Gallery: Harlequin Great Danes
Breed Information
Lena vom Gehrensee "Survival of the Fittest" Heterosis Breeding My thesis: Performance is based on health. Video: At the age of 10, brood bitch Jana demonstrates relaxed encounters with other dogs. Video: Lena was welcomed as a companion Great Dane even at Borchardt-Berlin""
1995 Bianca 9 years † 2 litters 2002 Gina 12 years † 1 litter 2005 Hera 10 years † 1 litter 2011 Indra 12.1 years † 2 litters 2014 Jarina 10.5 years † 1 litter 2014 Jana 12 years † 1 litter 2017 Lena 9 years ♥ 2 litters 2020 Nino 5.5 years ♥ Bianca vom Gehrensee in Pescara, Abruzzo, 1999. Photo: Jaro (Ben) vom Gehrensee For seven generations, our brood bitches have been line hybrids. Photo: young female Lola vom Gehrensee Unsere Zuchthündinnen hatten bis kurz vor Vollendung ihrers hohen Lebensalters none o. nur sehr niedrige Tierarztkosten durch Krankheit.
No chronic illnesses have occurred among our brood bitches in 30 years. Successful breeding into old age, together with
a very long lifespan, always presupposes low veterinary costs. Very old Great Danes are clear evidence of
healthy genetic traits and optimal living conditions. Offspring assessment, 26 November 2018 / L litter / Lena vom Gehrensee (21 months) Die Röntgenbilder zeigen nonen Hinweis auf HD oder ED. The “Veteran Championship”, - Senior-Champion 2012 "Gina vom Gehrensee" † aged 12 years (left in the photo) Feedback on the health and temperament of the offspring Photo: Mantle-marked merle – young male "Lester vom Gehrensee" (Lena’s brother), at approximately 20 months of age. The Gehrensee Great Danes off leash together with dogs of all breeds.
Objective ─ Independent ─ Competent
This website is not a platform for giving away or rehoming Great Danes!
It presents exclusively 30 years of experience in scientifically based, non-commercial enthusiast breeding
combined with optimised raising and training of the breed
the Great Dane.
Born: 28.04.2017 Video: 14.10.2026
Illnesses in 9.5 years: none Fitness: excellent
Health problems: none
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Herbert Spencer - Charles Darwin
This breeding programme, developed in performance breeding,
has also proved successful with Great Danes.
It was derived from line-combination breeding and complementary mating
as developed by Prof. Dr. habil. Grete Meyerhoff.
One side effect: life expectancy increased.
The reason: recombination of genetic material and
increased genetic diversity
The breed standard calls for a confident, fearless Great Dane.
For this reason, for 30 years we have focused on:
developing social competence for life in Berlin through:
Outcrossing, Puppy Tests und Early Stimulation im Puppiesalter.
Without early stimulation, upbringing and training,
there can be no companion-dog qualities!
Sire: Cyrano v. d. Saalburg / Grandsire: Nearco des Pulckerrimi
This Great Dane female brought an excellent temperament into our breeding programme.
Bianca was a granddaughter of NEARCO DES PULCKERRIMI.
The Great Danes of Gehrensee have a total of 1,000 m² of space to exercise.
Veterinary Costs:
Health: All Gehrensee breeding dogs are or have been blood donors.
Photos below:
Lena has a complete scissor bite.
Sire: Mito vom Merkelbach, HD A – Dam: Jana vom Gehrensee, HD A, ED clear
Übersicht unten:
Echocardiogram of Lena vom Gehrensee to screen for DCM
Click the overview image to view the cardiac data.
The cardiac examination showed no signs of DCM.
a benchmark for an appropriate life expectancy
and an expression of robust health
der Zuchthündinnen vom Gehrensee.
- Senior-Champion 2013 "Hera vom Gehrensee" † aged 10 years (centre)
- Indra vom Gehrensee ♥ (rechts im Foto)
provided by the nationwide
Gehrensee Great Dane Meet-ups.
Harlequin pure breeding based on FCI Standard No. 235
Controlled, non-commercial Great Dane breeding, independent of commercial mass production.
Photo above: Lena vom Gehrensee as a young female at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin
Brood bitch Jarina vom Gehrensee pictured on
"Tauentzien" As breeders, we train our breeding Great Danes.
This includes swimming, introduced through appropriate water acclimatisation.