List of oldest dogs

This is a list of the oldest verified dogs in the world, listed by age, all of whom have attained the minimum age of 20. Aging in dogs depends on breed, size and diet. Bramble, a larger dog, was fed a vegan diet, living over 27 years. ^[1]

Oldest verified dogs by age

The following canines' ages were authenticated via Guinness World Records. A document is required by Guinness, such as a birth certificate, to prove his or her age as true.

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Breed	Country of death
1	Maggie[2]	19861986	2016-04-1717 April 2016	−30 years,   0 days	Australian Kelpie	Australia
2	Bluey[3][4]	1910-06-077 June 1910	1939-11-1414 November 1939	29 years, 160 days	Australian Cattle Dog[lower-alpha 1]	Australia
3	Butch[1]	1975-00-001975	2003-00-002003	≥28 years, 0 days	Beagle	United States
4	Taffy[4]	1975-09-01-	2003-03-31-	−27 years, 317 days	Welsh Collie	United Kingdom
5	Bramble[1]	1975-09-011 September 1975	2003-03-3131 March 2003	27 years, 211 days	Border Collie	United Kingdom
6	Adjutant[1]	1936-08-1414 August 1936	1963-11-2020 November 1963	27 years, 98 days	Labrador Retriever cross	United Kingdom
7	Pusuke[1]	1985-04-011 April 1985	2011-12-055 December 2011	26 years, 248 days	Shiba Inu mix	Japan
8	Sugar[1]	1952-08-1818 August 1952	1977-08-1313 August 1977	24 years, 360 days	N/A	United States
9	Piccolo[1]	1987-10-011 October 1987	2010-12-2626 December 2010	23 years, 86 days	Mutt	Italy
10	Kathy T. Dog	1991-01-088 January 1991	2013-02-066 February 2013	22 years, 29 days	Mutt	United States
11	Mister	1991-11-2828 November 1991	2013-10-2626 October 2013	21 years, 332 days	Shepherd mix	United States
12	Chanel[1][7]	1988-05-066 May 1988	2009-08-2828 August 2009	21 years, 114 days	Dachshund	United States
13	Otto[1][8]	1989-02-1414 February 1989	2010-01-1414 January 2010	20 years, 334 days	Dachshund-Terrier cross	United Kingdom
14	Seamus[1]	1993-07-2424 July 1993	2013-05-1518 May 2014	20 years, 298 days	Toy Poodle	United States
15	Sotirakis[1]	1993-04-1111 April 1993	2014-01-1616 January 2014	20 years, 280 days	Stray	Greece
16	Megabyte[1]	1993-04-1111 April 1993	2014-01-011 January 2014	20 years, 265 days	Chihuahua	United States
17	Winston Rha[1]	1992-12-1212 December 1992	2013-05-1515 May 2013	20 years, 154 days	Schnoodle	United States
18	Willie[1]	1994-05-2121 May 1994	2014-09-044 September 2014	20 years, 106 days	Jack Russell Terrier	United Kingdom
19	Scolly[1]	1992-06-1515 June 1993	2013-05-1518 July 2013	20 years, 33 days	Dachshund	Mexico
20	Kittsy[1]	1991-11-1818 November 1991	2011-10-1515 October 2011	19 years, 331 days	White Bichon Frise	United States
21	Barney	1996-10-1919 October 1996	2016-01-2727 January 2016	19 years, 100 days	Pomeranian cross Yorkshire terrier	United Kingdom

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• "Jake", a Rat Terrier owned by Ronald w. Johnson, Jr of Davenport, Iowa, received the Guinness World Record for "oldest dog living" on July 21, 2015. "Jake" was born July 21, 1994 and became the "oldest dog living" by Guinness standards on his 21st birthday. This is documented in numerous publications that can be found online, etc, including this link to a story about the world's oldest living cat. "Jake" is mentioned toward the end of the article.^[9] "Jake" passed away on July 27, 2015.
• "Ginger", a Golden Retriever, Yellow Labrador, and Collie mix, owned by the Starkey Family of Wauconda, IL, celebrated her 20th birthday on April 15, 2016. A request has been formally submitted to the Guinness World Records Organization to have her added to the above list, as well as to determine where she stands on the "oldest dog living" by Guinness standards.

Notes

1. One of the oldest verified dogs (and several unverified) was an Australian Cattle Dog. This has prompted a study of the longevity of the Australian Cattle Dog to examine if the breed might have exceptional longevity. The 100-dog survey yielded a mean longevity of 13.41 years with a standard deviation of 2.36 years.^[5] The study concluded that while Australian Cattle Dogs are a healthy breed and do live on average almost a year longer than most dogs of other breeds in the same weight class, record ages such as Bluey's ("Verified") or Chilla's ("Unverified")^[6] should be regarded as uncharacteristic exceptions rather than as indicators of common exceptional longevity for the entire breed.

References

1. The source is purported to be GWR however no edition or page number is provided. Editors are encouraged to find and update entries for each dog if they have access to past editions: Guinness World Records. London: Jim Pattison Group.
2. abc.net (ed.). "World's oldest dog? Australian kelpie Maggie dies after 30 years on a dairy farm". Retrieved 17 April 2016.
3. Guinness World Records (ed.). "world's oldest dog".
4. Guinness Book of Records. Guinness Publishing Ltd. 1998. p. 240.Edition included both Bluey and Taffy.
5. Lee, P. (2011). Longevity of the Australian Cattle Dog: Results of a 100-Dog Survey. ACD Spotlight, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Spring 2011, 96–105.
6. Associated Press (1984-03-14). "Chilla, world's oldest dog, dies at 32". The Fort Scott Tribune. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
7. "World's oldest dog Otto dies age 146".
8. "World's oldest dog Otto dies age 146".
9. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/living/guinness-oldest-living-cat-feat/index.html