World's Tallest Dog: Boomer, North Dakota Newfoundland Is World's Biggest Dog

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[JoeProBono]

Guiness Book Record Breakers Boomer from North Dakota is now the world's biggest dog.Boomer, a 180-pound Landseer Newfoundland dog, stands with owner Caryn Weber at her home south of Casselton, N.D.

The dog measures seven feet from nose to tail and stands 36 inches tall at the shoulders. Weber will send his measurements to Guinness World Records for consideration as the tallest living dog. The previous record holder was a Great Dane that died this summer. He measured just over 42 inches at the shoulders.

[JoeProBono]

[bigbob]

This must be a hoax. I’m sure that Obama was recognized today as being the Worlds Biggest Dog.

[mware]

My puppy is the prettiest.

[freedumb2003]

If God is Just, somewhere, sometime, somehow, you will pay for your tagline.

[fanfan]

A man bought two soft ice cream cones one warm summer day, when I worked at a snack bar years ago.

He sat on the bench closest to the store, and then I saw his big black NFL dog.
LOL, that dog was so happy eating that ice cream cone!

[Dumpster Baby]

A friend of mine has one of those horses. When she runs over and slams into you to be petted you have to back up a step or two.

[MaxMax]

Hah. You’re funny.

[lonestar]

I’m sure that Obama was recognized today as being the Worlds Biggest Dog.

You have been reported to the SPCA for putting "Obama" in the same sentence with "dog."

[txhurl]

My English Mastiff is way taller than this NFL.

And about 100 lbs heavier.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I’m sure that Obama was recognized today as being the Worlds Biggest Dog.

Nah, that was Michelle

[mware]

Blame my students.

I was wearing my FRee Republic jacket in the hallway and a couple of kids in back of me started singing the jingle adding FRee Republic instead of free credit report.

[GnuHere]

Holy moly, that’s not a dog; that’s an ox!

J/k - mastiffs are sweeties. Why is it Chihuahuas are among the nastiest dispositions?

[AnAmericanMother]

OK, what's a "Landseer Newfoundland"?

Landseer was a Victorian British painter who specialized in dogs.

A Landseer by Landseer.

In Europe, the Landseer Newfie is a separate breed, but in the U.S. and Canada, "Landseer Newfie" simply means one that is black and white.

[AnAmericanMother]

MY puppy isn't a puppy any more . . . but she's definitely the most single-minded on shot flyers . . .

Gangway!

[fanfan]

Why is it Chihuahuas are among the nastiest dispositions?

They have to act tough. Chihuahuas are small.

Like liberals.

[mware]

Wow, look at them snappers.

[fanfan]

What a beautiful picture.

Thanks for posting it.

[AnAmericanMother]

My boss remarked, "Isn't it a shame that that's the last thing some poor mallard's going to see?"

She actually is a sweet, kinda goofy Lab.

Just don't get between her and a duck. The bird boys tell me that (1) she hits 'em like a fullback, and (2) she screams when she hits the duck.

[maggief]

[JoeProBono]

[AnAmericanMother]

It's amazing, isn't it?

At the hunting tests and seminars, the pro photographers hide out in the field and use long lenses to catch this stuff. One of the pros has a gallery titled "Goofy, Crazy, and Cute". You'd be surprised how many retrievers look like the Hound of Hell when they're heading for a duck.

That's one the gunners missed. She was HIGHLY indignant and expressed her disgust with the entire affair all the way back to the line.

[AnAmericanMother]

Good dog! And good shooter, too. Snipe are very hard to hit.

[LatinaGOP]

That is a big dog, but 36 in. hardly seems like a record. The standard for an Irish Wolfhound is 36 in. This is Bailey. He's an Irish Wolfhound who is a regular at the dog park that I frequent. He's on the small side for a full grown Irish Wolfhound, btw.

[fishergirl]

I think they suffer from “Little Dog Syndrome” and try to make up for their size by being (in their minds, anyway) ferocious, lol! I think our miniature dachshund has the same syndrome.

[GnuHere]

Yeah, come to think of it I have some friends who have two mini doxies - one almost ate me up the first time I visited. We figured out later it was my sunglasses she didn’t like. After that, it was fine, lol.

[fanfan]

LOL.

[fishergirl]

The sunglasses, lol! Last year during Hurricane Gustave, our son’s dachshund stayed with us. We called the two dachshunds our “Anti-looting Dachshund Alarm System”. The problem was that they can bark so loud for such small dogs, looters could’ve been coming through the roof and we wouldn’t have been able to hear it, haha!

[TASMANIANRED]

Your baby is pretty , for sure.

[TASMANIANRED]

Kamikazi Labrador.

She is a very lovely dog.

[AnAmericanMother]

Thank you. She's better bred than some D.A.R. members -- her grandfather is a very famous 2x National Field Champion - Ebonstar Lean Mac - and the rest of her pedigree is a roster of field names, with one line of what they call 'dual purpose Labs' - dogs that can win in the show ring and at hunt tests.

She is a handful to train, but even with a somewhat clueless amateur handler she is coming together at just age 3 to be a very nice little retriever. (If she had a better handler she could be at the Grand by now . . . )