[quote]NEW YORK – A wire-haired dachshund that held the record as the world's oldest dog and celebrated its last birthday with a party at a dog hotel and spa has died at age 21 — or 147 in dog years.
The dog, named Chanel, died Friday of natural causes at her owners' home in suburban Port Jefferson Station, on Long Island.
Chanel, as stylish as her legendary namesake, wore tinted goggles for her cataracts in her later years and favored sweaters because she was sensitive to the cold, owners Denice and Karl Shaughnessy said Monday.
The playful dachshund was only 6 weeks old when Denice Shaughnessy, then serving with the U.S. Army, adopted her from a shelter in Newport News, Va.
Along with her owner, Chanel spent nine years on assignment in Germany, where she became adept at stealing sticks of butter from kitchen countertops and hiding them in sofa cushions in the living room, Shaughnessy said. She also liked chocolate, usually considered toxic to dogs, Shaughnessy said.
"She once ate an entire bag of Reese's peanut butter cups, and, you see, she lived to be 21, so go figure," Shaughnessy added.
Karl Shaughnessy nominated Chanel for the title of world's oldest dog after noticing the Guinness World Records book had no record.
Guinness World Records officials presented Chanel with a certificate as the world's oldest dog at a Manhattan birthday bash hosted by a private pet food company in May.
Chanel loved the party, especially the cake, which had a peanut butter flavor and had been made for dogs, Denice Shaughnessy said.
Chanel exercised daily and ate home-cooked chicken with her dog food, but good care wasn't entirely responsible for her long life, said her owners, who attributed God.
"Dogs are God's angels sent here to look out for us," Denice Shaughnessy said.
A dog from New Iberia, La., named Max, is vying for the record of world's oldest dog. Owner Janelle Derouen said Max marked his 26th birthday on Aug. 9. She said Guinness World Records officials were reviewing documents to authenticate his age; a Guinness World Records official in London didn't immediately answer an e-mail from The Associated Press requesting confirmation of that.
When asked the secret to her dog's long life, Derouen said she was shocked he's still with her.
"I have five kids, and all my kids are grown and gone," she said. "Now my grandkids are playing with this dog."[/quote]
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Source: [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_world_s_oldest_dog[/url]
I didn't think 21 years was very old for a dog...
The doggles did nothing
21 is very old for a dog. The oldest ones I've seen were around 13 and they were grey and tired.
my dog died when she was 20.
Wow that's insane!
Most dogs live to be around 15-18. 21 is very old for them.
[QUOTE=Ryenoru;17070268][B]Most dogs live to be around 15-18.[/B] 21 is very old for them.[/QUOTE]
Wat
My cat is 23. Bitch.
[QUOTE=SKuM;17070326]My cat is 23. Bitch.[/QUOTE]
Yeah but that's because cats are better and are smarter.
it looks like it has cancer.
[QUOTE=radioactive;17070542]Yeah but that's because cats are better and are smarter.[/QUOTE]
cat's aren't smarter than dogs, biologically speaking at least.
[quote=an old lady]"I have five kids, and all my kids are grown and gone," she said. [b]"Now my grandkids are playing with this dog."[/b][/quote]
That's just sick.
[QUOTE=shinobiboy77;17070563]cat's aren't smarter than dogs, biologically speaking at least.[/QUOTE]
Dogs suck.
Thread war officially open.
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[QUOTE=ItGoesSplat;17070243]The doggles did nothing[/QUOTE]
You called?
[QUOTE=radioactive;17070542]Yeah but that's because cats are better and are smarter.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say better, You don't see bomb sniffing cats, drug sniffing cats or attack cats.
Oh that is right because cats are practically useless and lazy and you can't count on them to do anything but lay and lick their own arse.
[QUOTE=Rankzerox;17070591]Dogs suck.
Thread war officially open.[/QUOTE]
why do dogs suck? i personally like both but naturally speaking dog's are far more sociable and outgoing than cats.
cat's are more independent and don't want to be bothered a lot, it isn't an opinion it's a biological fact.
[quote]"Dogs are God's angels sent here to look out for us," Denice Shaughnessy said.[/quote]
lolwut
[QUOTE=The golden;17070771]We do we use dog years?
A year is a complete revolution of the earth around the sun. How the fuck does that differ for another animal?[/QUOTE]
It's just used in compairison to human years.
1 human years is roughly = to 7 "dog years"
It doesn't mean LITERALLY 7 years of age, but just that a dog's lifespan compaired to a human's one is a 1:7 ratio
[QUOTE=KorJax;17070886]It's just used in compairison to human years.
1 human years is roughly = to 7 "dog years"
It doesn't mean LITERALLY 7 years of age, but just that a dog's lifespan compaired to a human's one is a 1:7 ratio[/QUOTE]
Depends on the dog breed but yeah.
[QUOTE=Rankzerox;17070591]Dogs suck.
Thread war officially open.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Rankzerox;17070591]Dogs suck.
Thread war officially open.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=GerardV2;17071103][img]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-dogout.gif[/img][/QUOTE]
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teehee! it's wearing socks!
dear god all these celebrities dying
[QUOTE=SKuM;17070326]My cat is 23. Bitch.[/QUOTE]
I hope it dies.
painfully.
[QUOTE=MR-X;17070780]I wouldn't say better, You don't see bomb sniffing cats, drug sniffing cats or attack cats.
Oh that is right because cats are practically useless and lazy and you can't count on them to do anything but lay and lick their own arse.[/QUOTE]
That's because Cat's are smart enough to stay away from danger.
My dog died a couple months ago at 14, german shepherd fairly large. I miss it </3
Wow, that's the oldest?
My old cat who we had to give to a friend when we moved house about 8 years ago is 21 and I thought dogs lived longer than cats... Google says apparently not.
My dog is 6. :neckbeard:
There was one cat that lived to be 38.
[QUOTE=radioactive;17071627]That's because Cat's are smart enough to stay away from danger.[/QUOTE]
Cats are smarter. I've been over this before in many threads.
Dogs are just active, that doesn't make them smarter. That boy on the playground with the IQ of 67 may be running and jumping and smiling and playing, but he isn't any less retarded. That boy with the IQ of 161 may be sitting around not doing much, but that doesn't mean he is less of a genius. You aren't smart for running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Activity is not relative to intelligence.
Dogs are instinctual animals, they function solely off instinct. Cats however do not. They are capable of individual thought. They can reason and rationalize and care for themselves without the need for human intervention. Dogs, they really can't. Ever seen a cat open a door on its own with its paws? We have four that know how. Ever seen a cat use a toilet? We've had three do that.
[img]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4316/toilettrainedcat22aug20e.jpg[/img]
Also, the oldest cat on record currently died two years ago at 38 years old.
Hell, we had a diabetic cat who lived to be 22. He only died because he was sleeping when an earthquake hit, throwing him out of a window seal and sending him in to shock.
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