A Nice Dane who discovered worldwide fame when he was named the tallest residing male canine on the earth has died on the age of eight.

Mild large Freddy, who stood at over 7ft tall on his again legs, turned any person when he landed the gong from Guinness World Data in 2016.The beloved pet, who was the runt of the litter when he was born earlier than rising to his huge

measurement, spent his life with proprietor Claire Stoneman from Essex. She mentioned of the 15-stone animal: ‘He wasn’t simply the tallest canine however the canine with the foremost love after which the largest coronary heart.‘He was

my life. My cause. My pleasure. My annoyance. My happiness and my final disappointment. He’s the Danish in my coronary heart. My one throughout 1,000,000 and cherished by the entire world.’ ‘As a pet, he was the runt of the litter. I

bought him just a few of weeks earlier than I ought to have, as he wasn’t feeding off [his] mum.‘I had no concept he was attending to get this huge within the least .’ Final yr, she organized a celebration full with bunting, balloons and muffins

within the backyard of her dwelling for her pet to have fun his birthday. Freddy was formally measured at three ft four in as Guinness World Data would not measure canine on their hind legs. His month-to-month meals invoice, which

consisted of kibble, minced beef, roast rooster and treats had set Claire again £500.Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday mentioned: ‘Freddy was such a light large, and it had been at all times a pleasure to seek out out him bounding in the

direction of you. ‘Measuring this mountain of a canine was an unforgettable – if difficult – expertise and I will at all times treasure the few events I have to share a sofa with him – there was nearly sufficient room for the two of us! ‘I nonetheless

can barely consider that he was the runt of the litter. Freddy introduced a smile to everybody’s face and could be missed by everybody at Guinness World Data. ‘I am simply happy that we bought the prospect to have fun his record-breaking

immensity within the books and share his story with many individuals around the globe. ‘RIP, Freddy.’The Guinness World Data title holder for tallest canine ever was Zeus from Otsego, Michigan, USA who measured 3ft 6ins in 2011.