{"id":47347,"date":"2014-09-14T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T14:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=47347"},"modified":"2014-09-14T12:19:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T12:19:45","slug":"worlds-tallest-dog-dies-of-old-age-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=47347","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s tallest dog dies of old age [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-4b7dbb23-7e04-486a-9c49-e0c867834e05\">The Great Dane who held the title of world\u2019s tallest dog,\u00a0has died of old age, two months short of his sixth birthday. Zeus was 1.12m (3ft 7in) tall at the shoulder and 2.24m on his hind legs<\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-4b7dbb23-7e04-486a-9c49-e0c867834e05\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Owner Kevin Doorlag pats Zeus, then aged two, as he and Denise Doorlag (R) listen to Julie Wojtaszek, a dog trainer from Bark Busters Home Dog Training at their home in Otsego, Michigan\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410521760242\/6047057f-c1e7-4cd7-9ecf-51304a66a85b-620x413.jpeg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><figcaption><strong>Owner Kevin Doorlag pats Zeus, then aged two, as he and his wife, Denise (R), listen to Julie Wojtaszek, a dog trainer from Bark Busters Home Dog Training at their home in Otsego, Michigan.Photograph: Jonathon Gruenke\/AP<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-52d44566-8925-40bb-8d5e-cfb06807d7ff\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kevin Doorlag plays with Zeus as Nick Doorlag looks on\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410521907420\/0d41ba07-c444-4e72-8070-e590ff26ec04-620x413.jpeg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/strong><figcaption><strong>Kevin Doorlag plays with Zeus as Nick Doorlag looks on.\u00a0Photograph: Jonathon Gruenke\/AP<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-ec277883-af31-49e9-babc-c555e926b647\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zeus sits in a love seat at the family home\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410521961982\/d19ecd02-ba24-415f-840e-70afc27eae16-620x413.jpeg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/strong><figcaption><strong>Zeus sits in a love seat at the family home.\u00a0Photograph: Jonathon Gruenke\/AP<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-8c35ca25-087e-4ef2-b87b-677f64622370\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kevin Doorlag stands with Zeus in a photo provided by Guinness World Records 2013 Book, which officially awarded him the title of world\u2019s tallest canine\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410522183804\/f81d1eef-ac29-418c-b258-87f46810697d-320x480.jpeg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/strong><figcaption><strong>Kevin Doorlag stands with Zeus in a photo provided by Guinness World Records 2013 Book, which officially awarded him the title of world\u2019s tallest canine.\u00a0Photograph: Kevin Scott Ramos\/AP<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-525142d2-8e9c-45dc-9ba7-435fee2503a2\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zeus drinks from the kitchen tap in a photo provided by Guinness World Records 2013 Book\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410522242179\/47c5e514-8a73-4681-b114-845504f12460-620x474.jpeg\" width=\"620\" height=\"474\" \/><\/strong><figcaption><strong>Zeus drinks from the kitchen tap in a photo provided by Guinness World Records 2013 Book.Photograph: Kevin Scott Ramos\/AP<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-9143a664-c2b3-4e9e-ba35-68b454b3ed45\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Guinness world record holders Kazuhiro Watanabe, the man with the tallest hair (3ft 8.6in) and Zeus, the tallest dog, appear on the Wendy Williams Show in New York City in 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410522448818\/3faa1893-33f8-40ce-9838-25f798b3f5ff-620x413.jpeg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/strong><figcaption><strong>Guinness world record holders Kazuhiro Watanabe, the man with the tallest hair (3ft 8.6in) and Zeus, the tallest dog, appear on the Wendy Williams Show in New York City in 2012.\u00a0Photograph: Barcroft Media\/Barcroft Media<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-ff847d71-bafe-4e6a-8b95-5825ee3770e4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zeus dines with a cat\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410522604642\/f9c386ff-fca3-4f88-a7cb-7a27cf034794-620x351.jpeg\" width=\"620\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption><strong>Zeus dines with a cat.\u00a0Photograph: Guinness World Records<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-97d8d5ff-0de8-4b7c-9890-ad17254b6d60\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zeus and Kevin Doorlag\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410522675934\/d8f1e3c1-fe4a-4823-9dfe-17d0491298ae-620x351.jpeg\" width=\"620\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption><strong>Zeus and Kevin Doorlag.\u00a0Photograph: Guinness World Records<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-6c4c95ae-9f75-405c-9245-79938f1494c5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zeus, the tallest doeg in the world with his owner Denise Doorlag.\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/12\/1410522733241\/c3887d31-3998-4cc4-b64e-d0a2c398e621-620x464.jpeg\" width=\"620\" height=\"464\" \/><figcaption><strong>Denise Doorlag serves up dinner for Zeus.\u00a0Photograph: Guinness World Records<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-6c4c95ae-9f75-405c-9245-79938f1494c5\">&#8211;<\/figure>\n<figure data-media-id=\"gu-fc-6c4c95ae-9f75-405c-9245-79938f1494c5\">Source: The Guardian<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Dane who held the title of world\u2019s tallest dog,\u00a0has died of old age, two months short of his sixth birthday. Zeus was 1.12m (3ft 7in) tall at the shoulder and 2.24m on his hind legs Owner Kevin Doorlag pats Zeus, then aged two, as he and his wife, Denise (R), listen to Julie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":47359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2138,7],"class_list":["post-47347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mahamdu-bawumia","tag-togbe-afede-xiv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}