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The Great Dane, also known as the Apollo of Dogs, was developed in Germany in the 1800s and bred by German nobility to protect country estates and hunt wild boar.<\/p>\n

The Great Dane is one of the tallest Dog breeds and the record holder for the tallest Dog was a Great Dane named Zeus (died September 2014, aged 5), that measured 111.8 cm from paw to shoulder.<\/p>\n

Today most Great Danes are companion animals and have become popular family pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Great Dane combines pride, strength and elegance in its noble appearance and big, strong, well-coupled body. The Great Dane has an alert expression and majestic action displaying dignity and they come in a variety of recognised coat colours including blue, black, fawn, brindle, mantle and harlequin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":698,"template":"","acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds\/697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dmc-breeds"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}