The Controversy Surrounding Bobi, the World's Oldest Dog

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Kalaroga Shark Media. Oh man,
I am bummed about this first story.

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I saw this on Tuesday afternoon.
I'm like, I got to tell the

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gang about it. Hi. I
am Johnny Mack with four good news stories

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in this first one. If you've
been listening for a year, I've told

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you about Bobi, the dog who
set the record for oldest dog ever.

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Bobi was thirty one before passing away
in twenty twenty three. Well, hold

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on, I just read in the
New York Times the headline was Bobi really

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the world's oldest dog? His Guinness
record is in doubt. I don't know.

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His owner claimed that Bobi, from
Portugal, was more than thirty one.

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That drew some skepticism. Doubts about
his true age have led the Guinness

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Book of World Records to say on
Tuesday that it will temporarily pause the record

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for an investigation. In February of
twenty twenty three, Bobi was declared the

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oldest dog ever by Guinness, which
said he had surpassed the record set by

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Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who
died in nineteen thirty nine at age twenty

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nine. Bobe's age was remarkable dogs
of his breed normally lived twelve fourteen years.

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Wired had published a skeptical article saying
that yeah, Bobi was registered,

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but his age was based entirely on
the owners say so. Questions were also

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raised because the dog appeared to be
overweight, not a great sign for living

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a long time. Danny Chambers as
a member of the Royal College of Veterinary

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Surgeons, and he said not a
single one of my veterinary colleagues believe Bobi

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was actually thirty one years old.
The Guinness Book says it has begun a

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formal review of the case. It'll
look at new evidence and speak with interested

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parties and experts. Hmm. Such
investigations are usually under three months, so

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we will find out relatively soon.
Boby's longevity had been credited to roaming free

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and eating human food, and being
friends with four cats. In other news,

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a You saw woman has been water
skiing since nineteen sixty one. She

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has been dubbed the world's oldest female
water skier at age ninety two. Due

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Jacobson. Young said she started waterskiing
on Lake Bear when she was twenty nine.

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Now she's joined on her outings by
children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

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Young told Guinness, I always get
butterflies before I get in the water,

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and the water I feel excited.
We better make sure she's ninety two and

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not like forty. Young said she
didn't know her family had applied for the

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Guinness Record. They surprised her with
the news at a family Christmas party.

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She said, I can't believe it. What a surprise and an honor.

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A husband and wife in Austin,
Texas have been honored as heroes and now

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they are getting good karma back in
their direction. In twenty nineteen, Edgar

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and Sarah opened a Takaia in East
Austin, and they were part of the

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Austin Free Fridge Program. They began
replenishing the community fridge, sometimes upwards of

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twenty times a day. Wow with
everything from fresh meals to hydration packs became

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a lifeline for many folks. But
this summer they were forced to shut operations

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due to an electrical issue. A
week later, they created a GoFundMe page

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and in two days are past their
eighty thousand dollars goal. They say help

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is there and asking for it isn't
anything to be ashamed of. Good news.

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Jesse finally showered. She went six
weeks without washing underwater and explained why

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it was worth it. She's an
instagrammer. She documents her travels while living

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on the road in her camper van. After waiting six weeks, she paid

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five dollars to take a shower to
local leisure center service station, but her

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disappointment the shower was freezing cold,
and said, I guess the five dollars

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did include hot water. On Insta, Jesse explained, let me show you

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the ways I actually stay clean without
taking a proper shower. I do have

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a shower in my RV. It's
just that the water heaters out of commission.

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The shower head still works, it's
just cold water. I still use

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this two ways. Want to kneel
here, put my head over the base

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and wash my hair. The other
way is I squat and clean the nether

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regions. Too much information there,
Jess. I also washed my hair in

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the sink, which I do about
once a week. There are a variety

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of different clunsing wipes you can use, but I usually prefer to use a

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washcloth, soap it up, scrub
and you're good to go. A crafty

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emu has escaped from its Alabama home
for the third time. Esmerelda was spotted

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loose running around town, but she
returned home on her own. The City

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of Cholera sit in a Facebook post
that Esmurelda reportedly had a domestic dispute involving

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her sister, who's also an emu. That's how that works, resulting in

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Esmerelda making a swift exit from her
owner's home. Sue owns the EMUs.

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She says, Esmerelda is the friendlier
bird of the pair. The other one

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is Ursula. They're all moving to
a new home soon. Mom says,

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very happy, but she's not getting
out of here again until we move.

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And those are your four good news
stories for the day, plus that other

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one. That's a total of five. We'll keep an eye on that.

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Oh man, Bob be the dog's
owner, What are you doing? Man?

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I hope the story was true.
It'd be nice to know some dog

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made thirty one. But we'll see
see Friday.