2SBT's Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 what dog is the biggest???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 do you mean the tallest or the heaviest? 'cause they be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monah Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Irish Wolfhounds are generally called the biggest dogs. We had one male who was 36" at the shoulder Not sure if they would be the heaviest though, I'm guessing?? newfies/englishmastiffs/pyrenean mountain dogs etc.?? I'm sure some dogs of other breeds can be heavier taller etc., but in general, wolfies are the largest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2SBT's Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 tallest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie_a1 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 If you want to see the heaviest dogs look up 'Zorba mastiffs'. One of the heaviest dogs in the world was named Hercules. http://dogs.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Zorba_Mastiff Hercules: http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n345/Hu...nLaSusa-zo2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilypoo Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I was under the impression that Great Danes and Irish wolf hounds were the tallest and Mastif can get heavier... I LOVE big dogs, more to cuddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie_a1 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Gilly you're right. Last time I checked tallest was a dane and she had it on Oprah meeting the worlds smallest which was a chi but another dog could have taken the thrown Ill check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie_a1 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/record...dog_living.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Is this huge Whippet for real?? http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Photo+...3902/story.html Also a web site for giant George. http://www.giantgeorge.com/home.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all that glitters Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoTree Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I bet he thinks he could crawl into a lap too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allerzeit Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Is this huge Whippet for real??http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Photo+...3902/story.html She would be double muscled, I would assume? They had a program on the ABC a while back that featured double muscled cattle - its a genetic mutation from memory - quite freaky looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.the.dog Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 WTF is that!? What a monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Is this huge Whippet for real??http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Photo+...3902/story.html She would be double muscled, I would assume? They had a program on the ABC a while back that featured double muscled cattle - its a genetic mutation from memory - quite freaky looking! Not uncommon amongst professional body-builders either. Their bodies literally don't know when to attenuate muscle growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodoggies2001 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I was under the impression that Great Danes and Irish wolf hounds were the tallest and Mastif can get heavier...I LOVE big dogs, more to cuddle One of my Danes was 38" at the shoulder and weighed 85kg. Not an ounce of fat on him. I recall years ago there was a Dane called Atlas and he was 43" at the shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhou Xuanyao Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Yes that is something to do with decreased or absent levels of the myostatin protein which inhibits muscle growth. It is a genetic mutation which occurs naturally in various different species including humans. In some types of cattle it has been successfully selectively bred for. Professional body builders look like that because they slog their guts out over many years, they do nothing but eat a strict diet and train. I have heard that scientists are starting to learn alot about how to control it though, they have made massively muscled mice. It will be in body building in the future without question but I don't think it is now its a myth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Is this huge Whippet for real??http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Photo+...3902/story.html Also a web site for giant George. http://www.giantgeorge.com/home.html Yes, that's Wendy and it's real. Some lines of whippets have this mutation, luckily it's not in Australia.....yet and they're trying to breed it out in whippets. Well, the responsible breeders are anyway. It's not something we want in the breed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I have heard that scientists are starting to learn alot about how to control it though, they have made massively muscled mice. It will be in body building in the future without question but I don't think it is now its a myth. Apparently Flex Wheeler has been tested and is missing the myostatin gene, naturally occurring. I suppose in dogs we could selectively breed for it, as has been done with Belgian Blue and Piedmontese cattle. Steroid use is not unheard of amongst some dog breeders, not limited to racing greyhounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie_a1 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Aidan very true. Knew a few people using G.H on their pitbulls. Every dog bar one died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoTree Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 ;) WTF is that!? What a monster! WORLDS BIGGEST PUG! nah probably a mastiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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