WATCH: Why world’s tallest dog Zeus has a lazy lifestyle

Zeus, a Great Dane, holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest dog in the world at nearly 41 inches (on all fours) and stands 7 feet, 4 inches on his hind legs. is, but leads a lazy lifestyle. , perhaps because of its sheer size.

He is from Bedford Texas and is only three years old and may still be growing.

There was another dog named Zeus who died in 2014. He was from Michigan and was 44 inches and 7 feet tall with 4 inches on his hind legs. He was five years old when he died.

Although Zeus from Michigan was intimidating in stature, he regularly visited schools and hospitals as a therapy dog.

Brittany Davis, owner of Zeus in Texas, was given a puppy when he was just 8 weeks old.

Now, he enjoys walking around the neighborhood and the local farmer’s market and sleeping by the window.

Davis holds the Guinness World Record for eating 12 cups of “Gentle Giants” dog food per day.

“The comment we hear most often is ‘Wow, that’s a horse!’ ‘Can I ride it?’ or ‘Does he have a saddle?'” she said.

“The answer to all of these questions is ‘no’.”

According to Guinness World Records, the tallest and heaviest dog of all time was Ecma Zorba of La-Soussa, an Old English Mastiff owned by London resident Chris Iraklides. In 1987, Zorba weighed 343 pounds and measured 8 feet, 3 inches from nose to tail.