Danes are famous for their photogenic appeal as well as their personality.  They are often photographed dwarfing other animals or babies or in some upsurid character.  One of the most famous dane poses is with a kitten, nose to nose or some other similar fashion.  This particular picture seems to destroy the canine feline myth, poking fun at nature is always a bit amusing.  But this situation is perfectly within the realm of possibility and not just for a well trained model dane.

Great danes were breed to hunt giant boars and various other animals.  The strategy being, corner and hold, not kill.  Warning to cat owners, a dane will chase a fast moving object, and while fast, their acceleration and maneuverability is that of a Mack truck.  Your cat can easily escape but that is not the point.  We want happy comfortable animals, not neurotic beast that take flight at the drop of a feather.

From experience I have learned that it is most important that cats need a place that they can be safe and away from the dane if they wish.  If they wish to venture into dane territory and interact with the danes let them make this decision.  Out of my three cats all of them will at times rub the legs of the danes, it is an amusing sight.  They are a little leary, but have also realized that the danes have soft mouths and are not interested in eating them.  I had one particularly brave cat that would actually wrestle with one of the danes.  It would look traumatic to an outside observer but I observed the cat in the dogs mouth many times having a ball.  At the end of these play sessions the cat would be covered in drool but thoroughly pleased, feline version of extreme sports.

One of the most important comfort factors that should be implemented is to allow the cats to eat in a safe area.  Doing this as well as giving cats a private domain, proper introductions and plenty of space is a sure way to make friends for life.  I have found that small dogs are actually more difficult to integrate into a dane household than cats.  Go figure.