Bobi a 30-year-old dog who lives in Portugal has been named as the world’s oldest by Guinness World Records.
It was born on 11 May, 1992 not just being the oldest dog living but he’s the oldest dog ever.
He is 30 years and 268 days old as of today – and was certified the new record holder just two weeks after Spike, a chihuahua from Ohio in the US, was awarded the title.
Bobi is a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, which is a breed of livestock guardian dog with an average life expectancy of 12 to 14 years.
His birth date was confirmed by the Portuguese government’s pet database and by the National Union of Veterinarians, Guinness World Records said.
The previous oldest dog ever was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey at 29 years and five months.
Bobi has lived his entire life with the Costa family in the rural village of Conqueiros, in Leiria, Portugal.
He was born with three siblings in an outbuilding where the family stored wood, but they already had a lot of animals and had to put the puppies down, and Bobi escaped, said Leonel Costa, now 38.