Oldest Living Dog by Guinness World, Chihuahua

21-year-old dog Chihuahua from Greenacres, Florida, holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest living dog.

“TobyKeith” was born on Jan. 9, 2001,he had his record verified at the age of 21 years, 66 days on March 16, 2022.

The dog’s owner, Gisela Shore, has been with him for majority of his life after adopting him from an animal shelter when he was just a few months old,

Owner told Guinness, “I was a volunteer at Peggy Adams Animal Rescue and one of the employees told me about an elderly couple trying to surrender a puppy because they could not take care of him any longer,”

Over the last two decades, shehas fostered over 150 dogs and puppies from Peggy Adams Animal Rescue.

Shore said, “I met with the elderly couple and I was introduced to a tiny tan Chihuahua,”

“They had named him Peanut Butter. I later changed his name to TobyKeith.”

Shore said that when dog turned 20, she started to consider that he could be the oldest living dog in the world. Once his record was confirmed, Shore’s family and friends were thrilled.

Shore said, “TobyKeith even got a bath, nail trim and car ride as a special treat to celebrate the news. ”

TobyKeith shares Shore’s love with her two other dogs, 7 year old Luna, American Bulldog, and 3 year old Lala, Chinese Crested.

Shore also told Guinness that “she has two parrots, Coco, a 28-year-old Umbrella Cockatoo, and Coqui, a 32-year-old African Grey.”