An Alsatian cross is said to be the oldest dog in the world at 25, two years more than the current 23-year-old record holder, an Italian mongrel. Owner Glenice Bagley claims she rescued her sheepdog Sheba, who is now 178 in human years, when she was just three in 1987 after the animal had been badly neglected following a car crash, the Sun reported.
The 69-year-old retired van driver, who is set to submit an application to the Guinness World Records, said: “I’m proud of her now. If it turns out she’s the oldest dog in the world then I’ll be even more proud of her. “She doesn’t seem to slow down. She’s lovable, she never growls. She’ll lick you to death.”
Glenice, of Widnes, Ch-eshire, added: “I got Sheba through my ex daughter-in-law from some people she knew who hadn’t been looking after her. They’d had her since she was a pup and she was three at the time. I’m always one for a sob story, so I took her in. Now she’s 25 and she thinks she’s still five.”