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WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW CLUB MEMBERS!
Willamette Valley Great Dane Club is actively searching for new members to join our fun! We all love our Great Danes and look forward to meeting and spending time with other Great Dane lovers to educate and promote the welfare of our beloved breed.
If you would like to learn more about the club and the process of joining, check out this page. Our membership application can be accessed here. Please complete the application and either email the application to the club Secretary or if you would like to mail the paper application, email the Secretary to get the house address to send it to.
WVGDC Announcements
Great Dane Resources
What makes a Great Dane, a Great Dane?
Historically over time Great Dane breeders created a description of what the Great Dane should look like and the Dane temperament. This description, The Great Dane Standard should be used as guidelines in breeding Danes, so our beautiful noble breed retains its healthy structure and type and doesn't end up looking like a greyhound or a mastiff.
Is a Great Dane right for your family?
Great Danes are WONDERFUL fun-loving, boisterous, happy, playful dogs. And big, very big. Adult Great Danes weigh between 100-175 pounds. They can be wonderful family pets and must have time with their people, but they can be destructive if not given enough exercise or become lonely or bored.
A Great Dane Puppy or a Great Dane Rescue?
When considering adding a new 4 legged family member, consider both puppies and older dogs, breeder returns, rescue Danes or shelter Danes. Puppies are wonderful, fun, mischievous, energetic and busy, very busy. Older dogs are more settled, usually calmer, house broken, trained and oftentimes spayed/neutered.
Finding a Great Dane Breeder & Dane Puppy
You've researched Great Danes, decided on a puppy and now you are ready to find a reputable breeder! Finding a good breeder can take time so don't rush the process. We have lots of information to assist you in finding a great companion to add to your family.
Great Dane
Health Issues
Danes are a Giant breed dog, with Giant breed health issues. The top 3 causes of death for Great Danes are Bloat, Cancer (Osteosarcoma) and Cardiomopathy ( Heart Disease). There are special health issues to be aware of when owning Danes.
Seven Great Dane Colors - Can you name them?
Great Dane Color genetics are very complicated. Historically breeders refined and developed breeding practices so they could reliably reproduce colors. The ability to reliably reproduce colors allows breeders to focus on structure, type, temperament, health and longevity.
2020 Catalog Ads & Memorials
Adopting A Dane
is GREAT
Adopting a Great Dane Is a Great Idea and perfect for people who don't have the time and energy to raise a busy destructive Great Dane puppy. Contact Northwest Great Dane Rescue and see how you can skip those painful puppy months and enjoy Great Dane ownership.
Thank you for WVGDC Specialty Donations!
Fantasy Glass 2019
Thank you Fantasy Glass Enterprises! Fantasy Glass Enterprises has a wide variety of products. They have a website but they have many more products than what you see on the…
Snook’s Sweet Potato Dog Chews 2019
Thank you Snooks! Snook’s Sweep Potato Dog Chews are one of my dogs favorite chew treats. I start giving my dogs these as puppies. It really helps satisfy their need…
Tag Your It 2019
Thank you Tag Your It! Tag Your It has tags for everything! You can put just about anything on a tag and they really come in handy. They are great…
K9 Ballistics Dog Beds 2019
K9 Ballistics Dog Beds are even tough enough for a Great Dane! You can find their complete selection of beds on their website, https://k9ballistics.com/. Features of these beds include, Tough…
Wheel House Designs 2019
Thank you Wheel House Designs! wow! Wheel House Designs has lots of animal related creative fun socks. They have birds, bees, cats, dogs and of course, fabulous Great Dane socks!…
Evangers Dog Food 2019
Thank you Evangers Dog Food! Evangers Dog Food is a great dog food. They have an extensive variety of dog foods with no additives, no artificial preservatives. They have both…
Pet Walker Plus 2019
Thank you Pet Walker Plus! Pet Walker Plus creates unique No Tangle leashes so you can easily walk 2 dogs. They have nylon leashes and Bun-Gee Pup-EE leashes also, available…
Natures Logic 2019
Thank you Nature’s Logic! Nature’s Logic is a premium quality pet food and they have focused using whole natural food nutrition to provide the best nutrition for our pets. They…
Etched Memory 2019
Thank you Etched Memory! Etched Memory has donated a $25 gift certificate to our Raffle Table. Etched Memory creates unique inspirational crystal pieces. They can commemorate the most important moments…
Rose City Pet Gear 2019
Thank you Rose City Pet Gear! These pet blankets from Rose City Pet Gear are the softest most luxurious pet blankets I’ve every felt. The quality is obvious. They are…
Modern Woof – Marcela Luedtke
Thank you Marcela Luedtke (Modern Woof) Marcela Luedtke is a talented, gifted woman who makes high quality beautiful collars, blankets and pet accessories for dogs. This collar is absolutely stunning…
Happy Legs 2019
Thank you Happy Legs! Thank you Happy Legs for your gift certificate of $75 off a set of Happy Legs. These are a very useful tool to help teach puppies…
Designs In Ink – 2019
Thank you Designs In Ink! Thank you Designs in Ink! I love these Great Dane license plates. Designs in Ink create Gifts, Awards, etc. They have a website at www.easycustoms.com…
Bennett Tobias Designs 2019
Thank you Bennett Tobias Designs! Thank Bennett Tobias Designs for these very cute Great Dane earrings. It isn’t easy to find Great Dane jewelry and these are very cute. Thank…
Cascade Quilting 2019
Thank you Cascade Quilting! Cascade Quilting creates wonderful lightweight washable fleece blankets and quilts. They have a website: cascadequilting.com. Margie has a variety of colorful fun fabrics in different useful…
Jerry Lobato – Gifted Artist – 2019
Thank you Jerry! Jerry Lobato is a wonderful artist and gifted sculptor. Our club is so lucky that he has donated this beautiful Great Dane Mantle print for our raffle/silent…
WVGDC
Mission Statement
The Willamette Valley Great Dane Club's Mission is to support the Great Dane Breed. The Club works to educate people about the breed, encourage and promote responsible Great Dane ownership and breeding.
WVGDC
Specialty
WVGDC has a Great Dane Specialty show in Albany at the Linn County Event Center the last weekend of March every year. This is a great opportunity to see Great Danes from Canada and up and down the West Coast.
Learn more and
Join the WVGDC
Members of WVGDC love Great Danes, enjoy spending time with our Danes and Dane owners. The club meets several times a year and annually holds a Great Dane Specialty Show. Please join us at our meetings!
Why do people Show
Great Danes?
Showing Great Danes is an enjoyable and educational activity to do with your dogs. People who show and breed Great Danes have decades of experience and knowledge they are happy to share with other Great Dane lovers.
Activities to do
with your Great Dane
Dog Sports have become more and more popular over the years. You can enjoy Rally, Obedience, Dock Jumping, Tracking, Lure Coursing, Skijoring, Barn Hunting and even Herding with your Danes.
What Happens at a Dog Show?
(Dog Show 101)
Dog Shows can be very confusing and it is hard to know what is happening and even when Great Danes are in the ring and when owners are available to meet. We would like to help clear up some of that confusion.
