I have a Great Dane living with me right now. She is a 7 month old female blue. She is pretty agressive and definitely needs training. I will say this: she understands size differential in dogs - we have a golden retriever who she gets rough with, but with my chihuahua and with my JRT she seems to know her limits. I think that as a whole the great danes are a good breed. They are often euthanized quickly in the shelters as no one wants to take such a large dog. They make great guard dogs as no one wants to go up against such a large animal. My personal opinion is that with all dogs you're better off being able to establish structure in your home (i.e. the human as the leader of the pack). When it's a larger breed if you are unable to establish this it can become dangerous if you have a dog that is unbalanced in some way. I'd have to say that the Dane that bit the little girl is a big exception to the way I've seen this breed interact with children - I think that Dane's are overall a good breed with kids AND smaller animals and make a great family pet - they WILL however insist on curling up besides you on the couch as they believe they are the size of a poodle.

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