Hopefully pet owners understand (Dedicated to pets) ??

I my as well claim it here. I may have the oldest dog in the world right now. Unofficially of course.
We got Billy when my youngest son was 5. In about a month Nick will be 27. There is 22 and Billy was at least a year old when my wife brought Billy and his sister Coco home from work one day. The “owners” did not want them any longer.

So my claim is that Billy is about 23 years old.

Rank Name Birth date Death date Age Breed Country of death
1 Bluey[1][2] 7 June 1910 14 November 1939 29 years, 160 days Australian Cattle Dog[a] Australia
2 Butch[5][6] 1975 2003 ≥28 years, 0 days Beagle United States
3 Taffy[2] - - 27 years, 317 days Welsh Collie United Kingdom
4 Snookie[7][6] 1 January 1991 12 October 2018 ≥27 years, 284 days Pug South Africa
5 Bramble[6] 1 September 1975 31 March 2003 27 years, 211 days Border Collie United Kingdom
6 Adjutant[6] 14 August 1936 20 November 1963 27 years, 98 days Labrador Retrievercross United Kingdom
7 Buksi[8][9] 1990 26 August 2017 27 years Mutt Hungary
8 Pusuke[6] 1 April 1985 5 December 2011 26 years, 248 days Shiba Inu mix Japan
9 Sugar[6] 18 August 1952 13 August 1977 24 years, 360 days N/A[clarification needed] United States
10 Piccolo[6] 1 October 1987 26 December 2010 23 years, 86 days Mutt Italy
11 Chanel[6][10] 6 May 1988 28 August 2009 21 years, 114 days Dachshund United States
12 Otto[6][10] 14 February 1989 14 January 2010 20 years, 334 days Dachshund-Terrier cross United Kingdom
13 Seamus[6] 24 July 1993 18 May 2014 20 years, 298 days Toy Poodle United States
14 Sotirakis[6] 11 April 1993 16 January 2014 20 years, 280 days Stray Greece
15 Megabyte[6] 11 April 1993 1 January 2014 20 years, 265 days Chihuahua United States
16 Winston Rha[6] 12 December 1992 15 May 2013 20 years, 154 days Schnoodle United States
17 Willie[6] 21 May 1994 4 September 2014 20 years, 106 days Jack Russell Terrier United Kingdom
18 Scolly[6] 15 June 1993 18 July 2013 20 years, 33 days Dachshund Mexico

Got a stuffed Tiger for a dollar for the dogs
TJ taking a rest on it

Summer haircut day today!
Before and after.

Ahhhhhh! That’s better

Unfortunately, I am still building fires here in the northeastern U.S. At least the monsters still appreciate it.

I couldn't resist adding this pic. Guess it is really bedtime now.

Prim on a sunny afternoon deciding she doesn’t want to be a sheepdog.

Edit: don’t know why these look so fuzzy. They’re pretty crisp on my phone.

Pretty dog Al... thats your new arrival isn't it?

My little man who left this world nearly a year ago. Still brings a tear to my eye looking at his photos.

The whippet/terrier cross we had when I was a teenager loved raw carrots. As he was a common companion when I got my first camera there must be photos somewhere in the boxes holding 50 years of photos...