London: Balthazar, a towering seven-foot long pooch weighing 95 kg, the same as a baby elephant, could be crowned as the uk’s heaviest dog, according to media reports.
The five-year-old blue great dane who lives in gedling, nottingham in england with his owners vinnie, 46, dixie monte-irvine, 39, and their three children, eats 30kg of food a month. They were shocked to find on a trip to the vets this week that he weighed over 95 kg (15stones 6lb), three stone heavier than the world’s tallest dog, the metro.co.uk reported.
“He is a big dog and we were told from when he was a lot smaller that he was always quite heavy for his age,” vinnie said. “He isn’t a fat dog though as you can still see his ribs. We took him to the vets as he has a poorly leg and he needed to be weighed to see how much medication he can take.
After he was weighed everyone at the surgery was gobsmacked and we were all just googling to see if he was actually the world’s heaviest living dog,” he said.
The family’s other dog, 15-year-old patterdale terrier fifi, has become a surrogate mum to balthazar who the family got when he was just six-weeks-old. Despite his size vinnie said balthazar is a gentle giant who likes to play with their children and is best friends with the family’s three pet cats. (Pti)
