A Pekingese from Texas named Puggy, now holds the top spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for "Dog With the Longest Tongue." It measures in at 4.5 inches.
As you might imagine, that does cause some difficulties for the fella. His owner, Becky Stanford of Fort Worth, Tex. has to chop up his food into "really small pieces" because he kind of chews with that big old tongue of his. But, Stanford says, he does just fine with it. (Incidentally, Gene Simmons prefers baby food.) We're glad that the former stray country dog has bragging rights. And we're just here to bask in the glory.
Yesterday, spectators in New York's Central Park got to see something completely unprecedented in canine history: The world's tallest dog making friends with the smallest pup on the planet! According to AOL News, the meeting of these polar opposites was arranged by Guinness to celebrate the launch of the 2011 Guinness Book of World Records, and specifically to highlight the new section on amazing animals (hooray!).
Measuring 7-foot-3 from snout to tail, George the Great Dane took up an entire row of first-class seats on his flight from his home in Tucson, Arizona. According to his owner David Nasser, the world's tallest living dog eats about 110lbs of dog food per month and enjoys luxuries like his very own queen size bed. He was featured on Oprah's "That's Incredible" episode, after all. (To read more about George go to this earlier Paw Nation article about the gentle giant.)
At only 4 inches tall, don't tell Boo Boo the long-haired Chihuahua she's not top dog. The "world's smallest living dog" and her owner Lana Elswick also flew first class from their home in Raceway, Kentucky -- though we doubt they got their own row of seats. This 24-ounce pup literally drinks water from a teaspoon.
Despite their vastly different sizes, both celebrity pups made a big splash during their stay in New York City. Each pooch was treated to first-class travel accommodations, including their own rooms at the swanky $400-a-night Warwick hotel -- all so these two opposite specimens could come face-to-face.
So, was Boo Boo's owner nervous about her pint-sized pup's encounter with George the Giant? "I was a little scared," Elswick tells AOL News. "I was a little afraid George would mistake my little Boo Boo for a snack. But he is, truly, a gentle giant."
In front of a legion of reporters from all over the world, these two glory hounds sniffed, licked, and reportedly bonded. How sweet. "He loves the attention," Nasser tells Aol News. "When the cameras are going and the flashes are going off he kind of perks up a little bit. It's pretty interesting."
Weighing in at over forty pounds, this English rabbit might just be the biggest bunny the world has ever seen.
Ralph, a Continental Giant rabbit, eats about $15 worth of food a day, says his owner Pauline Grant. The bunny consumes Weetabix cereal, crackers, apples, carrots, cabbages, toast, sweetcorn and huge bowls of rabbit food. Grant told the U.K's Sky News that she's still awaiting official confirmation of his stats, but she's hoping he will make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
If his size is confirmed at 42 pounds and 4 feet in length, he'll knock his own mother out of the record books. According to the folks at Guinness, Ralph's dam, Amy, was listed in 2008 as the world's longest rabbit" at 2 feet, 8 inches.
Known for being a larger breed than most, Continental Giants typically weigh between 12 and 16 pounds. The minimum length of a show rabbit is 25.5 inches.
As long as Ralph continues with his voracious appetite, Grant says she'll keep feeding him. How long do you think this record will last?
The world has a new tallest dog! At four years old, George the Great Dane stands 43 inches high from paw to shoulder, which is the method Guinness World Records uses to determine a dog's official height.
The announcement settles a hotly-contested debate that had been brewing since last November when Guinness proclaimed Titan, a Great Dane from San Diego, Calif. who measures 42.25 inches high at the shoulders, the World's Tallest Dog. George's owner, David Nasser of Tucson, Ariz., claimed that his Great Dane was taller, but there were conflicting reports about the dog's actual height. To settle the controversy, Guinness sent a representative to preside over an in-person measurement. The outcome? George had edged out Titan by three-quarters of an inch. (Prior to Titan and George, the previous holder of the World's Tallest Dog title was Gibson, a Great Dane who passed away in 2009.)
At 43 inches tall, "Giant George," as Nasser likes to call him, is the tallest dog ever recorded by Guinness World Records. He's already appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and has over 21,000 fans from all over the world on his Facebook page. "It's been amazing," says Nasser. "Fans have written in from the United Kingdom, Germany, Korea and South America."
The sable-colored Great Dane weighs a whopping 245 pounds and measures seven feet and three inches from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail -- though he doesn't raise up on his hind legs, he's too big for that. "When George is standing on all fours and lifts his head, the tip of his snout measures 55 inches, or more, off the ground," Nasser tells Paw Nation. "You have to be careful. Nothing is off-limits to him."
Otto, a 21-year-old dachshund/terrier mix, has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest living dog, reports the Associated Press. He's not as big on going for walks, admits owner Lynn Jones, but she says he's "still sprightly."
And he truly is. The video above shows the geriatric little pooch hopping up on the couch!
Jones credits Otto's good health and long life to quality food, lots of love and regular vet visits. Otto also sticks to a self-imposed bedtime of 8 p.m., at which point he whines until Jones or her husband, Peter, puts him into bed (head on a pillow and body under the comforter, of course). "Within 10 minutes, he's snoring away," Lynn says in the AP video.
According to USA Today, Lynn has had Otto since he was just six weeks old, and this February, he'll turn 21. The former oldest living dog, Chanel, died this August at the age of 21. The oldest dog ever on record was Bluey, an Australian Cattle Dog who died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and five months.
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