World’s Oldest Dog?
September 12, 2009 2 Comments
At 20 and a half years old, Otto might be the world’s oldest dog. The dachshund-cross terrier is being investigated by the Guiness Book of World Records after the passing away of Chanel, the former title holder.
The story in The Telegraph reported that Peter Jones has owned the dog since he was a puppy. He said:
He will follow me wherever I go and doesn’t go running off. I if go out, I come back and he’s sat by the door waiting. He’s still going strong and he used to run like a greyhound and was really fast. But in the last couple of year’s that has stopped, what do you expect when he is 147?
“He’s got a bit of arthritis but apart from that he’s quite well.
No word on how he feels about the Santa costume.
this is pretty amazing. I had a dog growing up that lived to be 17.
Otto is NOT the world’s oldest dog. Nor is Germany’s Penny. A “terier mix” named Max, owned by Janelle DeRouen of New Iberia, Louisiana, born on August 9, 1983, celebrated his 26th birthday last month.
Janelle says Max is in remarkably good shape. He suffers from cataracts, so he wears doggie goggles when he’s out in the sun, and a touch of arthritis has slowed him down, but not by much.
You can read more about Max and see his photo at http://tinyurl.com/n8nne2
For latest developments, see “Every dog hath his day” in my my blog: http://lifebeginsat80.blogspot.com/