A NEW Guinness World Record has been broken in the animal world.
Bobi, a Mastiff from Alentejo, an area that stretches from the Tagus River to the Algarve and east to the Spanish border, has recently been declared by Guinness World Records (GWR) as the world’s oldest living dog.
Born on May 11, 1992, Bobi is 30 years and 277 days old, a remarkable age for a dog.
In fact, according to Guinness World Records, these dogs, the Rafeiro do Alentejo also called the Portuguese Mastiff and known for protecting livestock, usually have an average life expectancy of 13 years.
Bobi has not only more than doubled the average lifespan of its species, but has also broken a record of nearly a century, according to GWR.
The previous holder of the “world’s oldest dog” title was an Australian Shepherd named Bluey who was born in 1910 and lived for 29 years and 5 months.
Ironically, Bobi barely survived childhood. He was to be sacrificed as a cub along with the rest of his siblings. A frequent practice considered normal back in the 90s, and before, by the elderly in the area.
However, Bobi’s current owner, Leonel Costa (who was eight years old at the time), hid the pup, eventually convincing his father to make him part of the family.
Costa credits Bobi’s longevity to the dog’s diet of unseasoned human food, the canine’s freedom to roam freely in the woods and farmlands near his home and the quiet countryside in which he grew up.
Bobi is also “very social” with other animals and spends time with her furry friends, even cats!
The SIAC, a pet database authorized by the Portuguese government, has been in charge of verifying the age of the animal.
According to official records, Bobi was registered with a veterinarian in Leiria, Portugal in 1992.
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