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Ola — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:50:20 GMT

Sadly, Titan passed away recently(RIP) George can have his stupid title it isnt important any longer and guinness shouldnt be respected OR accepted, not anymore.

Not when accepting a dog being measured in the way he was, but pal i have to disagree with you when it comes to the kitchen sink... a standard sink is more like 35 inches, 36 is very high. However either way george looks 38 at the best!

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Jacob — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:37:53 GMT

Look. I've reviewed the pictures that you have posted, but the most damning evidence in my opinion is the video of Giant George being visited him his own home. Watch him in the kitchen when he is eating off the counter tops and in the sink. The man claims to be 6'1", and his height confirms that his countertops are 36" standard countertops, as his waist is right where it should be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIvRhywdeqc

Basically, George's withers are maybe 3-4 inches above the countertop, AT BEST. Which would put his height right were everyone has said he is, 39-40".

You want to prove that Titan is taller, have him stand in your kitchen near your countertops and see the difference. To me, it should be obvious when a dog is only a few inches above the countertop vs a dog that is a full half foot above.

Also, where does he get off saying his dog eats 110 lbs a month? That is 20 cups a day. I've known 200lb + dogs that eat around 12-15 cups a day, 20 cups is just stupid and is a flat out lie.

My belief is that George is 39" and 220 lbs. If measured and weighed properly. Funny what someone is willing to do for money.

To George, you are a very good looking dog, just sad your owner is a Giant liar.

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Ola — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:50:27 GMT

Diana, keep us updated! ;-)

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Kimberly — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:34:50 GMT

OMGosh! You can see that they measured both Danes different. Seriously I'd ask for a re-measurement with both Danes in the same room, measured by the same people. That way we will know who the true Giant Dane is. Maybe in a yr or 2 my Dane will be in the title running. He is a yr old 36in and he is a ture Unique color " Fawnequin". Thats what I'd do to be honest these dogs dont need to be chumped.

Thanks Kimberly

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Titan and Friends — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:39:59 GMT

I hear ya! I organize the San Diego Great Dane Meetup and was previously an organizer of the Atlanta Great Dane Meetup... each with a total membership of more than 600 people and their pooches. Needless to say, I've been around a lot of Danes. George is a beautiful Blue, but totally unimpressive in every other way. Worse yet, his owner's tall tales are doing the breed a total disservice. While I'm open & honest about the health issues that white Danes face and admit they're not for everyone; spinning these stories about George's height and weight is only going to cause more people to push for the biggest, heaviest Danes. And as we all know, that's the most unhealthy (and irresponsible) thing you can do to these Gentle Giants.

What a shame...

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Ola — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:43:48 GMT

I have come to the point that i wont trust a word George's owner says, not anymore. George is now being advertised as 250 lbs which ofcourse, is BS. I have seen alot of big nice dogs over the years and iknow how a 250 lbs dog look like, and George is not one of them, not even close.. you gave him 220. I wouldnt even go that far, he looks 200-210 to me.

Sultan, of grayson dane kennels in Quebec, was 42 inches and 257 lbs heavy booned and huge legs & chest - here with Judy Gray http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2771/greatdanesultangraysond.jpg

Here we have a kangal or malakli (not sure) at 250-270 lbs http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6644/enormouskangalmalakli.jpg

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Titan and Friends — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:29:55 GMT

Thanks for your comment.

The measuring shouldn't be subjective. The Guinness requirements should apply to all contenders. Allowing one dog to be measured high on the neck when others are measured at the shoulder is not only unfair, but it opens the entire category up to continued abuse.

Guinness no longer recognizes the biggest/heaviest animal categories as people were over-feeding their animals in order to break the record. There's a statement on the Guinness web site that states the reasons for this is they do not endorse any records that would put animals in danger.

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Sally — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:12:43 GMT

This reminds me of mens figure skating. Johnny Weir placed 6th at the Olympics when he clearly should have placed 4th or even 3rd based on his clean, graceful performance. Any competition that involves subjective judging or measuring is inaccurate bias.
BTW why isn't the current BIGGEST dog glamorized as much as the TALLEST dog? The record holder is Hercules, an english mastiff that weighs 282 pounds and has a 38-inch neck. Biggest ever was Zorba, he was over 343 pounds, measured 8 feet 3 inches long from his nose to his tail, stood 37 inches at the shoulder, and lived to 8 years of age.

Someone mentioned that George is overweight; From what I can tell, George is a giant boy that does NOT look overweight. George is thick-bodied which is an average body-type for the breed, especially if he is on a commercial brand dog food. Based on my personal knowledge, in my own opinion, his stated weight of 245 pounds seems at least a tiny bit exaggerated, he looks closer to 220 pounds.

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Titan and Friends — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:35:31 GMT

The withers is a little bit below the shoulders. It's the recognized place to measure for dog shows, agility... anywhere where accuracy matters... because unlike the 'top of the shoulders' the withers can't be fudged.

If you check out the web page on our blog that contains the information from George's first of four 'official' measurements, you'll see that his owner references the AKC standard. Here's the link to which he refers:

http://sonic.net/~cdlcruz/GPCC/library/measure.htm

As you can see, there's a huge difference between where the shoulder is on this diagram and where he measured 'giant' George.

Bottom line is that while both the withers and the shoulder are appropriate locations to measure an animal, halfway up the neck is not. I'm disappointed that Guinness allowed this to happen. In allowing one contender to abuse the guidelines, they've paved the way for others to do the same. Indeed, I heard this weekend that now there's ANOTHER dog whose owner is saying that HIS dog is the tallest ever. Not surprising. At only 39 1/8" at the shoulder George wouldn't even have made Guinness' original cut-off of 40". So it's no surprise that many of the other dogs that did make the grade at the shoulder would now re-measure halfway up the neck. Kinda sad (and ironic) that in trying to 'close the book' on this record holder by sending out their own representative, Guinness actually opened the door for others to challenge using the same faulty procedure.