It's amazing to see how there is a huge variety of dog breeds. From the smallest dogs, which even look like puppies, to the most gigantic ones, which in both paws are much bigger than people.
The Guinness Book of Records has ranked some of the largest dogs that ever lived. Some of them have died, but others continue to give a lot of love (and work) to their owners.
Freddy
Largest living dog (height)
Height on 4 legs: 1,035 meters
Height on 2 legs: 2,25 meters
Weight: 92 kg
Where do you live? Essex, England
In 2016, Great Dane Freddy was named the tallest living dog by Guinness due to his “mere” 2,25 meters on both paws. Despite all that size, Freddy is quite docile. His owner Claire Stoneman considers him her baby and never imagined he would grow to such size.
Zeus
Biggest dog ever (height)
Height on 4 legs: 1,118 meters
Height on 2 legs: 2,26 meters
Weight: 70,3 kg
Where did you live? Otsego, Michigan, USA
The greatest dog of all time was also a Great Dane! Zeus was "crowned" in 2011 when he was 3 years old. He held the title currently held by Freddy until he died of natural causes in 2014. Unfortunately, very large dogs tend to have a certain tendency towards premature aging. And, in the case of Zeus, until today there has been no news of another dog that surpassed his size.
Hayden (bone trace)
Biggest dog ever (size)
Height on 4 feet: unknown
Height on 2 feet: unknown
Weight: 170 kg
Where did you live? North America
Guinness also features the largest dog in the category, therefore the widest. For the Book of Records, the largest dog of all time lived 15,3 million years ago, during the Miocene Epoch, in North America. Hayden, as he was called, belonged to the Epicyon haydeni wild dog species, which has been extinct for thousands of years.
Zorba
Biggest dog (sized)
Height on 4 legs: 0,94 meters
Nose-tail measurement: 2,51 meter
Weight: 155,6 kg
Where did you live? London, England
Zorba, an English Mastiff, was part of the Guinness Book of Records in the late 1980s as the heaviest and also the tallest dog, so his record is no longer in the book, as the “little one” has since died. But so far, no other dog has surpassed his 155,6 kg mark, which makes him still remembered today.
