# Did large dogs ever exist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-large-dogs-ever-exist/373839>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 23, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-large-dogs-ever-exist/373839 "2006-09-23T10:52:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bluesmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bluesmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluesmurf)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-large-dogs-ever-exist/373839/61 "2006-09-30T18:47:22Z")

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[QUOTE=John Mace]  
As was noted earlier, domestic animals don’t count in this discussion as they don’t occur in nature. Same deal with the liger.  
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Nope, sorry John, if we can talk about great danes then wolfhounds are fair game.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-large-dogs-ever-exist/373839/62 "2006-09-30T22:19:52Z")

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[QUOTE=bluesmurf]  
Nope, sorry John, if we can talk about great danes then wolfhounds are fair game.  
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It’s clear that the OP is asking about species that exist in nature-- neither of which great danes or wolfhounds do. And of course neither of those breeds is a species either.

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