World's Oldest Dog, Chanel, Dies

phpTq7HPvPM.jpg Back in May the New York dog who was believed to be the oldest living dog in the world, named Chanel, turned 21-years-old. She had a birthday celebration at the New York Dog Spa, and even stopped by the Today Show; and at a fundraiser at Tavern on the Green, her owner, Denice Shaughnessy said, "she looked up from her stroller and seemed to say, 'Is all this for me?'" But now sad news: Chanel has moved on to that big farm upstate. Newsday reports that the dog, who wore sunglasses for her cataracts and rode in a stroller, has died after living 147 full dog years. Shaughnessy tells them, "She just inhaled and took her last breath. [She] had been telling me it's time."

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This is kind of a heart warming story. The dog seems to have gotten a big sendoff. I'll now go read the other, depressing, stories on the site about the state of the city these days.

Where's Felixthecat with his standard Animal Cruelty accusations?

what is that silly habit of trying to 'translate' a dogs age- what is wrong with just saying 21 years old? I mean, are you also going to translate her weight? How many people-lbs did she weigh? Silly....

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