Meet Giant George

Oh My, oh My, oh My........

I am afraid.  Very afraid.      You know I don't really do well with dogs too much bigger than I am.    My friend Moose at
My Squeaky Ball is the biggest friend I have, and even with Moose, I am not comfortable  (sorry about that nip I gave you, my friend).

So when I heard about George, I had to put myself into my crate for a little time out.   It makes me quake just to think about him.

                                                            

Here is what I found out about George:


Giant George can sit up in a chair like a human, but for his flight from Tucson to Chicago to visit Oprah on her television show, producers bought him tickets for four seats in the plane's middle section. When you're the newly crowned Guinness World Record holder of Tallest Living Dog and Tallest Dog Ever, you deserve a little room to spread out.

The 4-year-old Great Dane measures 3 ft., 7 in. from paw to shoulder, weighs nearly 250 lbs., and beat the previous record holder Titan's height by 0.75 inches.

"This is a hotly contested record and after some controversy and conflicting media reports we decided to send our own official adjudicator to put the final stamp on this record holder. We can indeed say now that George is the top dog," Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said in a statement.

Guinness officials visited George in Arizona, where he lives with owners David and Christine Nasser. A vet measured George, the record was confirmed, and the celebration began — not that the pooch had any idea!

"He's just the sweetest, kindest dog, and he doesn't realize what all the hoopla is about," Guinness spokesperson Jamie Panas tells PEOPLEPets.com. "I was completely awestruck. Working here, I meet different record holders of all unique sizes, and I was definitely taken aback by his size."

I don't think it's really healthy to be that big and still be a dog.

Yippers


Love,


Bob
........ pretty short in Leesburg, VA
............  not looking to meet George anytime soon

 

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