What’s 38 inches tall, 228 pounds, and eats 110 pounds of food a month? This is no riddle; this is a true story of a big dog in Pennsylvania whose owners are trying to get him into the record books.
When he comes at you at a gallop, you might mistake Bentley for something else.
“Basically, the common reaction is, ‘Is that a horse?'” Bentley’s owner, Bob Magliocchi, told WNEP in Scranton.
Magliocchi and his family in the borough of Throop have always had Great Danes, but never one like Bentley. He’s the biggest by far, and now possibly the tallest in the world.
They are in the process of applying for Bentley to be documented in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s tallest living dog.
He stands 38 inches tall from paw to shoulder. The tallest dog documented by Guinness was a 44-inch-tall Great Dane named Zeus, who was owned by a Michigan family. He died in 2014 at the age of 5.
He has an appetite, too — eating about 30 pounds of dog food a week.
Even though he is 228 pounds, Bentley considers himself a lap dog.
Bentley is the textbook definition of a gentle giant. His owners didn’t think the 5-year-old would make the record books until this year.
“The vets — they were actually shocked by his size,” Magliocchi said. “Once they told me, ‘Don’t let him get over 240,’ I sort of then realized that he is a large one.”
Large enough to help himself. While WNEP was at the Magliocchis’ home, Bentley performed his party trick: getting his own ice from the ice maker.
The Magliocchis should know before the end of the year if Bentley’s picture will be in the record book. They haven’t planned any celebrations just yet.
“Maybe we’ll get him a cake,” Magliocchi said.
