15 Thoughtful Gifts for Great Dane Lovers
The Great Dane is nicknamed the Apollo of dogs, which is exactly right: a sleek, noble athlete standing up to 32 inches at the shoulder — and then it leans its entire 150-to-200-pound body against your legs like a falling redwood and drools on your shoe. Danes are the breed of magnificent contradictions: a guard dog's silhouette with a lapdog's soul, a galloping athlete that considers the couch a full-time job, a dog tall enough to eat off your kitchen counter without standing on anything. They call it counter-surfing. At Dane height, it's just... eating.
Full disclosure on this one: it was researched with a 200-pound consultant. Leah — the Great Dane asleep on our About page — has personally quality-tested the drool situation, the back-seat situation, and the "is that really your dog or a small horse" situation. The best gifts for Dane people aren't generic dog stuff with a Dane stamped on it. They're things built for the breed's actual reality: a stomach with a tragic vulnerability to bloat, joints carrying the weight of a full-grown human, a short thin coat with no insulation to speak of, a tail that clears coffee tables, and a mouth that produces what owners grimly call "slingers." Every pick below is under $50 and chosen for someone whose dog greets houseguests at eye level.