Zeus -- the world's tallest dog. Great Dane running. At 7'4", Freddy the Great Dane is Britain’s tallest dog. He’s Britain’s biggest dog, and at 154 pounds, this Great Dane is still growing. Freddy, 18 months old, is 7-foot-4 standing on his hind legs and dwarfs his 5-foot-4 owner, Claire Stoneman. He easily tops Britain’s previous tallest dog, which stands a mere 6-foot-6 on its hind legs. And he should soon be bigger than Zeus, a Great Dane from Otsego, Mich., who was 7-foot-4 when he was recognized as the world’s tallest dog by the Guinness World Record folks in 2012. Freddy was the runt of the litter, but with a $100-a-week diet of regular dog food — and an occasional treat of peanut butter on toast — he enjoyed a huge growth spurt, Stoneman said.
He also destroyed 14 sofas in Stoneman’s home in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, before he got used to the small space. How soon the ever-growing Freddy could capture the title of world’s biggest dog is unclear. Stoneman said living with Freddy means making concessions, such as getting up extra early for walks. Spoiled rotten. The World's Biggest Dog: George the 7ft long, 252lb Great Dane. By Dave Nasser Created: 23:16 GMT, 22 July 2011 The first time we saw George, our beloved Great Dane, he was no more than a tiny, cowering ball of fuzzy fur.
As my wife Christie opened the door of the crate he’d travelled in, he teetered to a standing position and looked out at us, moving his head slowly from side to side, taking in the wonder of it all. Finally, as if weighing us up and deciding we were acceptable, he tentatively pushed his little nose forward and gave Christie her first lick. Man's biggest friend: Devoted owner Dave Nasser with George, the world's biggest dog Though it didn’t really register, George’s paws were comically large even then. We certainly never dreamed he would one day become the biggest dog in the world, standing nearly 4ft high at the shoulder, 7ft long and weighing nearly 18 stone. He came into our lives in January 2006, just a few months after we had married and set up home in Arizona. Puppy love: A young George with Dave's wife Christie. A Dog's Seeing Eye Dog.
Lily is a Great Dane that has been blind since a bizarre medical condition required that she have both eyes removed. For the last 5 years, Maddison, another Great Dane, has been her sight. The two are, of course, inseparable. (via Weird Universe, Daily Record, The Sun)