Stop me if you’ve seen this joke before

I’m sure everyone in the blogosphere has seen this photo, but it was new to me when Kim from Bark-n-Blog sent it to me in email over the weekend.  This is supposedly a photo of Hercules, an English Mastiff who weighs 283 pounds.  The email claims that Guinness recently declared Hercules, “The World’s Largest Dog”.  Sadly, the photo is just a Photoshopped masterpiece, and the dog in the picture isn’t Hercules, and the dog isn’t really that large.  It sure would be neat to own a dog that huge though, wouldn’t it?  I would perhaps fill my need to own a horse!

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I can’t remember what website I was on recently where I saw a (real) picture of the world’s smallest horse.  It was cute, but sort of creepy.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 04/17 at 04:10 AM

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  1. http://thepoodleanddogblog.typepad.com/

    This is one of my other favorite animal blogs.  This shows that the picture you posted has been photo shopped, but also includes a pic of the real World Largest Dog, and he is impressive!

    Love your blog, keep up the good work!  Love the kitty pics!

    Posted by Brenda  on  04/17  at  05:43 AM

  2. Thanks for the info, Brenda… I just don’t know enough about dogs to be able to judge, because really, it seems breeders can make just about anything they choose!  I updated my entry to reflect that this is a joke… I wonder if it was started on April Fool’s Day?

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  04/17  at  11:08 PM

  3. I much prefer the Photoshopped dog.  The real one looks like he’s been sitting in front of the tv too long, eating Cheetos and drinking beer.

    Posted by Flippy  on  04/17  at  11:27 PM

  4. "The real one looks like he’s been sitting in front of the tv too long, eating Cheetos and drinking beer.”

    HeHe:  The owner or the dog?

    Posted by Brenda  on  04/18  at  05:35 PM

  5. I just got this e-mail the other day but couldn’t view the dog!  NOW I get it!

    Posted by Ruth  on  04/22  at  04:56 PM

  6. Leigh-Ann, you’re probably thinking of snopes
    http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hercules.asp

    Posted by SemaviLady  on  04/23  at  10:08 PM
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