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Smallest
Dog
The
smallest dog on record was a matchbox-sized Yorkshire
terrier owned by Arthur Marples of Blackburn, England.
This tiny creature, which died in 1945 at the age of nearly
two years, stood 2 inches tall at the shoulder and measured
3 inches from the tip of its nose to the base of its
tail. It weighed only four ounces. |
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Tallest
Dog
The
tallest dog on record was named Shamgret Danzas. He was
42 inches tall (at the shoulder!) and weighed 238 lbs. |
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Heaviest
Dog
The
worlds heaviest as well as longest dog ever recorded was
an Old English Mastiff named Zorba. In 1989, Zorba weighed
343 lbs and was 8 feet 3 inches long from nose to tail!
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Longest
Jump
A
greyhound named Bang jumped 30 feet while chasing a hare
at Brecon Lodge, Glouchestershire, England in 1849. He
cleared a 4 foot 6 inch gate and landed on a hard road,
damaging his pastern bone. |
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Best
Tracker
In
1925, a Doberman Pinscher named Sauer, trained by Detective-Sergeant
Herbert Kruger, tracked a stock thief 100 miles across
the Great Karroo, South Africa by scent alone. |
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Largest
Dog
The
heaviest and longest dog ever recorded is Aicama Zorba
of La-Susa (born September 26, 1981.), an Old English
Mastiff owned by Chris Eraclides of London, England. In
November 1989, Zorba was recorded as weighing 343 pounds,
standing 37 inches at the shoulder, and measuring 8 feet,
3 inches long from nose to tail. |
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Some
of these were taken from
The Guinness Book of Records 1996
Bantham Books/Guinness Publishing Ltd. p62. |
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