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I think its the Irish Wolf Hound. I could be wrong though.
 
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Irish wolfhounds are the tallest breed in the world, with the minimum height at 32 inches.
 

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Irish Wolfhounds are the tallest breed in the world and english mastiffs are the largest weight wise...
 

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Irish Wolfhounds... they seem like cool dogs. [adds to the list of possibly being owned by one]

But yeah, I agree either Irish Wolfhounds or Great Danes.
 
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Great danes are not the tallest, just to let you know. However, they do come close.
 

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irish wolfhounds or cool looking dogs, so are great danes. i think my puppy might actually be part great dane, he has many of the characteristics!
 
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Yes Irish Wolfhounds are the tallest breed, but the English Mastiff is considered the largest and heaviest breed.


sharpeilover said:
yeah irish wolfhounds are the tallest then great dane and the bull mastiff is the heaviest
 

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sharpeilover said:
yeah irish wolfhounds are the tallest then great dane and the bull mastiff is the heaviest
Mastiffs are much, much heavier than bullmastiffs. Bullmastiffs are not that large...
 
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Bull mastiffs are far from the largest, weight wise. French mastiffs, english mastiffs, st bernards, neo mastiffs, tibetan mastiffs, and many other breeds are bigger than the bull mastiff. The english mastiff is the biggest in the world, irish wolfhounds are the tallest, and the french mastiff has the biggest head out of any other breed.
 

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its funny, I contacted the tibetan mastiff club maybe 6 years ago. they told me that a male tibetan mastiff should be atleast 100 pounds but no more than 175 pounds, its funny because almost every dog book I have read that mentions tibetan mastiffs claims their standard calls for up too 200 pounds. dont know if this is true, or if the standard in america for tibetans may have changed since then because I decided that at that time they werent right for me.
english mastiff, saint bernard and tosa inu are the largest breeds in general, each regularly weighing in at 200 pounds. some american bulldogs reach 200 pounds, read about a saint bernard years ago that I think got replaced in guinness book by that english mastiff, the saint bernard was (if I am remembering correctly?) around 250 pounds. looked obese to me rather than correctly proportioned.
 

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Showpug,
Don't you have a Wolfhoud x Mastiff mix? :eek: Those are the two biggest put together! But in all his pics, he looks like a big baby.
 
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Without sounding to ignorant on the subject, can anyone tell me what the temperment of English Mastiffs and Irisih Wolfhounds is? Are they playful, social dogs? We're thinking of getting another doggie to add to the pack...Lots of space where we live...

thanks ya'll,
Lauran
 

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