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if you were with us last week, you'll recall we had the world's smallest puppy visit our studio. look at this little guy. actually, this is a
little girl
, it's beyonce. this morning, we'd like you to meet the world's tallest dog. his name is giant
george
. take a look at the two of them
side by side
. yesterday, i spoke with giant
george
's owners,
christie
and
dave
nasser, who wrote the book
"giant george:
life with the world's biggest dog." well,
dave
and
christie
and
george
, welcome. thanks for joining us. i have to tell you, when your picture popped up on the monitor, everybody in the studio gasped. i have to ask you, is
george
seated on that sofa with you?
>>
he's seated just like a
human being
.
>>
yep.
>>
all right, from nose to tail, how long?
>>
he's about seven feet long, nose to tail.
>>
obviously, great
danes
are known for being the largest dog, or one of the largest dogs. when did you realize that he exceeded the typical great dane?
>>
i think probably around three or four mths when we would take him to the
dog park
and everybody that knew great
danes
that knew large-breed dogs, they said, wow, his paws are huge. they had never really seen paw that large. and he had these huge kind of knots on his wrist area that were kind of bone ready to grow. so, we started hearing it from other people.
>>
i have to tell you, i'm still stunned looking at the three of you there because this looks like a
computer graphic
, he's superimposed on the top of you. i love great
danes
and have found them to be gentle. is he a
gentle giant
?
>>
yeah, he is super gentle. we have two small kids and he's very careful around them and just loves to be around kids, actually.
>>
and i'm thinking --
>>
he's a great dog.
>>
i'm thinking of the pet paraphernalia. often you'll get the cute little doggie bed. that's not going to work. where does he sleep?
>>
he has his own queen-sized bed and it sits right at the foot of our bed.
>>
a queen-sized bed?
>>
yeah, yeah. early on, he had a twin-size bed, but he outgrew that pretty fast.
>>
yeah.
>>
i mean, his legs were sprawling all over the twin-size bed and we had to bring it up to a queen-size bed.
>>
now, i hesitate to ask this question. is he active? does he like to run around?
>>
oh, yeah. ll, you know, you guys wouldn't know this over there, but it's pretty
early in the morning
over here, so he might be a little more lethargic than normal, but he's actually very active. he rs and almost gallops like a pony. it's pretty incredible for a dog this big, to see him running the way that he does. yeah, he is very active.
>>
nothing like a pony running through the living room. has he knocked a lot of stuff off? have you lost a lot of items to the wagging tail?
>>
he's pretty careful, actually.
>>
pretty good, but he did dent our drywall corner one time, and actually, the dent is still there because i didn't fix it properly, so you can see where his tail did a little damage. other than that, he's pretty good.
>>
give us a sense of his size. compare him to, what, the sofa you're on is, what, a 6-foot sofa?
>>
no, this is actually bigger than that. this is probably 7 or 8 feet long. this is actually a pretty tall sofa. he's a
big guy
. i mean, the thing is about him is he's like the shaquille o'neal of a dog because he's -- all his weight is stretched out lengthwise. and so, if you just saw a still shot of him, he just looks perfectly proportioned. only when you really kind of see him next to something visually do you realize how big he is, or if you see him in person. he's just so huge.
>>
i wonder how his free throws are.
dave
and
christie
nasser and giant
george
, thanks
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