Woman's 7-Foot-Long Dog Could be Record-Holder

[The Straight Story]

Woman's 7-Foot-Long Dog Could be Record-Holder

CASSELTON, ND (AP) -- Boomer may be a buster: Measuring 3 feet tall at the shoulders and 7 feet long from nose to destructive wagging tail, he might be the world's tallest living dog.

Owner Caryn Weber said her 3-year-old Landseer Newfoundland keeps all four paws on the floor when he drinks from the kitchen faucet in her family's eastern North Dakota farm house.

Boomer stares into car windows eye to eye with drivers. A 20-pound bag of dry dog food lasts the 180-pound canine a couple of weeks.

Weber said her furry black and white dog "comes into the house and his tail is so high everything gets knocked around."



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[Thickasabrick]

1. Here ya go:

[Hepburn]

4. OMG....

...the picture of him in the kitchen really shows how HUGE he is! Oh...and the paw prints!

[Raven]

2. He looks like a newfoundland...fabulous dogs...I had one named

Raven...she was a 125 pound love!

[busybl]

3. I love him. What a beauty.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Dawgs .... we LOVE dawgs here. The bigger the better.

Ours are small compared that that guy, though! Our two, in total, are only 150 lbs.

[FarrenH]

6. Gorgeous dog, but is that size healthy for the breed?

In South Africa we have a big breed called Boerbuls which are sometimes enormous (not just tall but muscular). I've seen individuals that are at least as tall as this dog and must weigh something like 150kg (330 lbs). The sad thing is, the biggest members of the breed are highly likely to suffer from problems like hip dysplasia, knee problems and so on in mid-life. I've known about 8 boerbuls of which 4 had hip and knee issues. If you look at average life expectancies for different breeds, small dogs dominate the 15+ range. Species body plans have an optimal range and despite appearances, all dogs really belong to one species and share an underlying body plan. So I can't help wondering when I see huge dogs like this whether they don't suffer complications because of their size.

[Shell Beau]

11. Any big dog can suffer complications from their size.

But he is a cutie.

[TicketyBoo]

7. Ours are at the other end of the spectrum.

http://www.twango.com/flash/slideshow.aspx?feed=jj69101.Poms&sort=2

[BuelahWitch]

9. Are those all your dogs?

Adorable, especially the orange colored one...

[TicketyBoo]

12. Yep.

Guilty as charged. The little black and white passed away over a year ago. We have a new little black and white girl now.

[FarrenH]

13. I have two pugs

and I have to say they totally changed my mind about toy breeds. Alongside Labs, they're my favourite breed. They've got buckets of personailty.

[ThePantaloon.com]

8. I misread "dog" as "dong" at first

[Shell Beau]

10. What a beautiful beautiful dog!!

I want one. But then again, I want every dog I see. So pretty. HUGE though. I bet he is a fortune to feed.

[Odin2005]

14. We grow our dogs HUGH up here! I'm SERIES!!!

[uppityperson]

15. What a beautiful newfy, wanted 1 since reading the book "Karen" as a child

Smart, big, fuzzy, friendly, smart. We've settled the last 10 yrs with a 95# mutt/rug, but still would like a newfie