CASSELTON, ND, USA -- Boomer, a 180-pound
Landseer Newfoundland dog (owner Caryn Weber ), measures 3ft
tall (1 metre) at the shoulders and 7ft (2.1m) long from nose
to wagging
tail, and stands 36 inches tall at the shoulders -setting
the new world record for the Tallest
living dog.
His owner Caryn Weber, of Caselton in North
Dakota, has told how her pet has become a bit of celebrity
since news of his attempt to make the record books has spread.
She said: “The phone hasn't stopped ringing. It's been a whirlwind.”
Boomer can stare into a car window eye to eye
with a driver. A 20lb (9kg) bag of dry dog food lasts the
180lb (81kg) canine a couple of weeks.
Even for a Newfoundland, one of the largest
dog breeds around, Boomer is big. As a puppy, Boomer was called
Ripley (as in "Believe It or Not!") by Weber's sons, who gave
him the nickname in reference to multiple surgeries he had
to deal with an abdominal hernia. The growing puppy expanded
at such an alarming rate that his stitches ripped, the Associated
Press reports.
Caryn Weber says her three-year-old Landseer
Newfoundland keeps all four paws on the floor when he drinks
from the kitchen tap in her family's farmhouse in North Dakota.
“He comes into the house and his tail is so high everything
gets knocked around.”
Weber says the fluffy black and white dog comes
into the house and his tail is so high everything gets knocked
around. The previous Guinness world
record holder for the tallest dog was a nearly 4ft (1.2m)
tall Great Dane which died this summer. Related world records: Oldest
Dog-world record set by Chanel
tail, and stands 36 inches tall at the shoulders -setting
the new world record for the 
