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When you see a Great Dane (Observe the Dalmatian near the Great Dane standing on hindlegs!) and a Chihuahua…. you notice that they are almost the biggest and the smallest of dog breeds.

Actually, the Old English Mastiff is believed to be the largest dog breed in the world, the full grown weighing somewhere between 50 to 156 kilograms!

The Great Dane , the St. Bernard, the Borzoi, the Turkish Shepherd Dog, are the tallest dogs that grow up to three feet!

The Chihuahua and the Yorkshire Terrier are the smallest dogs each standing up to an average height of 7 inches and weighing a few pounds! The Chihuahua generally weighs from 0.9 to 2.7 kilos when fully grown, while the ideal weight for the Yorkshire Terrier is 3.1 kilos!

It is usually seen that big dogs have a shorter life span while small dogs have a longer span. The shortest span is about 6 to 7 years and the longest is about 16 years. There are some glaring exceptions to this generally accepted fact, with many small breeds having a short life span and the big dogs living for more than two decades.

Bluey, the Australian Cattle Dog is known to have lived for 29 years, from 1910 to 1939! The range of colors, types, breeds, their eccentricities, characteristics, life span and the variation in size make dogs the most fascinating animals.