BARKGANTUAN!
Meet Kenzo the 6-foot dog
Clifford the Big Red Dog has nothing on this pup.
Kenzo is an enormous Central Asian shepherd that passersby often mistake for a predator. But its owner insists he’s just a big teddy bear — that’s the size of an actual bear.
London resident Jamal Miah adopted the dog in 2020, and he now weighs a whopping 187 pounds and stands at 6 feet tall when on his hind legs.
“Some people are scared and cross the street when they see him, and others just want to stroke and pet him,” Miah said.
“People will question me, like, ‘What is this dog?’ They’ll say ‘What is that?’ ‘Is that a pony?’ ‘Is it a lion?’ ”
Miah is a father of two young girls who were terrified of the hulking creature when he was brought into their home.
“My daughters were scared of him initially because of his size,” the dog dad dished to South West News Service. “But after a few walks they got used to him. He knows they’re my daughters, so he’s their natural protector now.”
One of Miah’s friends initially owned Kenzo but was forced to give him away after he grew too big for them to handle.
Miah thought he was up to the task of caring for the canine — but it hasn’t been cheap.
So far, Miah has spent more than $12,000 on Kenzo, with a lot of the money going toward the animal’s enormous appetite.
The owner claims the pooch eats 5 pounds of raw meat a day.
Miah was also forced to install iron gates in his yard to keep Kenzo from escaping.
“They are naturally outdoor dogs, and they’re meant to be outside,” he stated. While Miah warned that Central Asian shepherds are “not a dog for a beginner owner,” he says Kenzo is the best addition his family could have asked for.
“I wanted him to be a friendly family dog and to break the stigma around big dogs like him.”