Bluey
SpeciesCanis familiaris
BreedAustralian Cattle Dog
SexFemale
Born(1910-06-07)7 June 1910
Rochester, Victoria, Australia
Died14 November 1939(1939-11-14) (aged 29)
Rochester, Victoria, Australia
Known forFormer verified oldest lived dog
OwnerLes and Rosalie Hall

Bluey (7 June 1910 – 14 November 1939) was a female Australian Cattle Dog owned by Les and Rosalie Hall of Rochester, Victoria. She previously held the Guinness World Records as the oldest dog to ever live, until being surpassed by Bobi from Portugal in 2023.[1][2]

Longevity

According to Guinness World Records, Bluey (1910–1939) lived to 29 years, 5 months, before being euthanised. At that time, she was the oldest-lived dog ever verified.[3]

Three owners had also made claims for longer-lived dogs—Max, Maggie, and Bella—however, these claims have not been independently verified.[4][5]

Bluey's age, along with that of "Chilla", a Labrador Retriever and Australian Cattle Dog mix reported to have lived to the age of 32 years and 12 days,[6] 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.[7] The study concluded that while Australian Cattle Dogs do live almost a year longer than most dogs of other breeds in the same weight class on average, the cases of both Bluey and Chilla should be regarded as uncharacteristic exceptions rather than as indicators of common longevity across this entire breed.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Oldest dog ever". Guinness World Records.
  2. ↑ "Oldest dog EVER record broken by 30-year-old Bobi from Portugal". Guinness World Records. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Oldest dog". Guinness World Records. 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Knapton, Sarah (8 September 2008). "Oldest dog Bella the Labrador dies – aged 29". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  5. ↑ Eleftheriou-Smith, Loulla-Mae (18 April 2016). "'World's oldest dog' Maggie the Kelpie dies aged 30 in Australia". The Independent. London. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. ↑ World's oldest pooch dies, Beaver County Times, 13 March 1984. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  7. 1 2 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. http://www.acdspotlight.com/

References

  • 2004 Guinness Book of World Records
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