For some reason I can’t see a dog in this picture .. just 2 horses.
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 and grew.
Probably photoshoped but still good enough for RGS.
Thank you Modilingua for the link.
Technorati Tags: Weird, Bizarre, Photoshopped, Big, Dog, Book of Records, Guinness
David Evans wrote,
It’s definitely fake. Hercules does exist, but he got the record in 2001. This photo is not only photoshopped, it’s not even the right breed of dog.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hercules.asp
Link | April 16th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
the salad fork wrote,
this just makes me laugh, besides who cares if it’s fake?
Link | April 17th, 2007 at 12:43 am
the salad fork wrote,
I forgot to mention, the pic isn’t photoshopped, it’s just an old camera trick
Link | April 17th, 2007 at 1:31 am
Veron wrote,
I say it’s definitely photoshopped. You can see the blurring of the grass around the dog’s legs.
Actually, the woman’s legs don’t look right either, as if somebody lost control of the stamp tool.
Link | April 17th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Ashley Brooker wrote,
Accutlaly If you look at the shadows they do not appear for the people…. and if you look by the guys hand, it is a little blurry between the hand and shirt…. the shadows just do not add up in the photo…
Link | April 17th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
MarkM wrote,
The dog is a Neopoliton Mastiff not an English Mastiff
Link | April 17th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
KBEAR wrote,
:bow Neapolitan Mastiffs :bow
The above poster is correct in pointing out that this is a Neo, not an English Mastiff. Neo’s are gentle giants.. one of the coolest breed of dogs in existence. What’s up OA?
Link | April 18th, 2007 at 2:39 am
shawn wrote,
although this looks cool, i have a 4 year old mastiff that weighs in at about 205-215 lbs and its not close to the size of this fake picture. guiness should sue them for using their name with this lie.
Link | April 18th, 2007 at 4:04 am
Mistro wrote,
There is always skeptics. Give the dog his credit.
Link | April 19th, 2007 at 1:03 am
Geoffrey wrote,
I to have a Neo. This picture is a fake.
Link | April 20th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Bill Peterson wrote,
I just saw on Ophra the Wold’s biggest dog and that was not it.
Link | April 26th, 2007 at 7:02 am
Big Country wrote,
I received this picture in an e-mail so I went looking around the internet to try and verify the story. I Googled the name Hercules World’s Largets Dog and got resulst for thousands of websites that have this same dog pictured above. If this is TRULY the largest dog on this planet then there would be more photos than just the one that was taken out of some cheesy romance novel and “painted” on. If the dog’s size is real then there would be other photos and postings out there somwhere. I do not believe the story or the picture but hey, you have to give someone credit for their creativity. Right?
Link | April 28th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
RGS wrote,
Big C .. I totally agree with you … I am pretty sure someone replaced a horse with that dog
Link | April 28th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Linda van Rensburg wrote,
We breed Neapolitans since 1994. We visited most breeders around the world. This fake picture is creating false info about the breed! And a lot of stupid people think the breed should be this size!!
Link | May 14th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Krista Marcini wrote,
Y ou can definetly tell this dog is fake because it does’t
have any back legs.
Link | July 19th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
D_rock wrote,
The shadow of the dog doesn’t match the height
Link | July 26th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Sarah wrote,
True this is the only picture, I looked him up.
I guess though Hercules is real, he just isnt this huge.
This picture is a fake, and not a very good one!
Link | October 6th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
CWeatherl wrote,
Look at this. I think I found a link to another picture of this group. http://www.blufftontoday.com/node/14078
Link | November 28th, 2007 at 6:37 am
Biggest Dog was a Hoax | Random Good Stuff - The Entertainment Blog wrote,
[...] Now back to that huge doggy seen on RGS a while ago: [...]
Link | November 28th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
tanika wrote,
hey thats a big dog
Link | January 27th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Luis A Vázquez wrote,
In this picture is a neapolitan mastiff present, tha dog of record is a english mastiff, the head of this dog end in the start the mouth the dog in this picture, compare the shadow…!
Link | February 3rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
no one wrote,
The dog isnt photoshopped he is abviously on steroids. look at the dogs muscle tone. I want him tested.
Link | May 15th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
wrote wrote,
Thats most definatley a fraud. There isn’t any back legs, whats up with that.
Link | May 17th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Mommy2acutie wrote,
ok so this is a fake pic but what about http://www.blufftontoday.com/node/14078 that CWeatherl posted??
Link | June 19th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Ryan K wrote,
I don’t think it’s fake. I have a male english mastiff and that picture’s not too far off.
Link | July 14th, 2008 at 7:26 am
jimmy wrote,
You all are stupid, he is REAL!
get it through your thick fucking heads!
I mean, google it!
And you “breeder”?
just because your dog isnt as big as him doesnt mean you need to be this jealous.
I only agree to the people who believe he is real!
Link | July 19th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
sky wrote,
listen, it doesnt matter if you couldnt find one glitch in this picture, if there was really a dog this large it would be famous, everyone would know about it and there wouldnt just be a few pictures on it
Link | July 28th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
cuttie wrote,
look at the horses shadow it looks like a dog if u look at it right and look at the dog pic it does look fake people r so retarted love ya
Link | August 1st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
enigma wrote,
I’m starting to think that some people here needs to have their heads re-examined with a chainsaw. Really folks,can’t see his hind legs? I saw one of them in the above pic. His right paw is slightly raised and you can see the paw of his hind leg. Also if you are seeing blurs then I suggest contacts or glasses. They tend to cure those “blurs”.
Damn people, you’ve been shot down twice with this link http://www.blufftontoday.com/node/14078. The dog exists. It might not be “Hercules” but he’s a very big dog.
*revs chainsaw* Who here needs their head examined by Dr. Enigma?
Link | August 2nd, 2008 at 2:20 am
awsome wrote,
ITS FAKE!!!!!
Link | August 16th, 2008 at 5:19 am
awsome wrote,
Thats just a neapoliton mastiff photochopped
Link | August 16th, 2008 at 5:20 am
Andrea wrote,
I have to agree that some things about this picture dont seem quite right, but i wouldnt put it past this breed of dog to get this big. It definitely is a Neopolitan though. Regular mastiffs arent that colour. Also, it could be real b/c that other link ppl posted of them sitting down? That seems fairly real. I dont know. Its a hard one!!
Link | August 21st, 2008 at 7:27 am
3344 wrote,
u lot are gay it is real
Link | August 25th, 2008 at 3:16 pm