What breed of dog is the largest in the world?

Question

I know the smallest is a chihuahua, but what is the biggest? Just like to know!

Answer 1

the biggest is the Irish wolfhound

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/irishwolfhou...

the most massif is the mastiff

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/mastiff.htm

Answer 2

The tallest breed is the irish wolf hound though a great dane holds the current Guinness record

English mastiffs are the heaviest  

Answer 3

Great Dane are statistically the tallest.  Saint Bernard's are statistically the heaviest.

Answer 4

Depends what you mean by biggest...

Tallest? Heaviest?

Guinness Records Set By Dogs, including:

the largest dog, presently Hercules, a 282-pound English Mastiff with a 38-inch neck...

Zorba, an English Mastiff, went down in history as the heaviest and tallest dog ever in 1989 with a weight of 343lbs and measured over 8 feet from nose to tail...

Gibson the seven foot tall Harlequin Great Dane that is 42.2 inches tall and 170 pounds...

and more  

Answer 5

By breed standards based on average, the Irish Wolfhound is the tallest with the English Mastiff being the heaviest. This does not mean as noted in prior posts that there are exceptions. But based on standards these breeds when to standard represent the tallest and heaviest. In the smallest category, the Chihuahua is in fact not the smallest breed in the world. That title is held by the Prague Ratter. It is a rare breed found primarily in the Czech republic. There are a few breeders in the UK and in Scandinavia with a couple in the US. They are actually smaller based on standards than the standard Chihuahua and hold the title as the worlds smallest breed. Formal name Prazsky Krysarik.

Answer 6

The biggest in weight is a mastiff and St. Bernard. Largest in height is an Irish Wolf hound and great dane

Answer 7

the Irish Wolfhound is the tallest but the Mastiff is the heaviest so i guess it depends on how you look at it.

Answer 8

The heaviest is the English Mastiff... the tallest is either a Dane or an Irish Wolfhound. My Dane is taller than any Wolfhound I've ever met. Also, Danes are far larger than 120 pounds.. whoever said they weren't knows nothing about them.  

Answer 9

great dane

Answer 10

great dane  

Answer 11

hey

GREAT DANE AND SAINT BERNARD

o and the smallest is a tea cup chihuahua

Answer 12

It is the irish wolfhound, actually, NOT the great dane.

Irish wolfhounds reach a maximum of 140-180 pounds (for males), while great danes are only about 120 pounds.

Though a great dane currently holds the record for the "tallest dog", this is an unusual case. In average statistics, the wolfhound is generally taller.

They are one of the few species of dogs who can easily defeat a pit bull in a fight, as they were originally bred as war dogs.

Answer 13

Saint Bernards!!!  I have a website to prove it, too... just look down : )

Answer 14

germen sheperd

Answer 15

The Irish wolf hound then comes the scottish deer hound.

Answer 16

http://www.stevefafel.com/media/blog/Win...

lol that.

Hercules: The World's Biggest Dog Ever According to Guinness World Records

Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.

With "paws the size of softballs" (reports the Boston Herald), the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed's standard 200lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn says that Hercules weight is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet: "I fed him normal food and he just grew".... and grew. and grew.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl...