Putting Weight On A Dane

Stripe aka Culseandanes Viper's Tale.
32 inches and 54kgs/8st 8lbs at September

Stripe is as of the 27th Dec 64.75kgs =10st 2.7lbs 

He is nicely marked for a mantle and when he is behaving stands well. He allows judges to check him over with no problems and isn't fazed with other dogs in the ring or out for that matter. He is a hunny with humans and dogs alike. 

Is in fact trial and error all the way, I would be the same for other Dane owners and breeders alike. What works for one wont work for another hence its trial and error.


At the moment Stripe is eating Greyhound Gain 28 kibble with Tripe, Sausages, Liver, chicken, turkey, steak, sardines whatever I can shove into him.

Tripe is always green never white as the latter isnt good at all as its been stripped of the goodness.
Steak is a smallish amount as it makes him loose and the same with liver it is only given once a week which has to be seared for him the fussy bugger.

I don't give veg as this makes him loose.


There is also days he wont eat anything. Now I do worry over though's days, but they are few and far between and now I don't worry as I have since discovered this is normal.

Stripe has put on the weight and then some and now needs to lose some of the back end but not a lot.

In his garden a week ago.

3 days ago at the beach.

So since the end of August he has in fact gain over 10kgs = over 20lbs

Yes some danes are lean and some are heavier boned so this trial and error too but I knew my Stripe was under weight. So our mission was to get him to gain and its working. He gets conditioning tablets and stress powder as well in his meals every other day. He looks really well now that others are commenting on his gain not his losses.


(Hindquarters Extremely muscular, giving strength and galloping power. Second thigh long and well developed, good turn of stifle, hocks set low, turning neither in nor out.)
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this is what I am looking for on his back end and it is slowiy coming. His hocks look good no over display of bone, a nice layer of fat is coming over them. Hindquarters nicely muscular and he can gallop in the yard but we don't want that in the show ring. 

A nice run on and a good solid movement in his stride would be excellent. Head held high more a prancing movement for him. Showing of what he can actually do and he can do that when he behaves and there hasnt been a bitch in season in the ring as he then hoovers the floor. 



Stripe is now being shown at Championship Shows only because of the bigger rings.