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so a customer came in n he bought dog food so i asked about his dog...long story short he said his parents a dog of the same breed that happens to be the worlds biggest dog and that right now theres weight 170 and his head is like big as his waist...i typed in worlds biggest dog and this is what i found...is it real?

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_hercules_worlds_biggest_dog.htm

2007-10-11 20:36:29 · 12 answers · asked by Sunny 2 in Pets Dogs

12 answers

Right below it, it says that this is not real!! But for a second I was speechless!
Pluse, that was more than 170 lbs.....

2007-10-11 20:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by jbahhh 3 · 0 0

Hercules was indeed the worlds largest dog, and the information about his height and weight is correct. However the photo shown is not him and is Photoshopped. You can see a picture of the real Hercules here http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hercules.asp
It is the photo below the Photoshopped one. The old CNN story about him can be found http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0106/09/smn.03.html
Since the story was written in 2001 and English Mastiffs don't live that long I doubt he is still alive though.

Hercules was a Mastiff also known as an English Mastiff you can check out the information on the them here
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/mastiff.htm

The dog in the Photoshopped picture looks like a Neopolitan Mastiff and info on those is here
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/mastiff.htm

2007-10-12 06:43:03 · answer #2 · answered by . 7 · 0 0

That particular picture is fake but English mastiffs (that breed) are known to be the heaviest dog breed in the world.Apparently one of the biggest recorded weights of one was 350 pounds.

2007-10-12 03:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Vanessa M 2 · 0 0

English mastiffs are big but not that big. Our puppy Max is 6 months old and is already about 30 inches high.

2007-10-12 03:42:27 · answer #4 · answered by Ferocious Love 4 · 0 0

The name of the website might give you a clue as to whether it is true or not as well as the comments below the photo!

2007-10-12 03:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by ELLE T 3 · 0 0

I've seen that before and i honestly don't know,
have you seen sam the worlds ugliest dog - it's real and scary!
xxx

2007-10-12 05:58:33 · answer #6 · answered by sasha 4 · 0 0

read....
Description: Emailed image
Circulating since: April 2007
**Status: Fake / False

2007-10-12 03:41:14 · answer #7 · answered by awut 2 · 0 0

no... that's fake! i don't even weigh 170... and a dog will?!?!?! well... check if there is a picture of a dog that is similar to the dog you saw.

2007-10-12 04:48:56 · answer #8 · answered by ♥MAI♥ 2 · 0 0

The photo has that "enlarged" look about it as far as the dog. Cute idea, though.

2007-10-12 03:44:47 · answer #9 · answered by Howard H 7 · 0 0

No it is not.

2007-10-12 03:44:53 · answer #10 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0 0

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