The previous holder of the record was Gibson, a Harlequin Great Dane. Gibson died of cancer in August, 2009.
George is nearly 43 inches tall and weighs a whopping 245 pounds. He eats 110 pounds of food every month and sleeps alone in his own queen size bed.

George, a Blue Great Dane (shown above) was born in 2002, looks more like a miniature horse than a dog. He measures almost the same, at 7 ft 3 inches from nose to tail and 42.625 inches at the shoulder.
The giant dog even has his own Facebook and Twitter accounts for his fans.
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