My huge 6ft dog doesn’t realise his size – he got kicked out of puppy school for sitting on other pooches

THE owners of a hulking six-foot dog who doesn’t realise his size have told how he was booted out of puppy school for sitting on other pooches. One-year-old Newfoundland Franklyn weighs a whopping nine stone but thinks he is still a lapdog – so he continues to act like one. Instagram/@franklynthenewfThe gigantic Newfoundland was booted out of puppy class for trampling on smaller pooches[/caption] Instagram/@franklynthenewfFranklyn’s owners say he doesn’t realise his own size and thinks he is still a lapdog[/caption] Owners Shauna Connors and her husband Travis have even had to relinquish their no pets on the sofa rule, as their pup rules the roost. As well as flopping on humans and furniture, the friendly giant also enjoys sprawling across his fellow canines. But his tactile nature got him booted out of puppy school as he was squashing smaller dogs during playtime. Franklyn was turfed from his training group after trampling on his classmates, clearly unaware of his “bear-like” stature. Shauna, 41, explained: “He has no idea how big he is. He thinks of himself as a small lapdog. “It’s hard to say no when he wants to cuddle. It’s difficult to stop him because there’s room for him to climb up there. “I’m worried my sofa’s going to buckle, because he’s really heavy. “With previous dogs we’d never let them on the furniture, but he’s very determined and stubborn so he does what he wants. “He got kicked out of puppy class because he was bigger than the other dogs and he’d sit on them during playtime. “Even taking him on walks in the neighbourhood he wants to play with small dogs but he’s too big for them and they’d go flying. “He’d squash them.” The couple, from Nova Scotia, Canada, certainly have their hands full with the larger-than-life pup, although Shauna admits she “knew what she was signing up for.” Footage of Franklyn scaling the sofa to stretch across Travis’ lap for a snuggle quickly went viral as social media users were stunned by his sheer size. The enormous dog lifts his rear paws up to stand on the dad’s stomach, despite him wailing in pain as he crawls across him. After finally finding a comfortable spot, Franklyn then flopped onto his chest while adorably looking at the camera. But Shauna warned not to be fooled by his puppy dog eyes – as they disguise his “bull in a china shop attitude”. Franklyn smashes glasses, rearranges the furniture and ferociously shakes the dining table in search of scraps or his favourite toys. Yet she can’t stay mad at her “clumsy” boy – especially as he towers over her at a tremendous six-foot when standing on his hind legs. His incredible height invites another host of problems, such as how the parents and their teen daughters Alice and Paige can clean his drool that he slobbers across the ceilings. Shauna continued: “He doesn’t mean to be destructive but he’s so big and his tail is so fluffy we can’t keep anything on the coffee table because they tend to go flying. “Our reflexes have definitely improved over the past year to save the least…Catching glasses and things like that. “Everyone says he would be so cuddly, cute and fun to have, but they’re a lot of work. We take it day by day. “We knew what we were signing up for, but you think you’re prepared and your house is puppy-proofed but you forget he’s going to be so tall and do whatever he wants.” Franklyn can even rest his head up on their kitchen counter – but doesn’t swipe their food as he is more than happy with scraps. However, Shauna does fear for her furniture as her dog continues to grow rapidly, as he could end up weighing a whopping 14 stone. Their loveable ball of fur was bought from a breeder in March last year, two months after his birth in January. The mum said they wanted a Newfoundland due to their large size, as the family are all over 5ft 10in. And as Franklyn continues to grow, so does his fanbase – as he has become a social media sensation thanks to his sheer size. Shauna regularly uploads funny clips of her pooch on TikTok, showing his tendency to believe he is much smaller than he actually is. We previously told how another Newfoundland soared to six-foot tall and weighs 11 stone – but also still thinks he is a tiny lap dog. Elliott ­Richards, 46, and wife Beverley, 41, say they expect the adorable Sherman, who has a comedy “I self-identify as a chihuahua” bib, to add on at least another two stone. Instagram/@franklynthenewfThe cuddle monster stands at a whopping 6ft tall and weighs 9 stone[/caption]