Bobi, a 30-year-old guard dog who cheated death in his first days, is living out the end of his life as a celebrity in central Portugal after being declared the world’s oldest dog ever.
LEIRIA, Portugal –
When he was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest dog on February 1, he broke a nearly century-old record previously held by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and five months. He was born on May 11, 1992, along with three other pups in a wood storage shed owned by the Costa family in the small village of Conqueiros in central Portugal.
But they didn’t realise they had left one puppy behind — his colouring made him blend in with the surrounding wood.But then they noticed that Gira kept returning to the shed, had a look and discovered the surviving puppy.“We knew they wouldn’t do anything to him then and that Bobi would remain with us. So we kept the secret,” Leonel told AFP.Today Bobi is living out his twilight years oblivious that he is a world record holder, except for the media visits following the Guinness classification.
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