Worlds oldest dog

Friday 3rd February 2023

Worlds oldest dog

A 30-year-old Portuguese dog has been named as the world’s oldest ever by Guinness World Records – beating a record that stood for a century.

Bobi is a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo – a breed that has an average life expectancy of 12 to 14 years.

The previous oldest dog ever was Australia’s Bluey, who died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and five months

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Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.