun to chase her around the house. Same thing with dogs. She’s ok with some, and very nervous around others. She loves meeting new people and has never shown any aggression towards anyone.



If there is anyone out there that might be able to help, please contact me at [email protected]. My current sitter is about to pull the plug and demand that I remove Rosie from her house ASAP.



Thanks,



Whitney

25/04/2024

If you love your dogs, PLEASE post somewhere obvious, like on the frig, who to contact if something happens to you. Don’t say it’s in your will, no one can access that immediately and this is simply about who can care for your dogs quickly and knows who can take them until the dust settles and rehoming can be done. A will is where you’ve made provisions for their expenses and where they ultimately go after the family has reviewed the legal stuff. Don’t have a will? -DO ONE!

At a minimum you should list:
A couple of different people who can make temporary care arrangements as needed for the dogs. Where they will ultimately go depends on your will, this is temporary/emergency care to assure they are cared for.

Family members who you have regular
contact with. Make sure they know your wishes in regard to your dogs.

The vets number in case the dog is on special medication or food.

The breeder, as they may be concerned for the dogs welfare if they hear from a third party or online something has happened to you. The dog may also be required to revert back to them-again the will should address that.

Each of the above parties should get a copy of this information.

AND POST THIS WHERE IT CAN EASILY BE FOUND!

Your dogs and friends will thank you.

(Note that the recent death of a friend prompted this, but her dogs are in good hands. It’s just a reminder to do it.)

25/03/2024

Update: Apparently, enrollment is currently closed for this study. We look forward to any updates we receive and will post them! Thank you

Very important study on bone cancer in Danes. Please participate.
(Link isn't going to work because it's a copy)