Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies aged 31www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down118cross-posted to: andfinally@feddit.uk
arrow-up1589arrow-down1external-linkBobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies aged 31www.bbc.co.ukBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: andfinally@feddit.uk
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoTo be sure. A purebred dog the kids “kept secret” for several years after a culling. So only the kids knew the dog even existed. Sounds more like the kids found a puppy and justified keeping it by saying they always had it.
minus-squareryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoHow many years after the culling are we thinking they “found” him? Because even if you take off 10 years, he looked astonishingly good for 21! Even if they’re a few years off, he lived to be ancient.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt doesn’t say in the article how long they kept the dog secret. They were 8 so I can’t imagine it was more than a week or two.
To be sure. A purebred dog the kids “kept secret” for several years after a culling. So only the kids knew the dog even existed. Sounds more like the kids found a puppy and justified keeping it by saying they always had it.
How many years after the culling are we thinking they “found” him? Because even if you take off 10 years, he looked astonishingly good for 21!
Even if they’re a few years off, he lived to be ancient.
Of that I have no doubt.
It doesn’t say in the article how long they kept the dog secret. They were 8 so I can’t imagine it was more than a week or two.