White great dane (pic)

[shepgirl]

Very stunning Dane. But I have to wonder also if it could be deaf or blind? Danes don't usually come all white do they, this is the first one I've seen. Hope the nose doesn't get sunburned...

[Daisy and Delilah]

Thanks for posting this picture, Jess. She is just incredible. I've never seen a dog that comes close to looking like her.

[Alysser]

She is stunning! I am partial to pure white animals, considering I have two.
I know she isn't albino, but can dogs be albino? I am sure it is very rare.

[lute]

What a beautiful dog!

[shais_mom]

Very stunning Dane. But I have to wonder also if it could be deaf or blind? Danes don't usually come all white do they, this is the first one I've seen. Hope the nose doesn't get sunburned...

Jess stated that she didn't talk to the owner so she wasn't sure if she was deaf -
not sure about blindness tho

[tikeyas_mom]

Wow stunning dog!!
Must get alot of attention.. Put her through some mudd And shes be brown a brown dane

[shepgirl]

I really don't know about Albino, suppose we could google that. I've seen one albino person during my whole lifetime but I guess there are albino animals. Really don't know for sure. I tried looking at the Danes eyes with a magnifying glass to see if it was blind but I couldn't tell.

[K9soul]

From what I read when googling ,there is no albinism in danes (though there are in some animal species). I do not think this girl was blind, she watched us very intently, and when they passed us on the trail the dane kept looking back at my dogs with interest. I didn't chat with the owner so I do not know if she was deaf but from what I read the deafness that is common in whites and double merles is caused by lack of pigmentation in the inner ear which causes the hair follicles that conduct sound waves to fall out and thus result in deafness.

[Spiritwind]

Here is a picture of a double merle/Double Dilute (lethal white) smooth Collie who is blind and deaf.... he actually has no eyes. I know the person who owns him.




Also I knew a person in Ohio a while back who had several danes... he had 2 that were pretty much solid white (one lived to be 14yrs old, even after he bloated at age 10 - and he was HUGE even for a Dane!) but neither of his white danes were deaf or blind.

Janna

[jennielynn1970]

Exactly what does it mean by "lethal" white? Is that because they could be blind and deaf, or they have a high death rate? I've seen this written here a few times, but I'm not sure what it refers to.

The dane is gorgeous, I hope she/he can see and hear. The collie/sheltie that was pure white with no eyes.. how sad! You'd think people would want to breed for health. Thank god there are people out there who will love and take care of animals born with such disabilities.