It's Christmas on the sofa for Britain’s biggest dog after he breaks his TOE while out for a walk

dailymail,co,uk ^ | 12/20/11 | Daily Mail Reporter

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It's going to be a quiet Christmas for Britain's biggest dog who will be spending the festive season on the sofa after breaking his toe.

Measuring a whopping seven-feet four inches in length, giant Samson damaged his front right paw after knocking it on the pavement few weeks ago.

And with Christmas just around the corner, the gargantuan dog - who weighs 20 stone - is out of festive cheer as he recovers at his home in Boston, Lincolnshire.

Samson's doting owners, Ray Woods, a retired 69-year-old taxi-driver, and his wife Julie, 59, have been caring for the Newfoundland and Great Dane cross from their three bedroom semi-detached home in the North East.

Mrs Woods said: 'Samson was walking along on the way home from his morning walk.

'We were just two doors away when suddenly he yelped and started walking on three legs.

'We don’t know how he did it but he’s got a big lump there now. Ray had to hold him up to get him home.

'We had to put ice on his toe, then bathe it and bandage it. We’re sure he’s broken it, but we don’t have enough money to take him to the vet to get it x-rayed.'

[T. P. Pole]

Gotta love that wall paper.

[ApplegateRanch]

Gotta love that wall paper.

I believe that pattern is called "Grandma's Bedroom, 1950". ;-')