About America's Great Danes
Our family currently resides in Wethersfield, Connecticut where Mikie and John Mark attended the Agriculture Program at Glastonbury High School in Glastonbury, CT. We have been showing and training our Great Danes since 2005 but we are not from a "dog show family". We are members of Great Dane Club of America, Great Dane Club of Oxford and Associate Member of the Windham County KC. Here at America's Great Danes, we fully health test all of our breeding stock because health and temperament are our top priority.
Mikie has been handling Danes since she was 12 years old and presently 30 years old. Mikie finished "Ben" from the Open Fawn class by winning WD/BW (5 point major) at the GDCO 2019 PM Specialty show 1/26/19 under breeder-judge: Christoper O'Connell! Currently, Mikie is handling two Great Dane puppies from the Emma x Finn litter (Betsy & Libby).You can learn more about her by clicking "Mikie" page.
At the age of 13, John Mark started his love of handling in October 2009 and is currently 27 years old. John Mark entered the Team in 2010 with one of our other bitch, "Emily" BRF's America's Hope and also was a co-owner of Beth Brock's flat coat retriever "Wallace" who he showed in Juniors at the time. Then, he handled "Lily" GCH BRF's America's Ray of Sunshine in Juniors and Breed. Since he aged out of Junior Showmanship in October 2014, he has been showing "Abbie", America's Let Freedom Ring in the Bred By class. During the 2014 GDCA National, John Mark and "Abbie" placed 2nd in a very competitive Bred By class. On April 19th, 2015, John Mark handled "Abbie" to WB/BW (Major) to FINISH from the Bred By class under judge: Dr. Louis Bond! This is a very special win because she is our first Homebred Champion and Lily's first Champion.
The first person to help teach John Mark and Mikie to show dogs was Beth Brock (Handles Flat Coat Retrievers and a good friend), our handling class instructor when we purchased our first Great Dane, "Emily" BRF's America's Hope from BRF Great Danes from 2005-2007. Mikie showed in UKC first with "Buddy" Maitau's America's Dream and then later handled in AKC. The second person to help teach them how to show was our Great Dane Breeders, Betty and Ray Streeter of BRF Danes. Mikie then met Joel Rosenblatt, a very well known professional handler in Great Danes who has shown for over 40 years. Joel also taught Mikie on how to show Great Danes (2006-2009). Joel showed Mikie everything there was to know about showing a Great Dane and her goal is to become a top Dane handler in the country one day.
Many other handlers, breeders and professional handlers have taken the time to critique and help them when needed help. Such as, Pat Ciampa, Karen Pacino, Naida Parker, Rick Zahorchak and several others.
Mikie has show other breeds other than Great Danes, such as Vizslas, Chow Chows, Dachshund's, Shiba Inu, Australian Shephards, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Swedish Vallhunds, Afghans, Bernese Mountain Dog's, Samoyed's, Doberman Pinscher and many other breeds.
* Make sure to look for The "Dream Team" in the Breed ring! If you need any assistance ringside, we will be more then happy to help!
Mikie has been handling Danes since she was 12 years old and presently 30 years old. Mikie finished "Ben" from the Open Fawn class by winning WD/BW (5 point major) at the GDCO 2019 PM Specialty show 1/26/19 under breeder-judge: Christoper O'Connell! Currently, Mikie is handling two Great Dane puppies from the Emma x Finn litter (Betsy & Libby).You can learn more about her by clicking "Mikie" page.
At the age of 13, John Mark started his love of handling in October 2009 and is currently 27 years old. John Mark entered the Team in 2010 with one of our other bitch, "Emily" BRF's America's Hope and also was a co-owner of Beth Brock's flat coat retriever "Wallace" who he showed in Juniors at the time. Then, he handled "Lily" GCH BRF's America's Ray of Sunshine in Juniors and Breed. Since he aged out of Junior Showmanship in October 2014, he has been showing "Abbie", America's Let Freedom Ring in the Bred By class. During the 2014 GDCA National, John Mark and "Abbie" placed 2nd in a very competitive Bred By class. On April 19th, 2015, John Mark handled "Abbie" to WB/BW (Major) to FINISH from the Bred By class under judge: Dr. Louis Bond! This is a very special win because she is our first Homebred Champion and Lily's first Champion.
The first person to help teach John Mark and Mikie to show dogs was Beth Brock (Handles Flat Coat Retrievers and a good friend), our handling class instructor when we purchased our first Great Dane, "Emily" BRF's America's Hope from BRF Great Danes from 2005-2007. Mikie showed in UKC first with "Buddy" Maitau's America's Dream and then later handled in AKC. The second person to help teach them how to show was our Great Dane Breeders, Betty and Ray Streeter of BRF Danes. Mikie then met Joel Rosenblatt, a very well known professional handler in Great Danes who has shown for over 40 years. Joel also taught Mikie on how to show Great Danes (2006-2009). Joel showed Mikie everything there was to know about showing a Great Dane and her goal is to become a top Dane handler in the country one day.
Many other handlers, breeders and professional handlers have taken the time to critique and help them when needed help. Such as, Pat Ciampa, Karen Pacino, Naida Parker, Rick Zahorchak and several others.
Mikie has show other breeds other than Great Danes, such as Vizslas, Chow Chows, Dachshund's, Shiba Inu, Australian Shephards, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Swedish Vallhunds, Afghans, Bernese Mountain Dog's, Samoyed's, Doberman Pinscher and many other breeds.
* Make sure to look for The "Dream Team" in the Breed ring! If you need any assistance ringside, we will be more then happy to help!
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