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Show (now Your Pets by Mary Notestine rhe Great Dane (Harlequin) . This is probably the most interesting in-teresting strain of the Great Dane and is also the most difficult to breed correctly. There are few Great Danes that are good Harlequins Harle-quins and fewer Harlequins that are good Danes. Two Harlequins may not have a litter that is Harlequin, Har-lequin, but blues and blacks mated may produce a Harlequin. They are not very popular and never will be as popular as the brindles and self-coloreds, which are much easier to breed, but it has a strong proportion of enthusiasts ibehind it in Britain and on the I Continent. The body-color should be white ,with numerous black, or blue irregular ir-regular patches. These splotches should have a torn appearance like blots of ink thrown on the dog... never looking like enlarged Dalmatian Dal-matian dots. Those on the head legs and tail should be smaller. "Wall" eyes which, are partly colored white and part blue are found on the Harlequin. They also have pink and flesh-colored noses which are permitted only in this strain. The height is a minimum of 30 inches, and the weight is a minimum of 120 pounds. The coat is short, dense, and sleek. The head has a medium stop; ears medium and pendant (cropped on the Continent). The body is heavy and muscular yet graceful; and the tail is carried low. |