Great Dane Genetic Population Study (GDGPS)
An Apollo of Dogs Great Dane Preservation Society world-wide initiative for the Preservation of the Great Dane breed:
A Genetic Population Study will guide Great Dane Clubs and breeders (like a "Great Dane GPS") towards the best management of the breed, and offer genetic solutions and best selective methods for tackling the three fatal hereditary conditions (Bloat, Cancer & Cardiomyopathy) that the breed suffers from.
The Institute of Canine Biology has agreed to undertake the study and provide the Great Dane community at large with its conclusions, as well as with a detailed, advisory, breed-specific preservation plan.
The program, Genetic Study of the Great Dane, will be funded in two ways:
- by enrollment for the ICB online course, "Managing Genetics for the Future " at an exclusive discount offered to the participants of the Great Dane Study by the Institute.
- by crowdfunding.
There will be no time or budget limit for the crowdfunding, until the program is fully funded and complete.
There is a new GDGPS-dedicated Facebook group for people who can contribute pedigrees to the study: if you are on Facebook please go to the Great Dane Genetic Population Study group and request to join.
Please read more details about the project here and here
Become a Great Dane Angel!
No donation is too small: You may donate as often as you like. Clubs and sponsors can make donations too, and you can hold fundraising events during shows and other events. You can print flyers to circulate and promote this page & the ICB Great Dane site to your members, friends, puppy buyers and everywhere else, from doggy sites and publications to social media and dog / Great Dane related businesses, dog food companies, etc.
You can, of course, do both - enroll in the course and donate to the crowdfunding account.
Your participation is crucial for the success of the project: protecting the Great Dane breed as a whole and saving the precious lives of beloved dogs.
Let's all work together and make it happen. Rescue, Revive and Restore the Great Dane , by learning, scientifically and systematically, how we can effectively control, avoid and eradicate these grave threats to the breed's health, quality of life and longevity.
The Great Dane community worldwide is a large and vibrant one. If we all contribute, the project can be funded via small individual donations that represent less what the individual Great Dane family would spend at a single dog show or visit to the pet supplies store.
For the love of the Great Dane, we can all work together and make history.
The future generations of Great Dane lovers and Great Dane dogs will depend on this effort.
