Barri
Barri running through the grass, ears flying

In loving memory

Barri

Golden Carelia Armani

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Great Dane. Our family’s best friend and a member of the family.

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Barri’s story

Barri was born on 26 August 2003 at the Golden Carelia kennel, and his official name was Golden Carelia Armani. He grew into a big, black, kind-hearted Great Dane — our family’s best friend and a true member of the family.

This site is in his memory. Here you will find his photos from puppyhood on, his family tree and the breed standard of the Great Dane.

Barri among the autumn leaves
Barri, October 2009

Gallery

A life in pictures

From puppy to gentle giant — moments we hold dear.

See all 43 photos

The breed

The Great Dane

The Great Dane combines pride, strength and elegance. He is friendly and devoted to his people, especially to children, and reserved towards strangers.

He is the Apollo amongst all breeds.

FCI breed standard
Read the breed standard
1878
A committee in Berlin united all the large dogge types under one name: the Deutsche Dogge.
80cm
is the minimum height at the withers for a male Great Dane, and 72 cm for a female.
5
colours: fawn, brindle, harlequin, black and blue. Barri was black.
111.8cm
The tallest dog ever recorded: a Great Dane named Zeus from the USA (Guinness World Records, 2011).
Grand Danois
The English name goes back to the 18th-century French naturalist Buffon. The breed itself comes from Germany.
Scooby-Doo
is a Great Dane too — and so is the comic-strip hero Marmaduke.

Pedigree

A family of champions

Barri’s sire was Kingsize Tidy Typhoon and his dam Sorbus Intermedia Austriina. His four-generation pedigree is full of show winners and champions.

  • 8/14 ancestors were champions
  • 7 ancestors came from the Kingsize kennel
See the full pedigree

  • Barri

    Golden Carelia Armani

    b. 26.08.2003

    • Sire

      Kingsize Tidy Typhoon

      b. 05.02.1997

      • BALT W 98
      • EST V CH

      • Grandsire

        Kingsize Handsome Highlight

        • INT CH
        • S CH
        • FIN CH

      • Granddam

        Kingsize Cheerful Chessie

    • Dam

      Sorbus Intermedia Austriina

      23.11.1998 – 12.10.2010

      • BALT W 00
      • EST V CH
      • LT CH
      • LV CH
      • BALT CH
      • FIN CH
      • RUS CH
      • INT CH

      • Grandsire

        Adevlin Orestes

        • BLR CH
        • EST V CH
        • INT CH
        • LT CH
        • PL CH
        • RUS CH

      • Granddam

        Kerri-Karolain Allegria

        • BALT CH
        • BALT W 97
        • EST V CH
        • EST W 97
        • INT CH
        • LT CH
        • LT W 97
        • LV CH
        • LV W 97

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