About us
“About us”, is really about The Danes, a black lab named Halsey, and myself.
In the summer of 2009 I retired after over 30 years in the aviation business. My profession allowed me to go to many parts of the U.S. as well as many countries in the world. Many of those places were only seen from the courtesy van on the way from the airport to the hotel and back, but I still can say I was there. I always looked forward to returning to the good ole U.S.A. and home.
In the fall of 2010 I decided that I wanted to get into the Great Dane business. After making that decision I have done a lot of research on the Great Dane breed. As my home page says, "I want to improve the breed". I will not breed out of the Harlequin/ Mantle/ Black group. If you're looking for a fawn, brindle, blue, a designer color or pie bald Great Dane, please look elsewhere. The Harlequin/Mantel/Black groups will produce a color called Merle. These are beautiful dogs with their gray base coat and black patches and they also bring a premium price, but they should not be bred. Plus, they are not a show color group.
My Danes have it pretty well around here. We all live on a small farm growing corn, soybeans, and wheat, also have a pick-your-own asparagus, strawberry, and black raspberry market in April, May, and June of each year. The Danes and Halsey have access to all areas on the property. They are all house broken and we have regular sleepovers. If they’re just too doggone dirty after a day of doing dog stuff, then all sleepovers are canceled until I get a chance to clean them up. There back-up quarters are in my farm shop. It has radiant floor heat and AC, I keep it around 64 degrees in the winter and 75 degrees in the summer and they have a 4’ X 6’ plush carpet pad to sleep on. I have another barn that I’m converting into “Dane Suites”. It’s a work-in-progress.
In the summer of 2009 I retired after over 30 years in the aviation business. My profession allowed me to go to many parts of the U.S. as well as many countries in the world. Many of those places were only seen from the courtesy van on the way from the airport to the hotel and back, but I still can say I was there. I always looked forward to returning to the good ole U.S.A. and home.
In the fall of 2010 I decided that I wanted to get into the Great Dane business. After making that decision I have done a lot of research on the Great Dane breed. As my home page says, "I want to improve the breed". I will not breed out of the Harlequin/ Mantle/ Black group. If you're looking for a fawn, brindle, blue, a designer color or pie bald Great Dane, please look elsewhere. The Harlequin/Mantel/Black groups will produce a color called Merle. These are beautiful dogs with their gray base coat and black patches and they also bring a premium price, but they should not be bred. Plus, they are not a show color group.
My Danes have it pretty well around here. We all live on a small farm growing corn, soybeans, and wheat, also have a pick-your-own asparagus, strawberry, and black raspberry market in April, May, and June of each year. The Danes and Halsey have access to all areas on the property. They are all house broken and we have regular sleepovers. If they’re just too doggone dirty after a day of doing dog stuff, then all sleepovers are canceled until I get a chance to clean them up. There back-up quarters are in my farm shop. It has radiant floor heat and AC, I keep it around 64 degrees in the winter and 75 degrees in the summer and they have a 4’ X 6’ plush carpet pad to sleep on. I have another barn that I’m converting into “Dane Suites”. It’s a work-in-progress.