Danemark Danes

Formerly Diamond Danes

Who we are

Danemark Danes was established in 1967 by Bev and George Swinford. We met Bev in 1989 when we got our first two show danes from them. We bred under the kennel name of Diamond Danes for about 16 years until 2005. We have decided to use the name Danemark Great Danes as there are many out there with Diamond as part of their kennel name that we have been confused with. We have worked hard to get where we are and do not want to be confused with anyone else using the same name. Our names are Bernie and Karen Martin. We are located in St. Louis, Mo.

We strive to produce the all around Dane. One that has the beauty and structure to win in conformation along with possessing the brains to do anything and everything else, obedience, tracking, and agility. Health and temperament is very important to us and we do health checks on all dogs before they are bred. We raise and train fawn and brindle Great Danes exclusively.

We have worked hard to get where we are today!! We are devoted to the improvement of the health and welfare of our breed.

AKC Breeder of Merit

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Karen Martin
Owner
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Champions

CH Danemarks Honor Roll Glacier
"Rolo" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 13 May, 2013
account_tree Registered: WS440*****
medical_information OFA GOOD, ELBOWS CLEAR, THYROID CLEAR, CERF CLEAR, CARDIACCLEAR, CHIC 107196 Verify open_in_new
military_tech Champion 1 Jan, 0001
CH Legado N Danemark's Do You Wanna Funk V Tioli
"Sylvie" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 3 Aug, 2021
account_tree Registered: WS738*****
military_tech Champion 1 Jan, 0001
GCHB CH Legado N Danemark's I Will Survive @ Leggo
"Viv" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 3 Aug, 2021
account_tree Registered: WS738*****
military_tech Champion 1 Jan, 0001
CH Legado N Danemark's Raise A Blaze @ Kindlefire
"Waver" (Male Great Dane)
today DoB: 3 Aug, 2021
account_tree Registered: WS738*****
military_tech Champion 1 Jan, 0001
CH Legado N Danemark's That's The Way @ Mcemn
"KC" (Male Great Dane)
today DoB: 3 Aug, 2021
account_tree Registered: WS738*****
military_tech Champion 1 Jan, 0001
CH Danemark N Magazu Fast Like Blanche Sweet As Rose
"Rose" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 8 Nov, 2021
account_tree Registered: WS750*****
military_tech Champion 1 Jan, 0001
BISV Int Am Can CH Danemarks Trace Of Lace CDX TDX Can CD TD ROM
"Lacey" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 3 Jun, 1989
event_busy Died: 16 Dec, 2000
account_tree Registered: WG33****
medical_information OFA FAIR, VWD normal, thyroid normal, CERF normal
military_tech Champion 24 Feb, 1991
military_tech Last Title 31 Dec, 2001
Am Int CH Danemark Diamond Joe Destiny
"Joey" (Male Great Dane)
today DoB: 28 Sep, 1992
account_tree Registered: WP446*****
medical_information OFA FAIR,
military_tech Champion 26 Sep, 1993
CH Diamonds Trace O Luv V Rambo
"Edith Ann" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 10 Jan, 1994
event_busy Died: 1 Oct, 2001
account_tree Registered: WP526*****
medical_information OFA GOOD
military_tech Champion 2 Mar, 1998
Am Int CH Diamond Eye Of The Tiger Heidane RN
"Sabre" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 17 Nov, 1996
account_tree Registered: WP747*****
military_tech Champion 2 Sep, 1999
CH Diamond Danes Yesterday
"Dana" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 8 Sep, 1997
account_tree Registered: WP811*****
medical_information OFA FAIR
military_tech Champion 31 May, 2000
Am Int CH Diamonds Foolish Games
"Jewel" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 8 Jul, 1997
account_tree Registered: WP792*****
military_tech Champion 12 Aug, 2001
Am Int CH Heidanes Diamond Solitaire CD
"Solo" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 9 Jun, 2000
account_tree Registered: WP981*****
medical_information CARDIAC NORMAL
military_tech Champion 31 May, 2003
military_tech Last Title 4 Sep, 2004
Am CH BISP Nat CH Diamond Danes Victorian Lace NJP NAP
"Sarah" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 11 Feb, 2001
event_busy Died: 26 Aug, 2005
account_tree Registered: WR011*****
medical_information OFA GOOD, ELBOWS CLEAR,CERF CLEAR, CARDIA CLEAR, CHIC 17268 Verify open_in_new
military_tech Champion 2 Jul, 2003
BISP Am Int CH Diamond Danes Hot Topic NJP
"Gabby" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 6 Jul, 2003
event_busy Died: 14 Sep, 2005
account_tree Registered: WS046*****
medical_information OFA GOOD, ELBOWS CLEAR, PENN HIPP .34 & .27, CARDIAC CLEAR,. CERF CLEAR Verify open_in_new
military_tech Champion 3 Jul, 2004
military_tech Last Title 29 Jul, 2005
NZ Nat CH Diamond Danes American Style
"Stryka" (Male Great Dane)
today DoB: 2 Mar, 2003
account_tree Registered: WS032*****
military_tech Champion 19 Feb, 2006
Int CH Diamon Danes Epic Victory RN RE CGC
"Abba" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 11 Feb, 2001
account_tree Registered: WR011*****
military_tech Champion 6 May, 2006
Int Ch Diamond Danes Brightest Star
"Haley" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 2 Dec, 2004
account_tree Registered: WS111*****
military_tech Champion 1 Jun, 2006
CH Danemarks Back To The Future RN
"Doc" (Male Great Dane)
today DoB: 3 Jun, 2005
account_tree Registered: WS136*****
medical_information OFA GOOD, CERF CLEAR, ELBOWS CLEAR, CARDIAC CLEAR, THYROID CLEAR Verify open_in_new
military_tech Champion 17 Oct, 2006
military_tech Last Title 5 Oct, 2008
Can CH Danemarks Beam Me Up Scotty V Mihi
"Envy" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 22 May, 2016
account_tree Registered: WS543*****
military_tech Champion 16 Sep, 2008
military_tech Last Title 16 Sep, 2018
Int Am GCH Danemark's Princess Cameo CH RN BN
"Cameo" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 27 Dec, 2007
event_busy Died: 15 Sep, 2017
account_tree Registered: WS248*****
medical_information OFA FAIR, ELBOWS CLEAR, CERF CLEAR, CARDIAC CLEAR, THYROID CLEAR CHIC 67783 Verify open_in_new
military_tech Champion 12 Mar, 2010
Am Int CH Danemark N Jaya Sweet Expectations RA BN
"Reese" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 19 Sep, 2008
event_busy Died: 18 Oct, 2020
account_tree Registered: WS284*****
medical_information OFA EXCELLENT, ELBOWS CLEAR, THYROID CLEAR, CERF CLEAR, CARDIAC CLEAR, CHIC 70609 Verify open_in_new
military_tech Champion 6 Aug, 2010
military_tech Last Title 26 Oct, 2012
Am Int Grand Seeger GCH CH Danemark N Glacier Hear Me Roar FDC FCAT
"Rori" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 3 Jan, 2016
account_tree Registered: WS528*****
medical_information OFA GOOD, ELBOWS CLEAR, CARDIAC CLEAR, CERF CLEAR CHIC 128283 Verify open_in_new
military_tech Champion 13 May, 2017
military_tech Last Title 26 Oct, 2019
Ch Danemark's Weekend Warrior V Bridlewood
"Gunnar" (Male Great Dane)
today DoB: 7 Jun, 2020
account_tree Registered: WS691*****
military_tech Champion 9 Oct, 2022
Am Ch KMA In A World Of Suckers Be A Lollipop
"Candi" (Female Great Dane)
today DoB: 26 Sep, 2022
account_tree Registered: WS779******
military_tech Champion 12 Nov, 2023

Upcoming and Recent Litters

Doria X Gunnar
DoB: Oct 20 2023
2023-Feb Lizzie X Justice
DoB: Feb 14 2023
2022-Nov Frida X Eli
DoB: Nov 14 2022
2022-Sep Beth X Brayden
DoB: Sep 26 2022

Performance Titled Dogs

Our History

We have produced or owned 16 Grand Champions, 92 American Champions and 15 Canadian Champions, 35 International titles, to many performance titles to count and 5 dogs to be Best In Specialty winners to date. Our foundation bitch is Am Can Int CH Danemark's Trace of Lace CDX TDX Can CD TD CGC ROM who is the dam of the 1997 National specialty BOB winner in Atlanta (BISS AM CAN INT CH Diamonds Canadion Style CD CGC). Lacey and her daughter AmCanInt Ch Diamond Danes Amazing Grace CD TD Can TD are the youngest AKC titled Great Danes in the history of our breed. They both earned their TD titles on their 6 month birthday. In addition, Lacey was also the first CH TDX great danes in the history of our breed also. At this time there are only 6 great danes with TDX titles.

We are very thankful to Bev Swinford of Danemark Great Danes for our wonderful start in this wonderful breed. We are members of the Great Dane Club of America and Breeder of Merit with the American Kennel Club, To date we have won BOB at the 1997 National specialty, we have bred dogs in the top 20 4 times and won the top 20 in 2022. We bred 2 puppies that won best puppy bitch in futurity 2 years in a row 2019 and 2021.. We bred RWD in 2021 and RWB in 2022 at the GDCA national .

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