The Long Island newspaper Newsday reported yesterday that Chanel, a 21-year-old dachshund, who was believed by some to be the world’s oldest dog, has died.
The small pooch, who wore sunglasses for her cataracts and rode in a stroller when she could no longer walk, died Friday at home, said her owner, Denice Shaughnessy.“She just inhaled and took her last breath,” Shaughnessy said. “Chanel had been telling me it’s time.”The small pooch, who wore sunglasses for her cataracts and rode in a stroller when she could no longer walk, died Friday at home, said her owner, Denice Shaughnessy.The Guinness Book of World Records said earlier this year that Chanel was the oldest dog in the world.
See the Daily Dachshund‘s past reporting on Chanel. We think the Guinness World Book of Records may have made a mistake when it named her the world’s oldest dog, but our sympathies go out to her family. Chanel the wiener dog lived a great life. RIP.
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