Your First Name
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Your Last Name
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Address where the dog is being kept
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Phone number/s
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E‑mail address
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Dog’s name
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What colour/pattern is the Dane?
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Is your dog a purebred Great Dane? * If no, what other breed is your dog crossed with?
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Dog’s age and DOB if known
Dog’s Microchip Number
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Dog’s weight: * Is this an actual weight or an estimate?
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What body condition would you say the dog is in? * (i.e. lean, underweight, emaciated, chubby, overweight)
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Is the dog de‑sexed? * (Please attach de‑sex certificate)
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Is the dog vaccinated? * If yes: When is vaccination booster due? Please supply vaccination records
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Is the dog on heartworm prevention? * If yes: When is the next due date?
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When was the last date dog was wormed?
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Has the dog ever been bred? * If yes, please provide more details.
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If no, and the Dane is a Bitch, when was the bitch last on heat?
Is the dog from a Registered Breeder?
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If yes, what is the Breeder’s Name?
If yes, have you notified the Breeder that you are seeking a new home for the dog? If you have not, we may notify them on your behalf unless you instruct us not to.
If yes, does the dog have a Registered Name? What is it?
If no, where did you get your Dane from?
Where does your dog stay when you are home? (i.e. inside / outside?)
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Is the dog toilet trained? * If yes, how does the dog indicate it needs to be let outside?
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Where does your dog stay when you are not home?
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How does your dog react to strangers / visitors to your home?
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In what situations does the dog become nervous? (i.e. around tall men, around traffic etc.)
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Where does the dog sleep?
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What commands/cues does the dog know?
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What type of discipline is the dog used to? (i.e. verbal correct, physical correct, no correct etc.)
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How does the dog walk on the lead? (i.e. beside you, out in front but not pulling, out in front and pulling?)
What do you walk your dog on? (i.e. house collar, check chain, halter, prong collar etc.)
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Would the dog ever pull you towards or away from something in a manner that you lost control?
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If your dog got the opportunity to meet a strange dog out on a walk how would your dog cope with this?
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Has the dog ever lunged at a person or dog in an aggressive manner? * If yes, please provide details.
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How does the dog react to any other type of stimuli on walks such as children, scooters, skateboards, bikes, people in general?
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Has the dog lived with children before? If yes, what were the ages and how is the dog’s behaviour around the children?
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Does your dog react in a negative manner to small dogs?
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Can your dog safely go to an off‑leash park without bullying / harassing other dogs?
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Has your dog attacked another dog before? * If yes, please explain what happened.
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Has your dog ever been attacked before? * If yes, please tell us more. Also please advise if this has affected how your dog interacts with other dogs.
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Has your dog bitten a human before that was not part of play or puppy behaviour? * If yes, please explain what happened.
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Does your dog travel happily in a car?
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How often do they go for car rides?
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How does your dog react to cats? Has the dog lived with a cat before?
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Has the dog been around any small animals such as guinea pigs or rabbits before? * If yes, how did they react to them?
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Has your dog been around farm animals before? * If yes, please let us know which ones and how they interact with them.
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How many walks per week does the dog get at the moment?
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Have you had the dog since it was a puppy? * If yes, explain how you socialised the dog?
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Does the dog like going to the beach? Can they swim?
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What activity does the dog enjoy most?
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How does the dog cope with grooming such as being bathed, having nails clipped, ears cleaned and so forth?
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How does your dog react / behave at the Vets?
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Can you take food off the dog without it growling/biting you?
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Can you take toys off the dog without growling/biting?
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Has the dog ever growled at anyone before? * If yes, please explain.
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What is the dog like with food and toys in the presence of other dogs?
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Does the dog bark / whine / cry when left alone? * If yes, for how long?
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What height fencing does your dog require? * (4ft – 5ft – 6ft – higher than 6ft)
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Has your dog ever escaped your yard? * If yes, how high was the fencing? Did dog dig under or go over fence?
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Does the dog bark at people / dogs going past the house or knocking on the door? * If yes, please explain more.
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Have you had complaints from neighbours / Council? * If yes, please provide further details.
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In general, how would you explain the dog’s personality / temperament?
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How does your dog react in the build‑up to storms and during storms?
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Why are you re‑homing the dog? * Please be 100% honest, we will help you without judgement.
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When does the dog need to be re‑homed by?
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If you cannot find a new home for the dog by the deadline what are your plans for the dog?
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Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your dog?
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What type of home would you like to see your dog in?
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Do you believe the dog is safe around adults?
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Do you believe the dog is safe around children?
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Do you believe the dog is safe around other dogs?
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Is the dog food aggressive or aggressive when a person or another dog tries to take something it values?
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Please also be aware that we will send this document minus your personal information to interested parties and have it available on our website and our Facebook Group.
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