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Gibson (dog)
Gibson (April 26, 2002 – August 7, 2009) was a Harlequin Great Dane living in Grass Valley, California, United States recognized by the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' as the "World's Tallest Dog" in 2004, displacing "Harvey", the previous record holder. World record holder While his owner Sandy Hall claims Gibson was tall measured from the ground to the top of his withers and weighs , the official report of Guinness World Records states that Gibson was tall. Gibson was a certified therapy dog and appeared, wearing his trademark bandanna, on several television shows including '' The Tonight Show'', '' The Oprah Winfrey Show'', and '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show''. He was also the official "spokesdog" for ForeverLawn, the maker of K9Grass, based out of Uniontown, Ohio where Gibson could be seen on the occasional walk. The book ''Gibson Speaks: The World's Tallest Dog Talks About His Life'' tells his story. In 2009, he lost one of his legs to bone cancer. Despite chem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Great Dane
The Great Dane is a German list of dog breeds, breed of large mastiff-sighthound, which descends from hunting dogs of the Middle Ages used to hunt bears, wild boar, and deer. They were also used as guardian dogs of German nobility. It is one of the two largest dog breeds in the world, along with the Irish Wolfhound. History In the sixteenth century the nobility in many countries of Europe imported strong, long-legged dogs of different sizes and phenotypes, some of mastiff or greyhound type, from England and Ireland.Ludwig Beckmann (1895)''Geschichte und Beschreibung der Rassen des Hundes'' Volume 1, p. 6 (in German) These dogs were called ''Englische Docke'' or ''Englische Tocke'' – later written and spelled: ''Dogge'' – or ''Englischer Hund'' in Germany. The name simply meant "English dog". Since then, the English word "dog" has come to be associated with a molossoid dog in Germany and France. These dogs were bred in the courts of German nobility, independent of the Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
