About

The Great Dane presents a large and imposing figure but inside he is a friendly and loving dog — a gentle giant. Because of their size, they can be a bit alarming when they gallop up to say hello, but they are generally well-disposed toward people and other animals.

The VKC Great Danes are the first dogs in SL to have individual toes. In this case, the toes come without extra overhead. They are part of one-prim feet on the dog, yes they appear as individual toes. Underneath, you will see the individual pads.

Instincts

• Basic Positions: stand, sit, down, bang, beg, bellyup, shake, rest
• Basic Activities: come, getbone, howl, itch, pounce, roll, rove, sniff, speak, wag, wander
• Other Activities: go, run, on, greet, get (These require you to name a destination or an object; for example, "Fido go Sandry" or "Fido run redball" or "Fido greet Bichon")
• Owner-only commands: heel, follow (Follow also requires you to name a destination)
• Special command: fetch (Requires a redball toy, free at VKC Dog Parks)

These instincts are not described in any detail because it will be much more fun for you and your dog to try them out together.

Special Commands

The name Ella is used here as an example. You should use your dog's actual name or the general name, dogs, to command your dog.

touch (this requires the name of an object you want the dog to touch)

Say: ella touch ball

It is important to mention that touch is designed to allow the dog to touch small objects and intended to be incorporated into your tricks, for example ringing the bell. It will not work very well if you tell your dog to touch an avatar or a large object like a house or tree.

ears — The Great Dane's ears can be natural or cropped. This is an owner-only command.

Say: ella ears up (the dog's ears will appear cropped)

Say: ella ears down (the dog's ears will be naturally floppy, and triangular.)

Special Poses

When you pet this dog the avatar stands beside the dog facing in the same direction, then kneels down beside the dog. Then the avatar puts his arm the dog as the dog leans toward the avatar. Finally, the avatar pats the dog on his chest. It is such a sweet animation.

The following poses add liveliness and charm to tricks you teach your dog. They must be used with the command pose. For example, to get the dog to bow down in the play pose, you would say, "Ella pose play."

• beg2, beg3 (slight variations of the beg pose)
• bellyup2, bellyup3 (similar to bellyup but dog holds his head and tail in different positions)
• down2, down3, down4, down5, down6, down7, down8 (slight variations of the down position)
• drop (pose to drop a toy or other object from his mouth)
• play, play2 (slight variations of the play bow)
• rise, leap, land (this is a trio of poses that are part of the instinct pounce)
• sit2, sit3, sit4, sit5 (slight variations of the sit pose)
• stand2, stand3, stand4, stand5 (slight variations of the stand pose)

Color Options

The Great Dane is available with a Fawn or Harlequin coat.

The collar on these dogs provides a wealth of control for customizing it. There are 41 textures built into the collar. You can change the texture by simply clicking on it or you can use the collar command along with a value between 00 and 40.

For example, say, 

ella collar 01 (for a nice dark brown collar) 

or say, 

dogs  collar 27 (for a lovely brown leather woven collar)

(Click to enlarge the photograph)

The collar also can be changed using the tint and color commands. Although you can use any of the textures when you use the tint and color commands, you will get the truest colors if you begin with either of the white leather textures (collar 00 or collar 15)

Say, for example,

dogs collar 15 color 255 255 0 

to make the collar bright yellow woven leather.

To remove or restore the collar, use either of the following commands:

• tint-1 (restores the collar to its original color)
• tint-2 (makes the collar invisible)

Permissions

The Great Danes are not transferable. If you wish to give one as a gift, please use the Gift Vendors in our VKC Dog Parks.

You can also send a dog as a gift from our Marketplace Store.

Prim Count

30 prims

Release Date

December 2011