30 12 months Outdated Canine From Portugal Named As World’s Oldest Canine

Sorry, Spike, however Bobi, a 30-year-old canine, is the world’s oldest residing canine.

In response to Guinness World Information, Bobi, a Rafeiro do Alentejo, a purebred livestock guardian canine has spent his whole 30 years and 271 days within the village of Coqueiros in western Portugal. 

Not solely is he the oldest canine at present alive, however Bobi can also be the oldest canine ever to have lived. The canine has lived twice his breed’s life expectancy of 12 to 14 years.

Bobi, who has lived his whole life with the Costa household within the Leiria, western Portugal village of Conqueiros, has due to this fact surpassed the almost 100-year-old report held by Australian cattle canine Bluey, who lived for 29 years and 5 months between 1910 and 1939.

Proprietor Leonel Costa, who was simply 8 years outdated when Bobi was born on Could 11, 1992, stated: “Bobi has been a warrior for all these years, solely he is aware of how he’s been holding on, it should not be straightforward as a result of the typical canine’s life span shouldn’t be that prime and if he spoke solely he might clarify this success.”

In response to the GWR web site, Bobi’s mom and the Costa household are used to long-lived canines. Gira, the mom of Bobi, lived to be 18 years outdated, and Chicote, one other canine owned by the household, survived for 22 years. Costa admitted that when he sought the title of oldest surviving canine, he by no means imagined registering Bobi because the oldest ever canine.

In response to Costa, the canine’s longevity could also be because of its peaceable environment. He has at all times been free to roam within the close by forests; he has by no means been shackled or leashed.

Costa informed GWR that he had at all times consumed the identical meals as his house owners, simply with out the seasonings.

Bobi spends his days enjoyable within the yard with 4 cats. Costa informed GWR that because of his failing eyesight and problem strolling, he enjoys enjoyable by the hearth and mendacity in mattress after meals.

Spike, a 23-year-old Chihuahua who solely briefly held the title of oldest canine on the planet, misplaced the title to Bobi.