Meet the blind Great Dane in need of a home (but you’ll need to make space for HER huge guide dog)‘Maddison will lead and Lily will walk nearly touching her so she knows where to go.It’s lovely to watch. When that size comes with impaired senses, the number of available homes plummets. No, not all white Danes are deaf. I cannot see me having a blind or deaf (or both) dog living with me. No, they are not. Just as with hearing Danes, some deaf Danes are born blind, or with degenerative vision problems that will lead to blindness eventually. Couple decided to take in Lily and Maddison after reading about them in the Daily Mail 994 likes. For harlequin and blue Great Danes medium tinge in eye is acceptable as well. A dog that is deaf and/or blind is significantly more difficult to train than a dog with full use of its senses, and a huge, poorly trained dog can be very difficult to deal with. White Kisses GDR is committed to the rescue, rehab and rehoming of Great Danes in Texas and surrounding states. BY BETSY GLICK While talking with my friend Dayna about the four Great Danes she rescued—two of whom are deaf—it struck me: There’s a lot that those of us with hearing loss— and the people in our lives—could learn from her experiences with deaf dogs. Great Dane eyes with lighter shades are not favored. I have a harlequin male and a blue female great dane that will be having puppies soon. No, not all white Danes have eye problems. "Tiny" makes a few appearances, too. To ensure that any deaf Dane that must be euthanized is treated with dignity and as a respected and valued family member, and that any dog under our care will pass on in the arms of a human friend. Ely, the Deaf and Blind Great Dane. Great Dane. While we do rescue all types of full-blooded Great Danes, Mastiffs and dane/mastiff mixes, our passion and number one priority are the deaf/blind/special needs Great Danes. Deaf Great Danes Oliver and Willow. double Merle. If we look through a show judge’s prism not all Great Dane eye colors are acceptable for dog shows. The regular black color of a Harlequin is replaced by lighter fawn tinge in a Fawnequin. Blind? Merles carry the Merle gene and when you breed 2 Merle Gene dogs together you can create Double Merle dogs which is commonly referred to as the ‘Lethal gene’ which can result in deaf, blind, defective dogs – usually dogs that are mainly white. White Great Danes are produced when two dogs carrying the Merle gene are bred together, resulting in a dog that has two copies of the Merle gene i.e. While the genes that cause deafness can also affect vision, and most deaf Danes do have eye abnormalities, blindness or serious vision problems are not all that common in deaf Danes.