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planing to buy a great dane

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Question
QUESTION: i have 2 questions. 1. should i buy a male fawn or mantle great Dane. which one looks  bigger and active.

2. i stay in a  2 bead room hall flat in a  apartment. and this is my 1st great Dane. who do i keep it.

ANSWER: My blunt answer is 'Don't'.

Your apartment is too small and you are buying one for the wrong reasons.  They are companions not guard dogs.  They are useless as guards, get a dobermann or rpttweiler.

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QUESTION: Hi, Let me repharse my questions.
1. I am very impressed with the great dane dog. And i want to keep it as a pet as a companion. My problem is my house is small. Need  advice as to how to keep a dane in a small house.
2. Another issue, Both me and my wife do to work in the morning and come back in the night. Need suggestions as to how to train and keep the dan alone in the house without trouble.

Pls  help i want to keep a dane.

Answer
As I said 'Don't'.  

A dog can't be left alone all day it is a pack animal and if it hasn't got company it will find things to do which usually means chew and destroy.  They also need to go out  to relieve themselves a couple of times a day.  You will get home at night to find a terrible mess and a neurotic dane.  So please don't have one until you can look after it properly.  It will either finish up being re-housed several times, be a nervous wreck or beaten.

DON'T, DON'T DON'T

Ken