Monday, April 6, 2015

  Largest dog fur ball: Mighty Texas Dog Walk breaks Guinness World Records record (VIDEO)

AUSTIN, TX, USA -- A new World Record was established at Mighty Texas Dog Walk; at 307 lbs., the largest fur ball on record was created in a giant "fur-o-sphere" at the 17th annual event on Auditorium Shores; dog walkers, groomers and even passersby contributed enough dog hair to shatter the previous Guinness World Records' record of 201 lbs and to set the new world record for the Largest dog fur ball , according to the World Record Academy .

  Photo: A new World Record was established at Mighty Texas Dog Walk. At 307 lbs., the largest furball on record was created in a giant "fur-o-sphere" at the 17th annual event on Auditorium Shores. Dog walkers, groomers and even passersby contributed enough dog hair to shatter the previous world record of 201 lbs.
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The Guinness World Records' record for the Largest ball of human hair was set by Henry Coffer (USA) who has collected hair into a giant hair ball which weighs 167 lbs (75.7 kg ) is 4 ft (1.2 metres) high and has a 14 ft (4.26 metre) circumference as of 08 December 2008. Henry Coffer, a 77 year old barber from Charleston Mo., began saving hair at the request of a customer. Over the 50 plus years he has been collecting,he has found many uses for his hair clippings, patching potholes, gardening, soil fertilizer and such.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest rubber band ball; it weighs 4,097 kg (9,032 lb), was made by Joel Waul (USA) and was measured in Lauderhill, Florida, USA, on 13 November 2008.

    A new World Record was established at Mighty Texas Dog Walk. At 307 lbs., the largest furball on record was created in a giant "fur-o-sphere" at the 17th annual event on Auditorium Shores.

   The previous world record was established in 2012 at the same event.

   Dog walkers, groomers and even passersby contributed enough dog hair to shatter the previous record of 201 lbs.

   The Mighty Texas Dog Walk attracted hundreds of dogs and their humans, raising money for Service Dogs, Inc., a local non-profit organization that trains rescued shelter dogs to become certified Service Dogs, which are then given free of charge to people with disabilities.