News and Stories from GDRNT

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Buster (9 month old merle dane) and Meghan (5 month old yorkie)

Being a Great Dane owner is not a decision to be taken
lightly. A Great Dane is known as the Gentle Giant. The key word
here is GIANT. A Great Dane is not the right dog
for every home.

General Information
The Great Dane was
created in Germany to hunt wild boars. Over the past 100 years
breeders have made the Dane's temperament what it is today -

The purpose of this article is to bring awareness to first time Great Dane owners of Stomach Torsion, which is the number one killer of Great Danes. We are sure that you probably have many questions about this problem, and this article attempts to answer the most frequently asked questions about the problem.

What exactly is stomach torsion? Stomach Torsion, or

"twisted stomach", is exactly that. The stomach twists

and turns, and in fact flips over. Most commonly accompanied by

bloat which is an expansion of gas in the stomach, the result is