Pakutanga, izwi rekuti Great Dane raishandiswa kurondedzera imbwa hombe uye dzine simba kazhinji, zvisinei nerudzi rwadzo. Nekufamba kwenguva, mazita akatarwa emhando dzakasiyana dzembwa akabuda kubva muiyi temu yemubatanidzwa. Muna 1878, komiti yevatongi nevapfuri muBerlin yakabatanidza akati wandei emhando idzi pasi pezita rekuti Great Dane uye yakaisa hwaro hwemhando yemhando uye mirairo yekuberekesa yeGreat Dane kekutanga. Mamiriro ekutanga anosungirwa akagadzwa muna 1880. Mabviro emajini eGreat Dane ari muimbwa dzeBullenbeisser pamwe nehatzrüden neSaupackers anoshandiswa sembwa dzekuvhima, izvo zvakaratidza zvese hunhu hwe sighthound uye English mastiff.
Pazasi iwe unowana gumi akanakisa Great Dane imbwa tattoos: