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BIG Dog!
3-year-old dog with paws the size of softballs?
Hercules: The World's Biggest Dog Ever
According to Guinness World Records Hercules was recently
awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World
Records. Hercules is an
English Mastiff
Neapolitan Mastiff and who has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.
With
“paws the size of softballs” (reports the Boston Herald), the
three-year-old monster is far larger
and heavier than his breed's standard 200 lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn
says that Hercules weight
is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet:
“I fed him normal food and he just
'grew'... and
grew... and grew... and grew.”
Kell: Slightly Smaller, But the World's
Heaviest Dog. Hercules' sheer volume may have won him the
Largest Dog world record, but the Heaviest Dog title still rests with Kell who
weighed in at 286 pounds
in August of 1999. This English Mastiff, however, only has a 32-inch neck - far
less than Hercules'
38-incher. (32 inches is a standard waist size for a man!)
Proud owner Tom Scott said Kell is two years old and is expected to continue to
grow for the next two
years. Kell needs to be fed 100 lb of beef every week, and drinks gallons of
goats' milk to stay healthy...
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