Ma mua, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo Great Dane e wehewehe i nā ʻīlio nui a ikaika i ka laulā, me ka nānā ʻole i kā lākou ʻano. I ka wā lōʻihi, ua puka mai nā inoa paʻa no nā ʻano ʻīlio like ʻole mai kēia huaʻōlelo hui. I ka makahiki 1878, ua hui pū kekahi komite o nā luna kānāwai a me nā mea hānai ma Berlin i kekahi o kēia mau ʻano ma lalo o ka huaʻōlelo hui ʻo Great Dane a hoʻokumu i ke kumu no nā ʻano ʻano a me nā hoʻoponopono hānau o ka Great Dane no ka manawa mua. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā kūlana kauoha mua i ka makahiki 1880. Aia ke kumu genetic o ka Great Dane i nā ʻīlio Bullenbeisser a me nā hatzrüden a me Saupackers i hoʻohana ʻia e like me nā ʻīlio hahai holoholona, i hōʻike i nā ʻano ʻelua o ka sighthound a me ka mastiff English.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka 10 maikaʻi loa ʻo Great Dane dog tattoos: