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The world's tallest living dog has met the world's smallest living dog in New York City's Central Park.
The tallest living dog, Giant George, is a five-year-old Great Dane measuring 43 inches (1.1 metre) from ground to shoulder. He is also the tallest dog in the history of the world.
Giant George met with the world's smallest living dog, Boo Boo, who is a four-year-old long-haired Chihuahua. Boo Boo measures 4 inches (0.1 metre) from ground to shoulder, and weighs 24oz.
The meeting was organised by the Guinness World Records to promote the 2011 Guinness Book of World Records.
'We thought, wouldn't it be fantastic for the very first time in history to bring the world's tallest dog and meet the world's smallest dog. So you have complete polar opposites of the canine world right here in New York, to celebrate the launch of the Guinness World Records book," said Stuart Claxton, who is a spokesperson of the organisation.
The owners of the dogs said that they were surprised their pets made it into the records book.
David Nasser, owner of Giant George, said that it was pure luck his pet grew up to be so big.
'We got him (Giant George) from a breeder out of state, and we just saw him as one of the puppies and we said from a photo, 'we'll take that one'," said Mr Nasser.
'And then he showed up, we had him flown in, and we got him basically right of the airplane, so we had no idea,' he said, adding that Giant George was then a pup, weighing 'just' 7.7kg (17lb). Giant George now weighs 111kg (245lb), and consumes 50kg (110lb) of dog food each month.
Lana Elswick, owner of smallest dog Boo Boo said that she was happy that Boo Boo was healthy and alive.
'The vet said it would be a miracle if she would live, because she weighed less than an ounce, and most of them don't... Well, it's a miracle that she did live," said Ms Elswick.
'Since that time of raising her, she is very healthy now. Never been sick,' she added.
Despite their large difference in sizes the meeting went smooth, although both dogs seemed to take a moment before recognising each other.
'He (Giant George) was... didn't quite know that Boo Boo was a dog. Once he figured that out, he was fine, he was curious and it was no problem at all,' said Mr Nasser.
According to Ms Elswick, Giant George's behaviour hurt Boo Boo's feelings.
'George just kind of looked at her at first and ignored her, and I think that upset her,' she said.