Q 01/05

Why are owners told to wait until a Great Dane is two before taking it running?

A) Its muscles are too weak

B) Its bones are still growing

C) Its paws are too soft

D) Its lungs are too small

Answer · why

B) Its bones are still growing

Its bones are still growing, and hard running can damage the developing joints of so heavy a dog; until then a brisk walk two or three times a day is ...

Q 02/05

Which breed does the American Kennel Club rank as its tallest, ahead of even the Great Dane?

A) Saint Bernard

B) English Mastiff

C) Irish Wolfhound

D) Newfoundland

Answer · why

C) Irish Wolfhound

Irish Wolfhound: it helped hunt Ireland's wolves to extinction and then nearly died out itself, until Captain George Graham set out in the 1860s to re...

Q 03/05

On a medieval big-game hunt, what job fell to the Great Dane's ancestors?

A) Tracking the quarry by scent

B) Driving the quarry from cover

C) Seizing the quarry and holding it

D) Carrying the kill back home

Answer · why

C) Seizing the quarry and holding it

Seizing the quarry and holding it: these catch dogs were sent in only after other hounds had found the animal, and had to grip it until the huntsman a...

Q 04/05

Why did princes keep favourite 'chamber dogs', ancestors of the Great Dane, in their bedchambers at night?

A) To keep the bed warm

B) To guard against assassins

C) To impress overnight guests

D) To catch rats and mice

Answer · why

B) To guard against assassins

To guard against assassins: only the finest and strongest of a court's hunting dogs were picked as Kammerhunde, and they were given ornate collars to ...

Q 05/05

In which American Kennel Club group does the Great Dane compete at dog shows?

A) Hound Group

B) Sporting Group

C) Working Group

D) Herding Group

Answer · why

C) Working Group

Working Group: the AKC sorts breeds by the job they were bred for, so at shows the Dane lines up with Dobermans and Siberian Huskies, not with the hou...