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A world-record-holding Great Dane has sadly died after a month-long battle with bone cancer.<\/p>\n
Zeus, who was lauded last year with the Guinness World Record title of tallest dog, passed away on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The pup developed pneumonia following the amputation of his right front leg, at only three years old, a month off its fourth birthday in October.<\/p>\n
Zeus was notable as he measured a staggering 3ft 5.18 inches tall, and standing on his hind legs, stood at an insane 7ft tall.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> ‘I paid \u00a33k for my eight-stone XL Bully – I trust him around babies’<\/strong><\/p>\n Brittany Davis shared the news of Zeus dying on her GoFundMe page, saying: \u201cOur baby boy is gone.<\/p>\n \u201cOur hearts are broken. He had the absolute best doctors who sat off the floor and cried with us.<\/p>\n \u201cHe fought hard, but the pneumonia was just too much. He is not in pain anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n Three years ago, Davis\u2019 brother fulfilled her lifelong wish of owning a big dog when he brought home an 8-month-old Zeus.<\/p>\n Davis, from Bedford, Texas, started her fundraiser for Zeus last August when he was diagnosed with bone cancer.<\/p>\n She set a funding target of $20,000 and over 350 people responded, raising more than $12,000 within a month.<\/p>\n At the start of September, doctors said Zeus needed to have his front right leg amputated, which initially worked.<\/p>\n But three days later, doctors shared that Zeus was deteriorating, as he had a fever in the night, was refusing to eat and his mouth was turning blue, a sign that his blood wasn’t being oxygenated properly.<\/p>\n After blood tests and chest X-rays, doctors discovered Zeus had fluid and bacteria in his lungs and was suffering from aspiration pneumonia.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/dog-news-zeus-worlds-tallest-dog-dead-Guinness-world-record-2-4958481.jpg?r=1694633699671\")
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