Posted on 10/24/2013 9:44:53 PM PDT by chrisinoc
He was certainly a gentle giant.
Giant George, the Guinness World Record holder of “World’s Biggest Dog,” died last week, one month before his eighth birthday.
Not only the world's biggest but also the world’s tallest dog, at 43 inches from foot to shoulder and standing at 7 feet 3 inches on his hind legs, George passed away at his Tuscon, Ariz., home, where he lived with his owner, Dave Nasser.
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Sorry to hear about the dog but that is the most annoying website I have ever visited.
I’ll second all of that.
Judging from the website George is not dead he’s just hiding from his vapid owners.
It really is very annoying. I quit trying to find the picture of the dog. It all kept bouncing around and pop-ups kept popping up..
I’m not going there. Too sad. I have a big mastiff—a real sweetheart, only 5—and her vision in one eye is already failing.
It was a baby at 203 pounds. The previous reunion had one at 220 pounds.
I’ve owned & bred English Mastiffs for over 30 years. They are a very sweet and special breed of dogs. The worst aspect is the life expectancy of a Mastiff. It is not fair, so enjoy every minute you can with them. I’ve coaxed some extra time out of my older dogs by introducing a pup or young dog to the family before the one gets too old.
I’ve owned & bred English Mastiffs for over 30 years. They are a very sweet and special breed of dogs. The worst aspect is the life expectancy of a Mastiff. It is not fair, so enjoy every minute you can with them. I’ve coaxed some extra time out of my older dogs by introducing a pup or young dog to the family before the one gets too old.
I’ve always heard larger breeds tend to be shorter lived. Dunno if that’s true or just an old wives’ tale. In either case, I’d have to think a dog as big as Giant George probably had a number of health problems from being that big - hips, back, that sort of thing.
Oh, it’s definitely true. I think 8 is about normal for Great Dane.Little yappers can live into their teens.
RIP Big Boy. Wife having had 7 GD in her family says their hearts are small for their bodies. They don’t need a big yard to run around in. They usually don’t live long.
Sorry, I meant to say I had 7 GDs. Do not have a wife; have a husband. Oops
:’(
Sad to hear that he passed on... our canine friends are special members of the family. From what I’ve read about the breed, eight years is pretty much it for a GD’s lifespan. They’re great dogs though... very gentle and good with kids.
The exception to that are the Newfoundland wolfhounds. Sweet dogs, they’ll slobber you to death. And if you jump into a swimming pool they will jump in to pull you out. It’s some natural instinct.
My last three mini-dachshunds (of eight in my lifetime) lived to 16½ years. As they aged, it got SO expensive, I kept mistakenly referring my own doctor's visits as "...my vet says..."
:-/
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