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Zeus (November 22, 2008 – September 3, 2014) was a Great Dane from Otsego, Michigan, United States, famous for being named the "world's tallest dog" by the 2012 and 2013 Guinness Book of World Records.
Zeus (November 2019 – September 12, 2023) was a Great Dane from Bedford, Texas, in the United States. Until his death, he held the Guinness Book of World Records title of the tallest dog living in the world, standing at 1.046 meters (3 feet, 5.18 inches).
Zeus was 44 inches tall at the shoulder and 7 feet, 4 inches on his hind legs. Zeus weighed 165 pounds and ate a 30-pound bag of food every two weeks, the Battle Creek Enquirer reported.
The Great Dane’s owner considered him her ‘dog child’
Guinness World Records named Zeus, a Great Dane in Fort Worth, Texas, the world's largest living male dog at 3 feet, 5.18 inches (he's over 7 feet tall standing on his hind legs).
The Great Dane is a German 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. [2] [3] [4]
But while Kevin is certainly tall, he’s not quite the tallest dog ever. That accolade goes to another Great Dane, Zeus, who was a whopping 1.118m (3ft 8in) tall, and died in 2014 at the age of five.
Zeus (dog, born 2008), the world's tallest dog until 2014; Zeus (dog, born 2019), the world's tallest dog until 2023; 5731 Zeus, an Apollo asteroid;