All other news stories can go to Hell in the face of this:
Bobi, a 31-year-old guard dog who cheated death in his first days, has celebrated his birthday as a celebrity in central Portugal after being declared the world’s oldest dog ever two months ago.
Bobi’s owner Leonel Costa told Guinness World Records a big traditional Portuguese birthday party was planned for Bobi on Saturday at his home in the rural village of Conqueiros, where Bobi has lived his entire life.
More than 100 people, some travelling from overseas, are due to attend the festivities which will include plenty of local food and a dance troupe which Bobi will dance with.
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’s done rather well considering he wasn’t supposed to live at all, what with his owners deciding they already had too many animals, so they basically killed the rest of his litter but somehow missed him… the kids found him and kept him secret, until the parents kind of grudgingly let him live, and now they’ve got a record-holder. Well worth it.
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