How to identify a Great Dane

Great Dane

1. Giant size: males at least 30 inches at the shoulder, females at least 28
2. Long, “angular” head with the planes of the skull and muzzle “straight and parallel”
3. Seven colors, including fawn and brindle with a black mask, harlequin (white with “black torn patches”) and mantle
4. Ears “folded forward close to the cheek” or cropped erect; long tail that falls straight at rest and is never docked

Cane Corso

1. “Medium-large size Molossus,” athletic, with a square-looking skull
2. Muzzle “very broad and deep,” about one-third of the head’s length
3. Ears cropped to an equilateral triangle, or natural and held tight to the cheeks
4. Black, gray, fawn, or red, with brindling allowed; never tan-pointed

Great Dane

1. Giant size: males at least 30 inches at the shoulder, females at least 28
2. Long, “angular” head with the planes of the skull and muzzle “straight and parallel”
3. Seven colors, including fawn and brindle with a black mask, harlequin (white with “black torn patches”) and mantle
4. Ears “folded forward close to the cheek” or cropped erect; long tail that falls straight at rest and is never docked

Dalmatian

1. “Pure white” ground color covered in “round and well-defined” spots
2. Spots are “dense black” or “liver brown” only; tan markings or solid patches disqualify
3. Spots are smaller on the head, legs and tail, and the ears are “preferably spotted”
4. Tail carried with “a slight upward curve” but never curled over the back; coat “short, dense, fine”