World's largest dog

[stomperrob]

An English Mastiff weighing 282 lbs, he has a 38" neck and his paws are described as being the size of softballs. He's in the Guniness Book of World records and CNN did a story on him a couple years ago.




Bet no one ever breaks into their house!!!

[SeaWolf]

Dude, I just read about this today. Dark side maybe? This is a fake. The photo is photoshoped.

[stomperrob]

Dude, I just read about this today. Dark side maybe? This is a fake. The photo is photoshoped.

Did a little digging and just found this:

UPDATE Apr 14, 2007 - Hercules Hoax
This flabbergasting photo of "Hercules" has been widely circulated around the internet; however it has been revealed as a digital fraud. We'll have a real picture of Hercules for you tomorrow.

[dgan]

Dude, I just read about this today. Dark side maybe? This is a fake. The photo is photoshoped.

You can see the photoshop slight error at his right hip. Pretty darn good job though.

[stomperrob]

It sounds like the record is right, just the photo is fake.

[Munboy]

Dude, I just read about this today. Dark side maybe? This is a fake. The photo is photoshoped.

You can see the photoshop slight error at his right hip. Pretty darn good job though.

That whole right side is blurred. I don't know why that side gave them trouble, but it goes all the way down his paw and up the inside.

[mrblitz]

I do know that the record for the Tallest dog is in this weeks Sports Illustrated. It's a Great Dane, when it stands on his hind legs is 7' 2".

[joelamosobadiah]

The whole thing is save as a really low quality .jpg too, so that hides a lot of the flaws. You can't tell if it is pixelization or a flaw in the cut.

Here is the Snopes article.

[treat24]

I know a guy with 2 mastiffs over 200 pounds (bigger than me...) but 284 and that size is crazy... it's gotta be fake! ... but it wouldn't surprise me either way

[sportsaddict]

That's a dog?

How much food do you think that thing requires every day?