Horrible
I was under the impression that this breed is not aggressive. Guess I was misinformed.
Every Great Dane I have ever met was always a sweet tempered dog.
One story said a sledge hammer was found by her body with blood on both sides...presumably her blood because the story didn’t mention that the dogs were injured. Also if the dogs were in such a frenzy I don’t see how she got them back out on the deck. Something seems fishy about this story.
A kind heart toward animals trumped reason and common sense here. Her husband should have laid the law down sooner.
Either the husband did it, or someone “pushed” the dogs to do this. I do not believe his “bite” story either.
The victim started out with a few beers first thing in the morning along with her prescription pills. Darwin laments foregoing situational awareness to get a buzz on.
Never the less more than 80% of fatal dog attacks come from the dog of peace.
Those Danes are no so Great.
Mediocre Danes at best.
The deck was so covered in feces its surface could not be seen. The wife a/k/a soft-hearted dog “rescuer” probably didn’t have it in her to be dominant and was thus seen by the dogs as a pushover, in other words, submissive, and thus they had no respect for her. All that piled up poop says the woman was scared of the dogs, too fearful to go out there and clean up and unable to train them where to poop, leading to depression. The husband viewed the dogs as her problem and offered no leadership, either, as he let his wife drink and pop pills.
That means the alpha position was not taken by a human and was literally left to the dogs to sort out, which in two evenly matched dogs with dominant personalities and no boundaries is a very dangerous thing, no matter the breed. The tension/energy level has no upper limit and is explosive.
She sounded like a wacko animal lover. Her husband couldn’t have been a very bright bulb either.
Great Danes have been inbred for decades upon decades, track dogs, one desirable trait and they were bred for it and it alone for years. They also have the cranial plague that Dobermans suffer from.
One of our animal hospital clients was a woman who rescued cats. In fact, she had so many that she had two houses, one for her and her husband and one for the cats. Her husband was not happy. One time she came in with a broken arm and was vague about what had happened. She was a nurse so she treated herself. I think her husband divorced her soon after.
I’ve learned to never underestimate how desperate people can get when it comes to obssessive disorders on a grand scale.
Sad, RIP.
Looks to me they are mixed breed pits and Dane, not full blood Danes
My Dane is a sweet and gentle goofball and would not hurt a fly...
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“Woman found dead in home was killed by Great Danes: coroner
NY Post ^ | November 5, 2019 | Joshua Rhett Miller”