How the dog lives, recognized as the oldest on the planet (4 photos)

When he was a carefree student, Alex Wolf did not suspected that in a couple of decades his charming pet acquire such a special and honorary status.





Together with roommates, Alex decided that it would be nice get a pet. The guys walked around the Boulder dog shelter Humane Society and opted for a cute dog - a Chihuahua mix with representative of some other breed.

Since the exact date of birth of the dog is known - September 24 2000, then the representatives of the Guinness Book of Records officially recorded an achievement after the previous one was gone record holder.



Gino

After completing his second year, Alex took the dog Gino to the house of his parents in Los Angeles, where the dog lived until graduation owner of the university. Now Alex is 40 years old, and Gino went 23 years old. By human standards, this is a very respectable age, about 100-102 years old.





The pet feels relatively well. But age gives know yourself. After all, a dog's age is short, on average it does not exceed 15 years. The elderly record holder no longer runs so cheerfully, sees worse, but instead active entertainment prefers scratching the tummy and sleeping by the fireplace.

As for the diet of a retired dog, in connection with discovered problems with the digestive system, the owner translated pet for a special diet. Its basis is a special feed to maintain kidney function, boiled chicken, carrots with rice and goat milk, fortified fish oil.



Alex is sure that the main conditions for a quality life of a dog good nutrition, activity and, of course, a lot of care and love.

In accordance with the data recorded in the Book of Records Guinness, the oldest dog in history was an Australian Cattle Dog Bluey. She passed away at the age of 29 years and 5 months. Record holder among cats became Flossy, who lived to be 27 years old.

Have you had long-lived pets?