german shepherd/great dane mix

[Husky15]

So your saying your support breeding mixed dogs..?

Husky15,

Please keep in mind the health problems these dogs could have - hip and joint. I don't see why ANYONE would see it as okay to mix breeds, when they are thousands of mix breeds dieing in shelters EVERY DAY. Either buy from a REPUTABLE BREEDER who breeds for the best of the breed, or adopt from a shelter.

Just forget what I said. I don't know much about this stuff. Not nearly as much as you guys. But I will say I do not support breeding mixed dogs, but we cannot make someone not do it, we can just try our best to stop them. And BC_MoM I agree with you fully. But unfortunately we cannot make people buy from shelters or reputable breeders.

You are correct. Great danes are the number one breed afflicted with bloat, 42% of danes will bloat in their lives.

Shepherds are definitely high on the list as well.

To the OP, one of my foster dogs was a dane/shepherd mix. Cute dog but high strung and neurotic because he was never trained as a young puppy. So at 6 months of age, he was a 90 lb wrecking ball.

The two breeds have entirely different energy needs, growth needs, and temperaments/personalities. I can't see any benefit in breeding the two breeds together...but I can see problems. While hip dysplasia is not terribly common in danes, they are often affected by another, severe skelatal condition - wobblers. Bringing both of these conditions into the same genepool would be devestating, as if one alone is not bad enough.

Please don't breed the dogs. Alter them an enjoy them as they were meant to be - as companions.

I agree with you as well. You know what you're talking about.