Great Danes - were they ever meant for anything? My friend has one, n she's a nice dog, but worthless as anything other than a pet. She's the sweetest friendliest dog in the world, super soft, very easy to train (yet she still doesn't seem to listen to anyone but me :lol: all I have to do is give a tug on the excess strap of her e-collar n she takes it as a hard correction), but she's scared of everything, she won't sit if you tell her sit on a tile floor (well, unless I tell her, because she knows I will correct her if she doesn't lol other people go "awww she doesn't wanna sit on the tile"), she's scared of the big beach ball in the pool, she's scared of the big blue ladder, she's scared of flashing lights, she's scared of pumpkins, she's scared of people rattling keys in her face. I think much of it is to do with the upbringing, but the genetics are a huge factor.