World's largest dog

[Grace]

Meet Giant George -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017884/Biggest-dog-world-Meet-George-7ft-long-Great-Dane--whos-terrified-chihuahuas.html

[pomtzu]

Holy mackerel!!!!! That's one BIG dog. I converted stone weight to pounds - 18 stone is 252 pounds. That's 2 1/2 of me! :eek: Can you imagine feeding that little guy??? :rolleyes: I wonder what his life expectancy is?

[Karen]

Any Great Dane's life expectancy is shorter than most smaller dogs, 7-10 years generally.

There have been posts about George here before, isn't he a beauty? They did a good job raising him, lots of dogs with that build are subject to bloat, which can kill them.

[chocolatepuppy]

Wow!:eek: George would be like a horse living in your house! :D

[Asiel]

A friend of mine has owned Great Danes all of her dog years and only one male survived to be 9. At age 7 they are considered very old . They have a tendency to develop heart problems. I have to wonder what this dog's lifespan will be. Fabulous looking dog but I don't think I could cope with the size. I wonder if there's a dog bowl made that would hold enough to fill this dog , I'd be curious to know what the cost of feeding it would be :D

[Karen]

Our Gracie, who was 3/4 Great Dane, amazingly lived to be 14 1/2, which her vet attributed to her being spoiled rotten. I can attest to the fact that they will eat you out of house and home while growing up (at least 18 months) but after that, don't eat more than any other big dog. Gracie got 4-5 cups of kibble with whatever add-ibns were available that day from the people cooking, of a 1/4 can of wet dog food mixed in, just once a day as an adult, slightly less when she was a senior and slowing down. Gracie was around 145 pounds at her optimal weight.

[Asiel]

14 1/2 is amazing. Most ordinary large dogs are lucky to make it to that age today. Could depend on where they live maybe, I'm sure sub-zero winters can't help the dogs living under those conditions unless it's in the husky/eskimo breed, they seem hardier as well as the mixed breeds like shep/husky or lab/husky.
4-5 cups of kibble daily. Must have to buy the kibble by the truckload.

[Asiel]

14 1/2 is amazing. Most ordinary large dogs are lucky to make it to that age today. Could depend on where they live maybe, I'm sure sub-zero winters can't help the dogs living under those conditions unless it's in the husky/eskimo breed, they seem hardier as well as the mixed breeds like shep/husky or lab/husky.
4-5 cups of kibble daily. Must have to buy the kibble by the truckload. :D

[Karen]

14 1/2 is amazing. Most ordinary large dogs are lucky to make it to that age today. Could depend on where they live maybe, I'm sure sub-zero winters can't help the dogs living under those conditions unless it's in the husky/eskimo breed, they seem hardier as well as the mixed breeds like shep/husky or lab/husky.
4-5 cups of kibble daily. Must have to buy the kibble by the truckload. :D

Well, Gracie lived that long here in Massachusetts! We'd buy kibble by the 50-pound bag, but that was just what we did! The dogs we had before and after Gracie were Saint Bernards, so that's just what we were accustomed to buying, anyway!

[charlie116]

Oh. My. Gosh. That dog is awesome!!! I want a huge dog like that :) My dog, Charlie, weighs about 110 pounds, & eats about 6 cups of food a day. He's not overweight. He runs around a lot, so he burns off a lot of it

[happylabs]

I love big dogs! What a cool dog he is. I cannot imagine having to feed him though. Oh...and clean up after he does a poo poo. :eek: